OnTheCommons.org — Library http://www.onthecommons.org/ The commons is a powerful organizing principle for understanding countless aspects of nature, creativity and knowledge, local community and everyday experience. One of the great problems of our time, however, is the enclosure of the commons by market forces, often with the support of government. The majesty of the commons is being neglected. en-us Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:35:57 PDT Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:35:57 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/library.xml tbicoordinator@earthlink.net tbicoordinator@earthlink.net Student Film Contest: Take Back the Tap Campaign http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1898 Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1898 Blue Gold: The Fight to Stop the Corporate Theft of the World's Water http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1870 In this groundbreaking book Maude Barlow —head of the Council of Canadians, Canada’s largest public advocacy organization—and Tony Clarke—an authority on the impact of global corporations— highlight the issues at stake with the privatization of water. They vividly describe what happens when water is treated like a commodity that is governed by the demands of profit-seeking. Many people may have heard about citizen protests in Bolivia that took municipal water services out of private hands and reclaimed them as a public commons, but not be aware that successful campaigns in Toronto, Atlanta, Vancouver, New Orleans and Chattanooga turned back or limited water privatization plans.

]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1870 Blue Covenant: The Global Water Crisis and the Coming Battle for the Right to Water http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1872 In this new follow up to the international bestseller Blue Gold , Barlow chronicles the growth of a new global movement dedicated to establishing water as a universal human right that cannot be bought and sold in the name of profit. From India, where water rights activists challenge Coca Cola, to Barrington, New Hampshire, where local citizens protest the depletion of their groundwater, Blue Convenant introduces us to the inspiring global upsurge of people wanting to extend the idea of the commons to this life-giving resource

]]> Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1872 Taxes and Our Collective Progress http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1810 While taxes are usually reviled as a scourge, little thought is given to the role of taxes in protecting and advancing the commons. A short but powerful new book, 10 Excellent Reasons Not to Hate Taxes (New Press) aims to remedy the common misperceptions about taxation. The book is an anthology of ten short essays by different authors, each explaining a civilizing rationale for taxes and tax revenue protects the common good, nature and future generations. Among the reasons set forth: Progressive taxes are a good deal. They can strengthen the economy. Taxes can promote economic justice for all. Taxes help families raise kids. Taxes fuel democracy. And taxes pay for economic opportunity.

]]> Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1810 Ready to Share: Fashion & the Ownership of Creativity http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1766 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1766 Center for Whole Communities http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1713 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1713 Clawback http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1712 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1712 Climate Solutions: What Works, What Doesn't and Why. http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1542 FROM THE LOS ANGELES TIMES

The Los Angeles Times reviews Climate Solutions

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]]> Sun, 30 Mar 2008 00:00:00 PDT http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1543 Language, Culture, and Landscape. Preserving Aboriginal 'Deep Time' for Tomorrow http://www.onthecommons.org/content.php?id=1579 For more on the conference see Protecting the Cultural and Natural Heritage in the Western Hemisphere: Lessons from the Past; Looking to the Future

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