The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong. Fifty years ago, University of California professor Garrett Hardin penned […]
Why Common Ownership Is a Route to Social Transformation
The case for despair is made. Now let’s start to get out of the mess we’re in. “to be truly radical is to make hope possible, rather than despair convincing” […]
The Tragedy of the Commons: How Elinor Ostrom Solved One of Life’s Greatest Dilemmas
The design principles for solving the tragedy of the commons can be applied to all groups As an evolutionary biologist who received my PhD in 1975, I grew up with […]
Govern land as a global commons
Calls for international coordination of land use to ensure everyone has access to its fruits. Since 2000, states including the United Kingdom and China have together bought a total […]
Re-imagining Value: Insights from the Care Economy, Commons, Cyberspace and Nature
A 62 page Deep Dive hosted by Commons Strategies Group in cooperation with the Heinrich Böll Foundation and David Graeber. What is “value” and how shall we protect it? It’s […]