Urban Commons Archives - Commons Transition

Organizing and Governing the Commons: A Coop-Commons Multilevel Dialogue with Municipalities and Labour

By: Commons Transition On: November 16, 2017 Articles, Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods No Comments

Organizing and Governing the Commons: A Coop-Commons Multilevel Dialogue with Municipalities and Labour

Articles,Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods

Facilitating the convergence cooperatives, social and solidarity economy, commons (and open source and collaborative platforms), cities and trade unions.

Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions

By: Commons Transition On: November 09, 2017 Articles, Michel Bauwens, Urban Commons, Vasilis Niaros 2 Comments

Changing Societies through Urban Commons Transitions

Articles,Michel Bauwens,Urban Commons,Vasilis Niaros

A report examining the rise of the urban commons as both a bottom-up emergence by citizens/commoners and a radical municipal administrative configuration.

The History and Evolution of the Commons

By: Commons Transition On: September 19, 2017 Articles, Michel Bauwens, P2P Foundation 2 Comments

The History and Evolution of the Commons

Articles,Michel Bauwens,P2P Foundation

Is it possible to historicize the commons, to describe the evolution of the commons over time? This is our first draft and preliminary attempt to do so.

The Commons Collaborative Economy explodes in Barcelona

By: Commons Transition On: April 18, 2016 Ann Marie Utratel, Articles, P2P Cultures and Politics, P2Pvalue, Stacco Troncoso 3 Comments

The Commons Collaborative Economy explodes in Barcelona

Ann Marie Utratel,Articles,P2P Cultures and Politics,P2Pvalue,Stacco Troncoso

In 2016 Barcelona, it is well understood that the “Sharing Economy” is a flawed model, while the Commons Collaborative Economy is a totally different game: An in-depth overview of Procomuns a 3 day event on Policies, Technology and Economies of the Commons.

Imagining the (R)Urban Commons in 2040

By: Commons Transition On: November 23, 2015 Articles, Commons Strategy Group, Silke Helfrich, Urban Commons 3 Comments

Imagining the (R)Urban Commons in 2040

Articles,Commons Strategy Group,Silke Helfrich,Urban Commons

Commons scholar Silke Helfrich invites you to take a walk through an environment that we can co-create: The (Rural) Urban Commons of 2040.

Stephanie Rearick on Mutual Aid Networks and Local Solidarity

By: Commons Transition On: September 10, 2015 100 Women of P2P, Peer Governance, Stephanie Rearick No Comments

Stephanie Rearick on Mutual Aid Networks and Local Solidarity

100 Women of P2P,Peer Governance,Stephanie Rearick

"The aim of Mutual Aid Networks is to redesign work. To apply what we know about economic and community building tools to creating a new vision for work."

The Commons Have Come to Town

By: Commons Transition On: July 14, 2015 Alain Ambrosi, Articles, P2P Cultures and Politics, Urban Commons No Comments

The Commons Have Come to Town

Alain Ambrosi,Articles,P2P Cultures and Politics,Urban Commons

The Commons have come to Barcelona to promote a Good Life that redefines economic and social policies, municipal responsibilities and democratic practices

Community Land Trusts, Urban Land Reform and the Commons

By: Commons Transition On: July 07, 2015 Community Land Trusts, Mike Lewis, Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods, Pat Conaty, Special Reports Comments Disabled

Community Land Trusts, Urban Land Reform and the Commons

Community Land Trusts,Mike Lewis,Open Coops & Sustainable Livelyhoods,Pat Conaty,Special Reports

This Special Report provides a crash course in Community Land Trusts and the Cooperative Land Bank and how practical land reform can be systematically implemented to return land to the commons.

Closed in and crowded out: urbanising against the city

By: Commons Transition On: June 30, 2015 Articles, Carlos Delclos, P2P Cultures and Politics, Partner State, Peer Governance, Reclaming the Commons No Comments

Closed in and crowded out: urbanising against the city

Articles,Carlos Delclos,P2P Cultures and Politics,Partner State,Peer Governance,Reclaming the Commons

In the gap between people and increasingly unaccountable institutions beholden to financial interests, citizens are rising up to reclaim the commons.

Bologna Celebrates One Year of a Bold Experiment in Urban Commoning

By: Commons Transition On: June 23, 2015 Articles, Neal Gorenflo, Partner State, Sharing Cities Network No Comments

Bologna Celebrates One Year of a Bold Experiment in Urban Commoning

Articles,Neal Gorenflo,Partner State,Sharing Cities Network

The Bologna Regulation for the Care and Regeneration of the Urban Commons, a unique city policy that has turned “no you can’t” into “yes we can together.”