The library is a collection of commons-related resources, both on- and offline.
Materials published by the fellows of On the Commons.
by Maude Barlow
in
published Jan 8, 2007
12 Dec 2008
In every corner of the globe, communities (not just human, but flora and fauna as well) are in a pitched battle against thirst. One clear lesson emerges from the struggles of the world’s water warriors — water management remains a leaky endeavor unless it adheres to the principles of the commons — the gifts of society and nature that are shared by all, for generations to come. Click below to learn more about the Our Water Commons global network and to read the report.
The Spanish language version of_Our Water Commons: Towards a New Freshwater Narrative_is available here. To learn more about the Our Water Commons global network and to read the report, click on the link below.
by Rachel Breen
in Invigorate the Common Well
published Jul 26, 2008
10 Nov 2008
Here's a list to print out and post on your refrigerator.
by Peter Barnes
published Mar 1, 2008
Matthew Lappe
30 Mar 2008
"Peter Barnes is right. The best and most efficient way to reduce global warming isn't a cap-and-trade system that gives historic polluters free rights to pollute in the future, and it's not a carbon tax that hits poor and middle-income Americans especially hard. It's a cap-and-auction with rebates to all Americans. Read this useful guide and see why." --Robert B. Reich, Professor of Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley, and former U.S. Secretary of Labor
This guide explains carbon capping so that citizens can understand and shape it. The easy-to-read guide describes three different ways to cap carbon: cap-and-giveaway, cap-and-auction, and cap-and-rebate. It explains how if done right, a carbon cap is the single best tool to fight climate change, but if done wrong, will transfer hundreds of billions of dollars from families to corporate polluters. Mandatory reading for every American.
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An easy-to-use guide for citizens and organizations launching their own community-based forums.
by Maude Barlow
in
published Jan 8, 2007
12 Dec 2008
In every corner of the globe, communities (not just human, but flora and fauna as well) are in a pitched battle against thirst. One clear lesson emerges from the struggles of the world’s water warriors — water management remains a leaky endeavor unless it adheres to the principles of the commons — the gifts of society and nature that are shared by all, for generations to come. Click below to learn more about the Our Water Commons global network and to read the report.
The Spanish language version of_Our Water Commons: Towards a New Freshwater Narrative_is available here. To learn more about the Our Water Commons global network and to read the report, click on the link below.
by Rachel Breen
in Invigorate the Common Well
published Jul 26, 2008
10 Nov 2008
Here's a list to print out and post on your refrigerator.
by Maude Barlow
published Sep 1, 2005
6 May 2008
Book goes below the surface in explaining the approaching global conflict over water.
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8 Dec 2008
An open-content, citizen-driven site to create an efficient, well-researched body of historical information from many viewpoints and sources.
12 Sep 2008
Kim Klein is the founder and former publisher of the bimonthly Grassroots Fundraising Journal, which celebrated its 25th birthday in 2006. Her work with the Building Movement Project (www.buildingmovement.org) is allowing her to explore an interest in the idea of the commons - what do we and what should we own in common? Kim is in the research and development phase of creating workshops on the commons and on fair and equitable tax policy. Kim believes that the nonprofit sector has a critical role to play in the creation and maintenance of a democratic society.
31 Jul 2008
Sam Boykin gives a summary of Cap and Dividend Solution to global warming.
16 May 2008
After two months and over one hundred and forty entries from young activists and filmmakers across the country, the celebrity-judged I “Heart” Tap Water national video contest has a final winner just in time for Earth Day. Using a variety of media including claymation and animation, students creatively declared their love for tap water on film and pledged to rid their campuses of bottled water.
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by Lawrence Lessig Jack Valenti
published Nov 29, 2001
Scott McGibbon
1 Aug 2008
by Diane Watson, The Norman Lear Center Marty Kaplan
published Aug 6, 2003
Scott McGibbon
1 Aug 2008
by David Bollier Robert McChesney
published Feb 15, 2005
Scott McGibbon
1 Aug 2008
by Institute for Local Self-Reliance
published Sep 22, 2004
David Bollier
22 Sep 2004
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