STWR - Share The World's Resources

The commodification of nature is nothing new, but it now risks locking us into an extractivist and privatising pattern despite the limits imposed on us by the ecological and social crises. We urgently need to put forward a comprehensive alternative political project centred on reclaiming the commons, writes Antonio Tricarico.

The Guardian newspaper asked 50 readers and public figures how they would lead the world out of the climate predicament. According to the secretary general of Co-Operatives UK, it is time for the old idea of sharing to inspire us again. By Ed Mayo. 

Cooperatives offer a means by which to change the economic and social landscape and directly tackle issues of wealth inequality, outsourcing of jobs and high unemployment. By bringing democracy to our communities we can transform society and the economy, write Brian Van Slyke and Taliesin Nyala.

A series of four blogs give a colourful insight to the 3rd International Conference on Degrowth, Ecological Sustainability and Social Equity held in Venice, with speakers including Helena Norberg-Hodge, Serge Latouche, Silke Helfrich and Arturo Escobar among others. By Rob Hopkins.

A recently published book provides a new monetary and economic model according to the role model of nature. Nature is the inspiration for a common-good-currency called “Gradido” that is not to be created by debt, but by contributing to the common good. By Bernd Hückstädt.

Contrary to the incessant mantra of economists, politicians, and media pundits, economic growth is not the solution to what ails us. Our prime need is for a more intelligent distribution of the wealth we have—giving social and environmental returns priority over financial returns, argues David Korten.