[David Bollier and Silke Helfrich, in The Wealth of the Commons] It has become increasingly clear that we are poised between an old world that no longer works and a new one struggling to be born. Surrounded by an archaic order of centralized hierarchies on the one hand and predatory markets on the other, presided over by a state committed to planet-destroying economic growth, people … Continue reading The Commons as a Transformative Vision
[David Bollier & Burns H. Weston, wealthofthecommons.org] At least since Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring, we have known about humankind’s squandering of nonrenewable resources, its careless disregard of precious life species and its overall contamination and degradation of delicate ecosystems. In recent decades, these defilements have assumed a systemic dimension. Lately we have come to realize the shocking extent to which our atmospheric emission of carbon dioxide … Continue reading Green Governance: Ecological Survival, Human Rights and the Commons
[Sulak Sivaraksa, from The Wisdom of Sustainability, 2009] There is an old Thai saying, “In the fields there is rice; in the water there are fish.” Before colonialism, the fertile lands of Southeast Asia – known as the Rice Bowl of Asia – provided food for all its people. Plants grew everywhere, wildlife was plentiful, jungles produced teak and other hardwoods, and the human population … Continue reading Development from the Bottom Up
[François Houtart[1]] In July 2014 a new step was taken towards constructing a multi-polar world, with the meeting in Brazil of the BRICS, the constitution of a new Bank and of a Fund for Development. This was followed by a joint meeting between the BRICS, UNASUR, the Organization of the South American States and CELAC (the Community of Latin America and the Caribbean). All this happened … Continue reading SOUTH/SOUTH COLABORATION FOR A POST-CAPITALIST PARADIGM
[Fundación Solón, noviembre de 2013] Investigadores, académicos y activistas de varios países de América Latina y Europa aportaron nuevos elementos y propuestas concretas para la elaboración colectiva de modelos de desarrollo alternativos en la “Conferencia internacional bienes comunes y nuevos paradigmas civilizatorios” que sesionó en la ciudad de La Paz, Bolivia, del 18 al 20 de noviembre de 2013. Hace más de dos años, activistas, … Continue reading Nuevas pistas para la transición poscapitalista a partir de la gestión colectiva de los bienes comunes
[Claire Brossaud] 1) Le festival Villes en biens communs sera particulièrement bien représenté à Lyon : quelles seront les principales thématiques abordées ? La particularité de Lyon est de couvrir un large spectre de thématiques qui va bien au delà du numérique : l’environnement, l’espace public, l’art, le savoir et la formation, l’économie collaborative, la participation citoyenne, etc. Certains événements font même cohabiter ensemble plusieurs … Continue reading Villes en biens communs : interviews croisées
Entretien avec Elinor Ostrom, professeure de science politique à l’Université d’Indiana, “prix Nobel” d’économie 2009* par Alice Le Roy, 14 June, 2010 Elinor Ostrom est peu connue dans le monde francophone. L’attribution en octobre 2009, avec l’économiste Oliver Williamson, du prix de la banque de Suède en sciences économiques en mémoire d’Alfred Nobel (le « prix Nobel » d’économie), pour la première fois à une … Continue reading Plaidoyer pour la complexité
[Entrevista a Maristella Svampa, en la columna La Tijereta, abril de 2014]. Se presenta conceptos de post-crecimiento y buen vivir como alternativas ante la realidad global que demuestra que si bien el crecimiento económico se ha cuadruplicado en los últimos cuarenta años, el mismo está lejos de mejorar la condición de vida de la mayoría o de alcanzar una distribución equitativa de la riqueza. El … Continue reading Post-crecimiento y buen vivir como alternativas para alcanzar sociedades equitativas y sustentables
[Christophe Aguiton, 2012] La remise en cause de la propriété privée des principaux moyens de production et d’échange a toujours été au cœur de la doctrine des différents courants de la gauche de transformation sociale. La forme que devrait prendre la propriété collective à opposer à la propriété privée a en revanche beaucoup varié avec le temps et l’une d’entre elles – les « biens communs » … Continue reading Bien communs, sphère publique et « gauche de transformation sociale
[Jessica Conrad, March 2014] At half past three in the morning, Alec Johnson rolls out of bed, puts on his uniform, and walks a block to one of Nice Ride’s bike sharing stations in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. He unlocks a neon green bike and pedals down the Midtown Greenway, a former railroad corridor that now features biking and walking paths, to his job … Continue reading The Next New Economy. How a global phenomenon takes off in one city
El desafío fundamental para Bolivia, Venezuela y Ecuador es definir la transición bajo un nuevo paradigma poscapitalista. [Katu Arkonada, La Época, 6 de noviembre de 2013]. Katu Arkonada (KA): ¿François, como caracterizas el actual momento histórico y la coyuntura política de América Latina? François Houtart (FH): En primer lugar debemos decir que es el único continente en el mundo donde existen esfuerzos por salir del … Continue reading Entrevista a François Houtart
[François Houtart, November 2011] “…a complete theoretical rethinking is necessary, on the one hand dealing with all the elements that have led the world into a systemic crisis situa- tion and with the wearing out of a historical model; and on the other hand, redefining the objectives of a new social construct that is respectful of nature and capable of ensuring human life as a … Continue reading From “Common Goods” to “The Common Good of Humanity”
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