Apr 3 2012in Commons, FoO Media, Reports by FoO-Steward 1 Comment »
Campaign announcement by Commonsense.it initiating the campaign for a European Charter of the Commons under Lisbon Treaty Regulation No. 211/2011. In solidarity with those resisting the privatization of resources e.g., in Italy with the water referendum, the recent occupations of 2011 and 2012, we are provided a glimpse into their vision of an emerging Commons based [...]
Dec 12 2011in A Top Story, Academics & Research, Commons, FoO Media, Frameworks & Models by mbsteisslinger Sage Advice for Occupy? from Nobel winner Elinor Ostrom
Dr. Elinor Ostrom, 2009 Nobel Prize Winner in Economics for her 30+ years of research and study of commons* management, is joined by many other commons supporters in saying that the “tragedy of the commons” is that of the unmanaged or unsuccessfully managed commons. What we have now is an entire paradigm managed for the [...]
Nov 22 2011in Direct Democracy, Social Innovation, Video by Mark Jagdev Constitutional Amendment for Direct Democracy in the USA
Nov 13th Max Keiser interviewed Senator Mike Gravel, founder of the National Initiative for Democracy (NI4D) which seeks, by direct decree, to give full effect in law to “We the People”. [Emphasis is added]: NI4D is a proposed Constitutional Amendment (Democracy Amendment) which recognizes the people’s right to make laws at the local, state and [...]
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