Most people think a COMMONS is a resource held in common, but that is a misleading partial truth. There are a minimum of THREE ELEMENTS required for a commons to exist: 1- a defined resource; 2- a defined group of people sharing that resource; and 3- a set of agreements among those people about how they share that resource.
This means that a commons is a SOCIAL ECOSYSTEM that links a resource to a group of people. If you want to learn more about that and the implications of it, then join myself and author and independent scholar of commoning David Bollier January 20-21, 2017 here in Montague, MA for an evening talk and one-day workshop. For more information, follow the link! http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2711059 ------------- Dave Jacke Dynamics Ecological Design 33 E. Taylor Hill Rd. • Montague, MA • 01351 603-831-1298 • [email protected] Visit www.edibleforestgardens.com for information on or to purchase my award-winning two-volume book, Edible Forest Gardens. Mark Krawczyk and I are now writing a new book on Coppice Agroforestry! Find out more at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coppiceagroforestry/dave-and-mark-write-a-coppice-agroforestry-book and support our effort by sending a check to the address above—we will honor the same rewards listed on the kickstarter website for any donations sent now. We see things not as they are. We see things as we are. Talmud
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