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What We Can Do to Protect the Great Lakes
Creating a commons charter to govern management of the lakes will protect the public interest Susan Raffo, a Minneapolis-based writer, activist and body worker wisely said, “The only time patterns...
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Great Lakes Commons Initiative: A Game-Changing Plan
An effort to declare and live the Great Lakes as a commons, a protected bioregion and a public trust The Great Lakes face grave danger as pollution, over-extraction, invasive species, and wetland loss...
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The Great Lakes Commons Gathering
September 30th – October 2nd, 2012 Our Great Lakes Commons Gathering At the Great Lakes Commons Gathering, scholars, economists, engineers, Indigenous leaders, environmental and social justice...
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The Reemergence of Social Charters
Another tool for reclaiming the commons A social charter is an established set of norms, rules, rights, and practices that define a community’s relationship to a commons and way of governing it. When...
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Words and Works from Great Lakes Gathering Participants
Read observations from Great Lakes gathering participants on the state of the Great Lakes and our time together At the Great Lakes Commons gathering, scholars, economists, engineers, Indigenous...
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Tar Sands Threaten Environment a Thousand Miles Away
As many as 17 oil refinery expansions are being considered around the Great Lakes In the 2008 report How the Oil Sands Got to the Great Lakes Basin: Pipelines, Refineries and Emissions to Air and...
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Reclaiming the Great Lakes as a Commons
A new approach to protecting water for everyone--including future generations There are 70 of us assembled here at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana for the opening of the first-ever...
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A Social Charter for the Great Lakes
. . . will help us define the future we want to create for the bioregion What is a social charter, and how does it apply to the Great Lakes? Historically, a social charter is a tool that communities...
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I AM WATER
Participate in our public art project and lend your voice to the Great Lakes Commons Charter I AM WATER is a public art project created by Camille Gage, a Minnesota artist. It is an artful vehicle for...
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An Update on the Great Lakes Tour
On the Commons, Council of Canadians, FLOW, and others travel to communities around the Great Lakes Council of Canadians Chairperson Maude Barlow, a longtime collaborator and a leader of the Great...
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Participate in the Great Lakes Commons Initiative
The Great Lakes are a gift we all share, a gift we are all responsible for. If you’re invested in the health and well-being of these waters, please add your voice to the Great Lakes Commons Charter by...
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A Review of Shiney Varghese's "Water Governance for 21st Century"
Lessons from Water Trading in the U.S. and Australia Water Governance for 21st Century, by Shiney Varghese at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, makes a compelling case urging advcates...
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Great Lakes Commons Map is a Tool for Building Awareness
Paul Baines explains his crowdsourced project--and another way folks in Toronto are growing the movement Since starting the Great Lakes Commons Map, (GLCM) I’ve had many conversations with people...
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10 Water Commons Principles
A co-creative approach for protecting the planet's future Through our co-creative fieldwork, On the Commons seeks to transform society’s decisionmaking about water toward participatory, democratic,...
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Reflections from the Great Lakes Commons Gathering
Seeking to reclaim the Great Lakes as a commons, seventy visionary leaders came together this fall In late September, On the Commons and the Mendoza School of Business at Notre Dame—with sponsorship...
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