Elinor Ostrom’s Legacy of the Commons

tomflanagan — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 08:28:20 +0000

At this time in history, 78 is still far too young an age to be swept into the future. For four decades, Elinor and her colleagues have been slaying a myth that was breathed into life by Ecologist Garrett Hardin‘s misunderstanding of the nature of “The Tragedy of the Commons.” The myth is that people

Democracy as the Means to Discover the New Narratives for Sustainable Futures

tomflanagan — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:42:48 +0000

Democracy is in the business of continually creating a new narrative … oral, textual, and graphic … that can move through and transform communities. While some voices within the Club of Rome have railed against the shortfalls of distorted democracy (and we can see their points), there are few alternative governance approaches which we feel

Wisdom of the People – Institute for 21st Century Agoras

Elinor Ostrom’s Legacy of the Commons

Democracy as the Means to Discover the New Narratives for Sustainable Futures