The Commons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_good

Public goods include fresh air, knowledge, public infrastructure, national security, education, common language(s), widespread and high public literacy levels, potable water, flood control systems, lighthouses, and street lighting...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_good_(economics)

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"Tragedy of the Commons" -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tragedy_of_the_commons

"Tyranny of Small Decisions" -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyranny_of_small_decisions

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Permanent Culture Now

For commoners, alternative thinkers, tinkerers, future thinking creatives, radical activists, nowtopians, permaculturists

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Via Yes! Magazine - David Korten / 2001 Reclaiming the Commons

Via Sojourners / 2013 Reclaiming the Commons

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Via Community-Wealth - Democracy Collaborative / Reclaiming the Commons

http://democracycollaborative.org/

https://twitter.com/democracycollab

Resource for practitioners and policy makers working to build community wealth. For almost a decade (as of 2015), Democracy Collaborative's online site has served as a central clearinghouse for key research and reports from the field, cutting across traditional community development silos and offering a comprehensive guide to local wealth building strategies.

June 2014

Gar Alperovitz (note Gaylord Nelson) - Speaking/Video Closing keynote at the AAAS Climate Change Summit / American Association for the Advancement of Science's Summit on Climate Change Resilience and Governance

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Next System Project - http://democracycollaborative.org/content/next-system-project

http://democracycollaborative.org/publications

Anchor Institutions

The Cleveland Model

Community Development Corporations (CDCs)

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs)

Community Land Trusts (CLTs)

Cooperatives (Co-ops)

Cross-Sectoral

Democratization of Wealth

Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)

Green Economy

Individual Wealth Building

Individual Wealth Preservation

Local Food Systems

Municipal Enterprise

New State & Local Policies

Outside the U.S.

Program Related Investments

Reclaiming the Commons

Social Enterprise

Socially Responsible Investing

State Asset Building Initiatives

State and Local Investments

Transit Oriented Development

University & Community Partnerships

Worker Cooperatives