Kosmos Winter Preview: ‘Global Citizen | Global Spirit’
Dear Reader,
Every time I read the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, I am deeply moved by its essential, bold aspirations for humanity. This week we celebrate the 70th Anniversary of this milestone document, drafted by representatives from all regions of the world. The Declaration was proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in Paris on 10 December 1948. It set out, for the first…
Our Five Most-Read Articles of the Year, and More Gifts
Dear Reader,
It has been a year of transformation at Kosmos. You played a key role in the journey, as we transitioned from our legacy print journal to the new Kosmos Quarterly. I received many warm and encouraging letters and offers of assistance as I stepped into the role of editor. Thank you for your patience and your trust. It is very nourishing to know we have such a loyal and loving…
Kosmos Editorial Circle | Winter Edition
Each season, Kosmos convenes a new Editorial Circle for the upcoming edition of Kosmos Quarterly. This intentional group of culture hackers, healers, activists, and artists come together for 100 days to cross-pollinate ideas and share the fruits of their practice with our subscribers.
The next Kosmos Quarterly arrives December 21, 2018. Subscribe here.
Meet the Editorial Circle | Global…
Staff and Advisors
KOSMOS WINTER 2018 > STAFF AND ADVISORS
Staff and Advisors
Founding Editor
NANCY B. ROOF
Editor
RHONDA FABIAN
Webmaster | Art Director
KAREN ANDERSEN
Business Manager
SUSAN INGERSOLL
Associate Editor
VICTORIA PRICE
Kosmos Associates Board of Directors
NANCY B. ROOF, Chair
TARA STUART
RHONDA FABIAN, Vice Chair, Treasurer
STEPHANIE SHORTER
JUDY WICKS
JERRY BABER
Editorial Circle, Winter 2018…
The Political Scientist Who Debunked Mainstream Economics
By David Bollier, via evonomics.com
The truth about the tragedy of the commons
“Picture a pasture open to all.”
For at least a generation, the very idea of the commons has been marginalized and dismissed as a misguided way to manage resources: the so-called tragedy of the commons. In a short but influential essay published in Science in 1968, ecologist Garrett Hardin gave the story a…
Two Victories for ‘The Commons’ in Europe
Bologna | a Laboratory for Urban Commoning
Excerpt - By David Bollier | bollier.org
David Bollier
Two weeks ago, the city government celebrated the first anniversary of its Bologna Regulation on public collaboration for urban commons, a system that actively invites ordinary citizens and neighborhoods to invent their own urban commons, with the government’s active assistance. I…
‘Double Enclosure’- the shut down of democratic accountability, participation and transparency
by Heike Loeschmann
Kosmos was delighted to attend the recent EDGE Funders Alliance Conference in Baltimore. The following text is from a presentation by Heike Loeschmann of the Heinrich Boell Foundation on Transformational Change. First, for context, here is the Edge Funders 5-minute Plenary Film 2015 - Better, Not More.
Dr. Heike Löschmann, Head of Department for International Politics…
Three summer programs to note
P2P Summer School: The Art of Commoning
WeCreate, Cloughjordan Ecovillage, Tipperary, Ireland
5 days from August 24th – 28th, 2015
The P2P Summer School is designed for adult educators, trainers and facilitators for change, coaches and people working with their local communities in the fields of sustainability, community resilience and climate adaptation who want to build the capacity,…
The Commons Are Making a Comeback
By Nathan Schneider, from the blog of the P2P Foundation
The commons is an old, simple idea but one that we have never needed so urgently. It’s whatever a community of people shares and manages together. A commons can be anything from a lake that has been fished for centuries to a folk song no one owns to a neighborhood garden to the planet itself. Commoning goes back as long as human history,…
Kosmos and Omega Team Up on the Commons
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Kosmos Journal is excited to participate as a media partner with Omega Institute for the upcoming Conference: Where We Go From Here • October 24–26 • Building the Collaborative Commons, in Rhinebeck, New York.
The Commons has been a special project for Kosmos since the initial international conference held in Berlin which gathered people from around the world working…