WIll Ruddick on ‘Commitment Pooling’ to Build Economic Commons
WIll Ruddick on ‘Commitment Pooling’ to Build Economic Commons The present currency systems play a deep and pervasive role in perpetuating the Material Culture. We need alternatives! Will Ruddick, development economist and founder of Grassroots Economics, has spent the past 16 years in Kenya developing innovative “community inclusion currencies” for dozens of poorer communities. By […]
Think LIke a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons
Think LIke a Commoner: A Short Introduction to the Life of the Commons The Commons is perhaps one of the most important foundations for Planetary Culture. Think Like a Commoner explains the rich history and promising future of the commons — an ageless paradigm of cooperation and fairness that is re-making our world. I want […]
Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann’s Project to Reimagine Economics Education
Jennifer Brandsberg-Engelmann’s Project to Reimagine Economics Education Shifting our exploitative, extractive, growth-addicted economic system to a regenerative economy is one of the most critical transitions we need to accelerate. But how? This Frontiers of Commoning podcast offers a brilliant and pragmatic blueprint. First, focus on enlightening youth BEFORE they are indoctrinated in classical (exploitative, extractive) […]
Gustavo Salas of Cecosesola: Prioritizing Commoning in a World of Capitalist Markets
Gustavo Salas of Cecosesola: Prioritizing Commoning in a World of Capitalist Markets In this episode of *Frontiers of Commoning*, David Bollier interviews Gustavo Salas of Cecosesola—one of the world’s most enduring cooperative federations. Salas shares how Cecosesola has fostered a culture of commoning rooted in trust, mutual care, and collective self-management. By deprioritizing market norms […]
Frontiers of Commoning
Frontiers of Commoning A outstanding monthly conversation with creative activists pioneering new forms of commoning — a foundational element of Planetary Culture. I want to Learn and I have between 30 and 60 minutes Source: David Bollier Functional Sector: Environment Date Added: 2023-06-19 Category: Commons Format: Podcast Duration: between 30 and 60 minutes
David Bollier on His New, Updated Edition of Think Like a Commoner
David Bollier on His New, Updated Edition of Think Like a Commoner In this episode of *Frontiers of Commoning*, host Jimmy Buff interviews David Bollier about the second edition of his influential book *Think Like a Commoner*. The updated edition expands themes around commons as living, relational systems, bioregionalism, digital governance, legal innovations, and the […]
Brandon Letsinger on Cascadia and Bioregional Activism
Brandon Letsinger on Cascadia and Bioregional Activism Brandon Letsinger, a Seattle organizer and cofounding director of the Cascadia Department of Bioregion, recounts the rich and fascinating history of bioregional activism in Cascadia — three watersheds in the Pacific Northwest extending from British Columbia to northern California. For more than 40 years, Cascadia activists have been […]
Alnoor Ladha & Lynn Murphy on Post-Capitalist Philanthropy
Alnoor Ladha & Lynn Murphy on Post-Capitalist Philanthropy This episode of the Fronters of Commoning podcast series makes a very straightforward case for why fundamental change depends upon a change in worldview. It links system-change, philanthropy, and cosmology. The real challenge for philanthrophy, say Ladha and Murphy, is to help the world move to a […]