The Commons Law Project: Greenkeeping Governance

Green Governance  Wednesday, May 16, 2012  For the past two years or more, I’ve been working on a major research and writing project to try to recover from the mists of history the bits and pieces of what might be called “commons law” (not to be confused with common law).  Commons law consists of those social practices, cultural traditions and specific bodies of…

The London Seminars: Emergence of a Commons-Based Economy

The London Seminars: Emergence of a Commons-Based Economy  Friday, May 25, 2012  To judge from James B. Quilligan's recent series of talks in London, Brits are more receptive to, and interested in, the idea of a commons-based economy than ever.  Below, James reflects on his many encounters and dialogues over the course of two weeks.  –David Bollier  Twelve…

Commons for Peace (Serbian Translation)

OPŠTA DOBRA U SLUŽBI MIRA Mada izraz 'bezbednost čovečanstva' može imati različita tumačenja, dva značenja preovladjuju. Neposredno po završetku Hladnog rata, autori nekoliko značajnih studija – uključujući Izveštaj Generalnog sekretara Ujedinjenih nacija za 1992.godinu pod nazivom «Dnevni red za mir» (Agenda for Peace); Izveštaj o procesima razvoja u svetu koji je 1994. godine izdao…

Positive Possibilities for a World in Crisis

A Letter to a Friend... We join with everyone and everything—past, present and future —in sharing our influence on what happens. We are neither guilty nor innocent. Rather, we are consciously or unconsciously involved in everything. Right here and right now. Our actions matter. Our awareness matters. Because we are a factor in the Life of Everything.  This ultimate application…

Positive Possibilities for a World in Crisis (Serbian)

Pismo prijatelju  POZITIVNE MOGUĆNOSTI ZA SVET U KRIZI U životu se pridružujemo raznim ljudima i priklanjamo raznim konceptima – nekim prošlim, nekim sadašnjim i ili budućim – zajedno deleći uticaj koji imamo na sve što nas okružuje. U tome nismo ni zašta krivi niti smo potpuno nevini. Pre bi se reklo da smo svesno ili nesvesno deo svega oko nas. I…

Kosmos Mission Statement-Serbian

Mission - Serbian Kosmos warmly thanks Stanimirka Milovanovic for her translation work.  Kosmos izraıava iskrenu zahvalnost Stanimirki Milovanović za njen prevodilački rad.  Naša misija KOSMOS je starogrčka reč koja opisuje harmoniju i lepotu univerzuma u kojem svaki njegov delić ima svoje mesto u njegovoj Sveobihvatnosti. To je reč koja označava i mesto koje čovek zauzima u…

Transformational Leadership in the Arab Region

On November 26, 2010, HE Mr. Joseph Diess, the President of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly, delivered to me the world renowned 3rd Annual Global South-South Development Award for the CHAHAMA initiative (Network of Multi-Faith Based Organizations in response to HIV). Receiving this award affirmed to me that large scale change in the Arab region depended on the active engagement of…

Greenkeeping Governance: Toward a Law of the Ecological Commons

At least since Rachel Carson's Silent Spring, we have known about humankind's squandering of nonrenewable resources, its careless disregard of precious life species, and its overall contamination and degradation of delicate ecosystems. In recent decades, these defilements have assumed a systemic dimension. Lately we have come to realize the shocking extent to which our atmospheric emission of…

Spring-Summer 2012

In this IssueWhat Does it Mean to be a Global Citizen? - by Ronald C. IsraelOccupy the US: Musings on Horizontal Decision-Making and Bureaucracy - by Marianne MaeckelberghCollective Presencing: A New Human Capacity - by Ria BaeckWhat Does it Mean to be a Global Citizen? (Serbian Translation) - by Ronald C. IsraelTransformational Leadership in the Arab Region - by Khadija Moalla→ Read more…