



self-chosen regulations and locally adapted conflict resolution strategies were some of the design principles of the long-lasting self-governed institutions she described.





Currently, commons can be understood as a concept based on equality and self-governance that is in conflict with the capitalist logic of commodities [emphasis added throughout].

Contribution instead of exchange;

Actual use instead of property;

Share all that you can;

Use all that you need.

The Social Movement as Part of the Commons World | Who produces what how, why and with which effects, and who uses it (up)?

it is a global movement that is internationally connected as well as locally active.

“In my own life I practise what I want to see in the greater whole.”

The commons and the degrowth movement contain each other, and differ in focus and strategy

What do we need more of?

How could this come about?

Who is promoting it?

Learning From Each Other | Ecological Cycles, Critique of State and Domination, Sustainable Technology and Self-realisation

commons movement can learn from degrowth

ecological cycles in a global context

degrowth academics are relatively stronger in pursuing the research on the planetary boundaries and global ecological cycles

the degrowth movement could be inspired by the commons perspective

qualitative differences and structural systemic necessities for change come to the fore

who produces what, how and why, and [who] uses it (up).

The Commons Discourse | Fundamentally Criticizes the Logic of Money and Exchange

A long-term commons vision would be a social system that frees itself from exchange as a societal mode of mediation.

Locating commons beyond market and state infers that commons activists want to break with the principles of the market economy as well as the nation state.

technology

which form of technology corresponds to human needs, and who benefits from technology to what end?

while the one deals with criticising current-day technologies that are seen as problematic, others develop new ones that work according to different principles like modularity, repairability or resource conservation—principles that are also compatible with degrowth demands.

justice

Together on the Way to a Post-Capitalist World | Emancipatory, Need-oriented, Resource-conserving and Without Growth Compulsion

it is the idea that a consistent practise of commons can spread in the here and now while it could, simply due to the current crisis prone societal system, be able to become the logic that determines society in the future.

there is a need to preserve the planet that can only be met if we organise our individual and collective satisfaction of needs in accordance with the boundaries of the planet.



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This article is a shortened version of the piece on artivism and degrowth in our Degrowth in Movement(s) project. —————————This article is a shortened version of the piece on artivism and degrowth in our Degrowth in Movement(s) project. Read the full article here!