The commons: Resurrecting a good idea leading to better ways of living!

The commons as an approach offers a way to better organise our lives for the common good and the sustainability of our planet. In this program the history, meaning and practice of the commons is discussed, including a need to look to Aboriginal knowledge to deal with climate change and the current fires in Victoria and Australia.References:Bauman,  (1998) Work, Consumerism and the New Poor. UK: Open University PressBollier, D. (2014) Think like a Commoner Gabriola Island: New Society PublishersBollier, D. & Helfrich, S. (2012) The Wealth of the Commons. Amherst: Levellers PressGoodall, J.R. (2019) The politics of the common good: Dispossession in Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Ltd.Raygorodetsky, G. (2017) Archipelago of Hope. New York: Pegasus Books.Yunkaporta, T. (2019) Sand talk How Indigenous Thinking Can Save the World. Melbourne: Text Publ.Web resources:International Association for the Study of the Commons: International Journal of the Commons (www.thecommonsjournal.org)P2P Foundation (Peer to Peer Foundation)Shareable: people-owered solutions for the common good (www.shareable.net)Social and Solidarity Economy Is There a New Economy in the Making? Peter Utting, Nadine van Dijk and Marie-Adélaïde Matheïfile:///G:/various%20materials/UNRISD_Occasional_Paper_Social_and_Solid.pdf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L75k84AJuL4 https://www.ethosvo.org/the-value-exchange-episode-9-michel-bauwens-we-are-the-gardeners-of-the-planet/ Michel Bauwens on the Commonshttps://wiki.p2pfoundation.net/Introduction_to_Commons_Economics