Recent stories
Encountering the commons in The Pluriverse of Eco-social Justice
Anoushka Zoob Carter reflects on stories of commoning in Portugal, including creative publishing and the collective care of a forest. This is the first story published in collaboration with the blog Undisciplined Environments. Read the story »
Call for aid: Cooperation Jackson and the city’s urgent water crisis
As their city confronts a severe water crisis due to infrastructural collapse, Cooperation Jackson has issued an urgent fundraising appeal for their autonomous relief effort. Read more »
Hopping over the fence
How mass trespassers in England are venturing on to fenced-off lands to reconnect with lost commons. Read more »
Learning
Masters in Commons Administration (MCA): new ‘taster’ course announced!
Applications are now open for a three-day taster course for the Masters in Commons Administration (MCA) in January 2023, to take place in the Lake District, in the North-West of England. Find out more »
Video: Massimo de Angelis - Commoning and revolution
Filmed at the last MCA taster course in June, in this hour-long talk, Massimo de Angelis explores how the commons can play a role in radical social change, and how commoning can offer alternatives to how humans and nature have been treated under capitalism. Watch the video »
Events
Ecocide and the Kurdish Women’s Movement
9 October 2022 at 6pm (UK), online
Organised by Peace in Kurdistan Social Ecology Network
Speakers: Meral Çiçek and Sonia Karimi
More info/register »
Politics of Nature reading group
University of Sussex (in person only)
27 September: Indigenous political ecology
25 October: Police, prison, pollution
29 November: Resistance
Find out more »
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Header photo: Creating cardboard books at La Casa da Esquina, Coimbra / Sérgio Pedro