
Although not part of legislation recently passed in the U.S. House, this idea remains the most pragmatic approach to curbing global warming
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A Disney cartoon from 1950 shows how streets were transformed from a commons for everyone into the exclusive property of motorists
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The Transition Towns movement leads the way in imagining and building a re-localized, more resilient future.
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Credit unions offer better credit cards than banks.
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From Iowa City, Thoughts About What A Community Needs to Thrive
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Now available: English translations of Heinrich Boell Foundation collection of essays.
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Author resurrects lost WPA book manuscript about American eating traditions.
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Notes from a lively discussion about commons consciousness
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Academics from around the world explore the (positive) implications of a no-growth economy.
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EFF’s new website helps Internet users fight unfair terms-of-service contracts.
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The Communal Innovation Trust as an alternative to western intellectual property schemes.
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Each of us owns a stake in some valuable assets: clean air, fresh water, the internet and much more
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Obama lets Wall Street rescue itself at our expense.
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Wired magazine can’t talk about sharing and collaboration without invoking Karl Marx and Che Guervara. Oh, grow up.
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Bipartisan support for commons-based solution to climate change
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Nations stake claims to the ocean floor in search of oil, gas and minerals.
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David Bollier's recent talk at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society.
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A manifesto from the World Social Forum and a conference in Sweden.
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Time dollars creates a system of economic exchange based on community wants and needs
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The Pacific Ocean now hosts floating debris twice the size of Texas.
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