Deconstructing the "tragedy of the commons"

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Submitted by Julie Risien(0)17 May, 2012 - 10:09

An interesting website was brought to my attention today.  Thought I would share.  http://www.earth-condominium.org

"Since ocean and climate systems unite us all, they form an heritage of humanity. To organize this interdependence requires an alternative to the “Market” or the “State”. We propose as a third way an accounting system both fair and reciprocal, which allows for collective action."

It presents seven steps to organizing the global neighborhood; they include a common metric for nature, commons value for benefits, and fiscal reform. 

The website if full of well written summaries to explain and teach some of the big picture concepts related to ecosystem services.

But what are the potential pitfalls of going for the global scale?  What's the role of smaller scale work in getting there?

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Tim Gieseke
Tim Gieseke1 year 1 day ago

Julie - thanks for the Earth

Julie - thanks for the Earth Condominium link and perspective.  I think their website is well thought out and provides some good direction toward solutions.  Perhaps where I see a weak link is that they rely too much on traditional government-type bodies to build these solutions.   In our increasingly interconnected commons future, hierarchical structures inherent to governments seem a bit too feudal and futile.  But my take away is their parallels with the condominium community and I will investigate that direction.

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