The Commons
Among the Nightingales in Berlin
Music
David’s latest recording projects are focused on collaborations with nightingales. As part of the work, Rothenberg and an international band of musicians perform music in concert with nightingales in Berlin’s public parks.
Rhino Conservation
Article
There has been lots of press around big cats and elephants. Not as many people know about the plight of the rhinos and, in fact, I did not. I said, "Fantastic. If the rhinos need help, then we are here to help the rhinos."
The Insurgent Power of the Commons in the War Against the Imagination
Article
I believe the commons paradigm can help us develop a new social and cultural vision, and new strategies for practical change. Paradoxically enough, redirecting our attention away from conventional politics and policy may offer the most promising possibilities for developing a transformational vision.
BOOK | Farming for the Long Haul
Article
Farmers in urban civilizations have always been subject to powers beyond them. Indeed, there is ample evidence that urban civilizations were invariably built on the conquest and subjection of farming cultures. Our current food industry grew out of the defeat of farmers’ efforts in the late nineteenth century to win fair prices for their production.
Water and the Rising Feminine
Conversation
Pat McCabe | As women, I see us as the relational glue, the relational builders, so I need to get it really straight in my own mind and heart from what ethic will I address these pressures and potential conflicts around water.
Economics for the Anthropocene
Article
A talk given at the Schumacher Center for New Economics, Great Barrington, MA, USA, July 27, 2014 I’m so happy […]
Human Watershed: The Emerging Politics of Bioregional Democracy
Article
The Crisis Downstream: Waiting For A Rainy Day First, the bad news. Our global community no longer has the luxury […]
Toward a Common Theory of Value | Part Five: Common Development
Article
The previous articles in this series considered how objective and subjective principles have been applied in economic thinking. We noted that the left hemisphere of the human brain is categorical and sequential in its objective construction of reality, building the edifice of knowledge up from fragments, piece by piece, to the larger system. By contrast, the right brain experiences the world as timeless Being, a great flowing network of subjective interconnection and unity, processing reality from the Whole to the Part.
Yellowstone Park: The Power of Common Ownership
Article
Yellowstone is a powerful reminder and example of the need we have as human beings to do things together, to share the bounty and beauty of nature together, and to both appreciate the beauty and the wonder of the natural world, and to therefore bind ourselves to rules and regulations that safeguard such beauty and splendor.
Interview | Sharing the Commons: Humanity’s Collective Heritage
Article
Jason Francis for Share International (SI): You’ve spent most of your career in international development, but in recent years you’ve […]