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COMMONS MAGAZINE

Commons Strategies

A wide number of new strategies exist for assuring that the commons, in its many forms, is protected and enhanced over time. Some involve government and law, others depend on informal governance and social sanctions, while still others work with market mechanisms and other hybrid models.

December 12, 2011

At Last, A New Story for the Future

Bill McKibben's introduction to OTC's book All That We Share: A Field Guide to the Commons
November 19, 2011

From Occupy Wall Street to Occupy Your Street

It's time for Occupy actions to branch out into the neighborhoods
November 16, 2011

Reclaiming and Redefining America's Hopes

The commons worldview can helps us accomplish great things together--really
November 8, 2011

Occupy the Commons

How the values of collaboration and sharing fuel the impact of Occupy protests
November 2, 2011

Elinor Ostrom Outlines Best Strategies for Managing the Commons

Nobel Prize winner headlines the Minneapolis Festival of the Commons, co-sponsored by On the Commons
October 26, 2011

The Little Library That Could

Free neighborhood libraries are popping up all over
October 21, 2011

The Tea Party vs. Occupy Wall Street

Finally, a truly populist uprising
October 19, 2011

Occupy Main Street

Frustration about Wall Street greed boils over in Middle America
October 18, 2011

We Power

From people's quiet yearnings, come new possibilities for a shift from me to we
October 7, 2011

"The Most Important Thing in the World"

Naomi Klein on the beautiful movement that is arising