The Future of the Commons:

Future of the Commons UPDATE (Thursday 5/17):

Presentations schedule so far:

Space Junk by Mike Taubleb

Domain names and "dotNeighborhoods" initiative in NYC by Tom Lowenhaupt

Communication Commons by Hillary Weiss

Where did all the fish go? Searching for solutions to a Commons tragedy by Joe Plotkin

Random Thoughts on Cyber-Socialism by Olga Ast

We still have room for one or two more, so if you feel so inclined - drop me a note.

---------> Joe

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The Future of the Commons.

A very broad, and critical, topic, first suggested by Tom Lowenhaupt. I hope we will generate presentations on a wide variety of areas that fit under this topic. Here are some starters:

Tragedy of the Commons, and possible solutions

Privatization, good and bad

Political battles: Occupy, health care,

Copyright, copyleft, and Fair Use

Climate change

Extraction industries: fracking, mining, drilling, (over) fishing

Internet: openness vs. threats

-- etc. etc. --

A few reading suggestions:

Lewis Hyde Common as Air: Revolution, Art, and Ownership (historical perspective)

Lawrence Lessig The Future of Ideas

David Bollier: news and perspectives on the commons (http://bollier.org/commons-short-and-sweet)

Because there are so many aspects to this topic, we'll do this in our Little Bigs format -- 5 minute presentations. We need lots of them -- so please send me your proposals ASAP.

Thanks gang.

------------> Joe