Commons Strategies
Community Life
Culture, Arts and Information
Economy and Markets
Environment
Food and Agriculture
International
Media and Internet
Politics and Government
Science and Health
Water
Community Life showcase topics
- Project for Public Spaces
- Planetizen
- Community Wealth
- E.F. Schumacher Society
- West Marin Commons
- New Rules Project
- Ogallala Commons
- Forum Organizing
- A Commons Forum Organizing Guide by Project Forum Organizing
- Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future by Bill McKibben (Times Books, 2007)
- Teaching the Commons: Place, Pride and the Renewal of Community by Robert Theobold (Westview, 1997)
- Mayordomo: Chronicle of an Acequia in Northern New Mexico by Stanley Crawford (University of New Mexico Press, 1988)
- The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (Random House, 1961)
- Neighborhood Power: Returning Political and Economic Power to a Community Life by David Morris & Karl Hess (Beacon, 1975)
- Civic Realism by Peter G. Rowe (MIT Press, 1999)
- Going Local: Creating Self-Reliance Communities in a Global Age by Michael H. Shuman (Routledge, 2000)
- The Good City and the Good Life by Daniel Kemmis (Houghton, Mifflin, 1995)
- Home Economics (North Point, 1987)
- What are People For?(North Point, 1990)
- Another Turn of the Crank (Counterpoint, 1995)
- The Citizenship Papers, co-author (Shoemaker & Hoard, 2004)
- Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community (Pantheon, 1993) by Wendell Berry
Community Life

29 Jan 2010 / shareable.net
10 Signs Pointing Us Toward a Commons-based Society
Streets for people, pirate legislators, health care as a commons & more read more

1 Jan 2010 / Jay Walljasper
2010: Crash or Comeback for American Cities?
With worsening local government budget woes, we must rally to preserve public services. read more
29 Dec 2009 / David Bollier
Consequential Strangers: Why our car mechanic, yoga instructor and other casual relationships matter more than we think. Read more...
18 Dec 2009 / Jay Walljasper
Have Yourself a Commons Holiday: New thoughts on breaking out of the nuclear family Read more...
7 Dec 2009 / Jay Walljasper
The Eternal Joy of Hanging Out: Roman piazzas are commons at their best. And there's no reason we can't have them here Read more...
21 Nov 2009 / Jay Walljasper
Giving Thanks for All We Share: The Commons, like Thanksgiving itself, is woven into American traditions Read more...
7 Nov 2009 / Jay Walljasper
Slow Food Nations: What country is the world leader in the commons? Read more...
5 Nov 2009 / Roy Ulrich
Let the Public Own Hometown Teams: It's time to rescind the unfair ban on public ownerships of sports teams Read more...
6 Oct 2009 / Jay Walljasper
Transition Towns Take Up Challenge of Global Warming: Community efforts to reduce carbon and prepare for peak oil are a form of commoning. Read more...
