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 - http://democracycollaborative.org/content/gar-alperovitz-closing-keynote-aaas-climate-change-summit - At the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Summit on Climate Change Resilience and Governance

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