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COMMONS MAGAZINE

Environment

Economic growth that depends upon depleting nature is not “progress,” but wanton destruction of a vital commons. Our mission is to draw attention to this theft of commonly owned wealth and promote ways to restore natural ecosystems through better commons management systems.

March 23, 2013

What You Can Do to Stop "Democracy For Sale"

Bill McKibben reports the latest from Washington on the Keystone XL pipeline
March 9, 2013

A Brief History of How We Lost the Commons

And what we must do to get it back
February 25, 2013

How Commons-based Strategies Can Transform Your Hometown

Invite OTC to town to boost public life and community connections
February 4, 2013

A Movement to Protect the Earth Rises in Canada

Idle No More: Indigenous people mount a high-profile challenge to Prime Minister Stephen Harper's policies
January 6, 2013

Who Should Pay the Costs of Climate Change?

Increasingly frequent disasters like Hurricane Sandy and Typhoon Bopha raise the question of global sharing
December 3, 2012

Setting Free Our History

Getting the commons into school curriculum will help students understand climate change (and a lot more)
December 2, 2012

Hima: An Islamic Tradition of the Commons

Middle Eastern greens revive Muhammad's vision of protecting special places for future generations
November 27, 2012

Why Health Care is a Commons