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["Theodoros G. Karounos" <karounos@mail.ntua.gr>]

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JUNE, 2010

What's on the Commons

Prosperity Depends Now on Working with Neighbors Reliance on cheap energy made us rich, wrecked our climate and left us lonely, says Bill McKibben. READ MORE

On the Commons is a network of citizens and organizations working toward a commons-based society. The commons refers to the natural and socially-created commons belonging to all of us that-when used wisely and fairly-will benefit everyone, including future generations.

INITIATIVES AND IDEAS FROM
ON THE COMMONS

Thinking Twice About Climate Change Solutions

Activists from around the world are leery of market-based climate fixes. Daniel Moss reports from Bolivia … READ MORE

Commons Heard 'Round the World

Make plans for World Commons Day on October 15 … READ MORE

Meet You at the Corner Lot

Reclaiming the commons in a small town … READ MORE

NEWS OF THE COMMONS

A Better Way to Fight Global Warming

Senator Maria Cantwell on the advantages of her Cap-and-Refund bill over Cap-and-Trade … READ MORE

When the Water Stops Running

Two million Bostonians get a dramatic lesson on the water commons … READ MORE

Patently Absurd

New online film shows why the patent system is out of control … READ MORE

Republican Commoner

Alaska governor and Nixon's Secretary of the Interior Walter Hickel was an unlikely champion of the commons … READ MORE

Drug Companies Corrupt Medical Research Former editor of the New England Journal of Medicine exposes how … READ MORE

UNCOMMON COMMONER Rajendra Singh Drawing on indigenous knowledge, he restored water to dry rivers in India … READ MORE

Digital Commons Can Invigorate Universities The mission of academia is at stake, declares OTC's David Bollier at Amherst College … READ MORE

The Politics of Open Source Free sharing has some surprising effects in the off-line world … READ MORE

Medieval Enclosure of a Modern Commons In Australia, a mining company seizes a village green … READ MORE

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