The recent discussion regarding what part of our physical environment should be considered "commons" in the sense of freely open to anyone, as the public...
From Owen Ephraim It's a very good idea to have an alternative response to any or every initiative in favour of the status quo. Whoever though of it - Well...
In early 1994, when we were just beginning to wind The Commons out of its early and relatively primitive list phase and into the then very new and promising...
What follows is an invitation to members of Th Commons Group to subscribe to and participate in an online forum about how we can bring about fair sharing of...
Hall of Shame I would like to pursue briefly this concept, taking an example which thus far has gotten more than its share of static. I refer in particular to...
SUMMARY: Might we put our heads together and develop a high profile, international cooperative platform for discerning an annual International CarFree City...
Mr. Jim Grube from MIT has just joined us as the 200th member of our @World Carshare group. So when the occasion presents itself, let's lift a glass to Mr....
5 July 2000. COMMENT ON JAMES ROBERTSON'S ESSAY ON THE MONEY SUPPLY. An interesting essay that I have not had time to think about or even to read thoroughly....
This is to let you know that the text of a recent and very provocative talk, the Alternative Mansion House Speech of 15 June, by James Robertson can now be...
Enter your vote today! Check out the new poll for the the-commons group: (1) Which Web browser do you currently use? (2) Would you be willing to switch to...
Dear Friends, We have just carried out a major and massive overhaul of The Commons Web site, with a view to making this a more interesting and useful component...
Re: "Business as usual is no longer an option" - Shell Chemicals This 15 panel PowerPoint presentation (800k) illustrates the language (if not always perhaps...
Dear List of Commons, As a newcomer to this forum, I was asked to introduce myself. So I will. An engineer of environmental planning and design, I work with...
Kia ora from Aotearoa/NZ. I have a passion for social justice and support the philosophy and goals of the commons. As a Green Party member and a believer in...
You may already know about the huge rethink and redeployment program that is presently going on full steam in Bogotá to create and put into place what I ...
We would like to remind you of this upcoming event. Science As If The World Mattered - May 10-13, 2000 Date: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 Time: All Day See...
Please note that the @Forum components of our Web sites under The Commons are undergoing reorganization and it may take a few days before we have them fully...
Kjell Dahle has just sent this note which I think is close enough to the interests and competence of a number of you to be of interest - and perhaps you may...
Further to (a) yesterday's message from Kjell Dahle on the topic of the fall of the latest Norwegian government's on the grounds of its refusal to undermine...
PRESS RELEASE: Transforming the City - Royal College of Art Transport Design Initiative Aims to Make Cities More People-Friendly - A major Royal College of Art...
I cannot too strongly recommend the latest Adbusters campaign - the First Things First 'Creative Resistance" campaign. In their words: "As part of First Things...
A very useful Newsletter on Car Free Day developments in Europe has just been posted by Richard Evans of the ETA Car Free Day group. It is available directly...
Dear Friends, As you have noticed, the discussions and email component of The Commons has been pretty quiet of late. That is because most of the action is...
TransBilbao Express May we suggest that you check out this rather interesting sustainability site at http://www.transbilbao.net? With all good wishes, Eric...
Dear Friends, So often when people talk about concepts such as sustainable development or social justice, it is in an abstract, often polemic way. Within The ...
As you know the main focus of The Commons, in all of its various projects and parts, is the theme of sustainability -- and more specifically what should we be...
This will shortly be developed into the Forum of The Commons - http://www.ecoplan.org/ Group Manager: the-commons-owner@egroups.com To subscribe, send a...
