What If Water Was More Than A Resource? Protecting Water As A Shared Commons

Join Paul Baines from the Great Lakes Commons Map for a short presentation and discussion on water as a shared commons. (meet at 6 - presentation at 6:30).

A commons is all that we inherit, share, and pass on. Commons are our collective wealth and they need social agreements to preserve, protect, and enrich them. The past few years has seen the rise of a Great Lakes Commons community. We are inspired by broader commons and indigenous rights movements.

What can be learned and changed from the past 40 years of water protection? How would a commons-approach change how we govern the Great Lakes (or any waterway)? What are some principles and practices that can make this commons shift happen? How can this water commons ethic be applied and adapted to how you care for water?

View the Great Lakes Commons Map here:

http://greatlakescommonsmap.org (http://greatlakescommonsmap.org/)