Commons Magazine
 An Open Source WorldMarch 1, 2011 | by Jay Walljasper An Open Source World: For Saulo Araujo, the commons idea of open source extends far beyond software, beyond even the Internet itself all the way to villages in northeastern of Brazil. |
 Boston Youth Group Pushes Commons-based GoalsFebruary 9, 2011 | by Jay Walljasper Boston Youth Group Pushes Commons-based Goals: The Hyde Square Task Force is by far and away one of the most promising community success stories. |
 Mark LakemanDecember 24, 2010 | by Jay Walljasper Mark Lakeman: Mark Lakeman is an architect fired up by the belief that our neighborhoods can become more than places where we hang our hats and park our cars. |
 Rehydrating India's Dry RiversMay 7, 2010 | by Adam Davidson-harden Rehydrating India's Dry Rivers: Drawing on indigenous knowledge of hydrology and ecology, Rajendra Singh restored water to the dried-up rivers of India's Rajasthan region. |
 Nourishing the spirit of the commons in ClevelandMarch 22, 2010 | by Jay Walljasper Nourishing the spirit of the commons in Cleveland: Rev. Tracey Lind notes that there is a profound spiritual dimension to the commons. |
 "The institutions that are supposed to reproduce daily life are incapable of acting on behalf of the people any more -- so we need to produce our own institutional alternatives."January 18, 2010 | by David Bollier "The institutions that are supposed to reproduce daily life are incapable of acting on behalf of the people any more -- so we need to produce our own institutional alternatives.": |
 An Authority on Non-Profits Makes the Case that Philanthropy Can't Solve all our ProblemsNovember 17, 2009 | by Jay Walljasper An Authority on Non-Profits Makes the Case that Philanthropy Can't Solve all our Problems: For Klein, a Methodist who once considered becoming a minister, the commons is a spiritual as well as a political and social issue. |
 A Latino Entrepreneur Who is Pioneering "Commons-Based Development" with ImmigrantsSeptember 29, 2009 | by Leah Cooper A Latino Entrepreneur Who is Pioneering "Commons-Based Development" with Immigrants : “Common sense” is a term Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin repeatedly uses with ever increasing enthusiasm to describe the Hillside Farmers Cooperative he is creating with Latino farmers in southern Minnesota. Sometimes he pronounces it, “commons sense.” |
 Getting Junk Out of School LunchesJune 19, 2009 | by David Bollier Getting Junk Out of School Lunches: The ubiquity of processed foods and fast-food brands often makes it hard to imagine more wholesome alternatives. |
 A Spiritual and Ethical Challenge on the Great PlainsApril 16, 2009 | by David Bollier A Spiritual and Ethical Challenge on the Great Plains: For Darryl Birkenfeld, a long-time resident of Nazareth, Texas, the commons is not just a call to develop better economic models or protections for nature. |
 A Latin American Mayor Shows How We Can Improve Day-to-Day Life for EveryoneDecember 8, 2008 | by Jay Walljasper A Latin American Mayor Shows How We Can Improve Day-to-Day Life for Everyone : Happiness itself is a commons to which everyone should have equal access. That's the view of Enrique Peñalosa, who is not, as you might expect, a starry-eyed idealist or philosopher given to abstract theorizing. |
 Minnesota's Secretary of State, who was in the middle of the Franken-Coleman recount, believes that voting is the foundation of a commons-based societyNovember 25, 2008 | by Jay Walljasper Minnesota's Secretary of State, who was in the middle of the Franken-Coleman recount, believes that voting is the foundation of a commons-based society: What happens or doesn't happen in Washington over the next two years may depend on who wins the Minnesota senate race. |
 A Journey to Rediscover the Local CommonsOctober 10, 2008 | by Tom Oconell A Journey to Rediscover the Local Commons: Commons are about people and their relationship to a resource, believes Rowe, the first director of the Tomales Bay Institute, since renamed On the Commons. |
 Anonymous Crusader Takes On Pop-Up Ad IndustryJuly 1, 2008 | by David Bollier Anonymous Crusader Takes On Pop-Up Ad Industry: |
 Citizen-archivist uses tech savvy to liberate government informationJune 11, 2008 | by David Bollier Citizen-archivist uses tech savvy to liberate government information: |
 Two bakers enlist customers to revive wheat-growing and the local economy in western MassachusettsMay 30, 2008 | by David Bollier Two bakers enlist customers to revive wheat-growing and the local economy in western Massachusetts: |
 Reclaiming barren lands, promoting sustainable agriculture with indigenous knowledge.May 19, 2008 | by Jay Walljasper Reclaiming barren lands, promoting sustainable agriculture with indigenous knowledge.: |
 The Incorruptible Steward of the Craigslist CommonsMay 14, 2008 | by David Bollier The Incorruptible Steward of the Craigslist Commons: |
 A Mission to Help Everyday People Express Their Own Ideas on TVApril 22, 2008 | by Jay Walljasper A Mission to Help Everyday People Express Their Own Ideas on TV: |
 The Race to Save One of Our World’s Most Overlooked TreasuresMarch 30, 2008 | by Tom Oconell The Race to Save One of Our World’s Most Overlooked Treasures: |
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