Elinor Ostrom Breaks the Nobel mould - celebrates the commons

The economics profession needs to be shaken up. Ostrom's Nobel prize should encourage us to take a fresh approach.

Circular Hakka Houses Create Self-Sustaining Communities

How Green Could Our Cities Be?

A new campaign by the government's city advisers to persuade local authorities to green their cities has produced some unique images of England's urban areas.

Students practice green living at new 'sustainable cooperative' on campus

By Julia Ferrante

LEWISBURG, Pa. - About once a week, Elizabeth McCarthy scoops out bits of discarded orange peel, broccoli, tomatoes, egg shells, coffee grounds and other compostable items from a large plastic bin kept on the porch of her residence hall.

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Urban Stewards: the creation of Neighborhood Maintenance Districts. An Ecosystem Services Proposal for cities.

I'm digging this idea, gotta make it solidarity economy tho, worker coop's not poor paying jobs.

Cities across the country are struggling to provide public services in this time of economic difficulty. While there is growing recognition of the potential environmental improvements that could be provided by the use of ecosystem services in cities -- services like trees, infiltration zones, climate appropriate landscaping and so forth -- paying for the requisite transformation of the urban fabric and for its subsequent maintenance is a challenge.