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The Beauty of Private Sufficiency and Communal Luxury in Affordable Housing
https://www.bollier.org/blog/beauty-private-sufficiency-and-communal-luxury-affordable-housing
Published: October 1, 2026 17:25
SelƧuk Balamir had no experience as an architect, contractor, or finance expert, but when he saw a City of Amsterdam tender inviting proposals to build affordable housing apartments, he took the leap. He decided to submit a proposal to build aā¦
Torange Khonsari on the Potential of Commons/Public Partnerships
https://www.bollier.org/blog/torange-khonsari-potential-commonspublic-partnerships
Published: September 1, 2026 04:00
As the Commonsverse becomes more robust worldwide, a more urgent question is arising:Ā Can commoners work constructively with the state, and if so, how?Ā Ā State power tends to have its own narrow ideas about how to get things done ā and whatā¦
Taking Co-Living Seriously in Architecture & Design
https://www.bollier.org/blog/taking-co-living-seriously-architecture-design
Published: August 1, 2026 04:00
Surging real estate markets, among other factors, have made US housing unaffordable to large segments of the population, especially young people. So much of it is designed for conventional nuclear families and upscale buyers seeking luxury amenities. Forā¦
A Stunning Visual History of English Land Commoners and Their Folk Culture
https://www.bollier.org/blog/stunning-visual-history-english-land-commoners-and-their-folk-culture
Published: July 1, 2026 04:00
Our modern mental maps of commons are woefully inadequate, in part because we have forgotten the history of commons and its once-flourishing folk culture.Ā Leah Gordon, an English photographer, writer, and filmmaker has set out to fix that through aā¦
Brave New Alps: New Forms of Rural Resurgence Through Commoning and Care
https://www.bollier.org/blog/brave-new-alps-new-forms-rural-resurgence-through-commoning-and-care
Published: June 1, 2026 04:00
To outsiders, the Alps may conjure images of majestic mountain landscapes and carefree ski vacations. But to tens of thousands of people living in small Alpine towns, the challenges they face arenāt so different from those of many rural towns: How to meetā¦
Jeremy Lentās āEcocivilizationā ā A Bold Vision for System Change
https://www.bollier.org/blog/jeremy-lents-ecocivilization-bold-vision-system-change
Published: May 1, 2026 04:00
With so many social movements seeking system change ā cooperatives, commons, Doughnut Economics, peer production, relocalization and more ā things quickly get confusing. There are so many different vocabularies, political premises, and theories of changeā¦
Now Available -- Audiobook and Digital Versions of āThink Like a Commoner, Second Edition'
Published: April 13, 2026 21:17
One point of using a Creative Commons license is to make a book (and other creative works) as widely available as possible. To that end, Iām thrilled to announce a new stage in the life of Think Like a Commoner, Second Edition,Ā published last year by Newā¦
Benjamin Mako Hill on the Social Dynamics of Online Collaboration
https://www.bollier.org/blog/benjamin-mako-hill-social-dynamics-online-collaboration
Published: April 1, 2026 04:00
Understanding how online communities function is a particularly vexing challenge. For example, is a wiki best understood as a volunteer club and nonprofit organization? Or does it more closely resemble a business that organizes the wisdom of crowd -- orā¦
Federico Savini on Degrowth and Its Future
https://www.bollier.org/blog/federico-savini-degrowth-and-its-future
Published: March 1, 2026 05:00
Humanity cannot continue to expand production and consumption exponentially on a finite planet.Ā Itās biophysically impossible. The carbon emissions are already producing more volatile weather patterns, more frequent floods, droughts, and wildfires, andā¦
StĆ©phanie Leyronas: Franceās Bold Experiment in Commons-based Development
Published: January 30, 2026 19:02
The western world has long promoted ādevelopmentā as a high-minded mission to bring capitalist markets and growth to impoverished areas of the world. But what if development were seen not just as a matter of creating markets, but of strengthening socialā¦