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

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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

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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...

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