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--- comg:commoning [2026/04/13 07:51] – Simon Grant
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 ![](https://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/wp-content/uploads/commoning.jpg)
 People Power Mosaic by Herb Neufeld, [CC BY 2.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/)
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 > “The law locks up the man or woman, who steals the goose from off the common
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 But leaves the greater villain loose, who steals the common from off the goose.”
-— 17th century protest song
+— 18th century protest song
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 ===== What is commoning? =====
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 _How does the commons work? From the [Next System Project](https://thenextsystem.org/)._
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-Commoning is quite distinct from - and frequently opposed to - both the (capitalist) market and the (liberal) state. Its purpose is to ensure that resources, which should not be controlled by one person or one huddle of people (because diverse people depend on them) don’t end up being owned or controlled by one person or sectional set of interests, and are available to all participants on a fair basis.
+Commoning is quite distinct from – and frequently opposed to – both the (capitalist) market and the (liberal) state. Its purpose is to ensure that resources, which should not be controlled by one person or one huddle of people (because diverse people depend on them) don’t end up being owned or controlled by one person or sectional set of interests, and are available to all participants on a fair basis.
-Commoning is certainly NOT ‘the [sharing economy](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/beware-the-sharing-economy-back-door-for-a-more-rapacious-form-of-capitalism/)’ promoted by Über, Airbnb, Task Rabbit and the like. These are infrastructures owned by corporations that have been made to look like ‘free choice’ open spaces on the surface (common pools), which pump out private wealth and knowledge from the arrangements, serving wealthy elites.
+Commoning is certainly NOT ‘the [sharing economy](http://lowimpactorg.onyx-sites.io/beware-the-sharing-economy-back-door-for-a-more-rapacious-form-of-capitalism/)’ promoted by Uber, Airbnb, Task Rabbit and the like. These are infrastructures owned by corporations that have been made to look like ‘free choice’ open spaces on the surface (common pools), which pump out private wealth and knowledge from the arrangements, serving wealthy elites.
 ==== Past and present ====
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 _Elinor Ostrom on the myth of the ‘Tragedy of the Commons’._
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 _What are commons? Another nice introduction._
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 _Design globally, manufacture locally._
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 _Grab a cup of tea and let David Bollier explain the commons in a bit more detail._