In breve
La ricchezza naturale e culturale che appartiene a tutti noi, come ad esempio aria, acqua, foreste, biblioteche, Internet ecc. Questi doni condivisi sono le basi per un mondo migliore e devono essere protetti ed espansi.
Beautiful Trouble è una cassetta degli attrezzi in continua espansione. Alcuni concetti (questo, per esempio!) sono solo riassunti. Contattateci per aiutarci a espandere questo pezzo!
Even an entire society, a nation, or all simultaneously existing societies taken together, are not the owners of the earth. They are simply its possessors, its beneficiaries, and have to bequeath it in an improved state to succeeding generations as boni patres familias [good heads of the household].
— Karl Marx
Origini
The concept of the commons dates back to Roman times, with emperor Justinian (530 AD) declaring, “By the law of nature these things are common to mankind: the air, running water, the sea, and consequently the shores of the sea.” The Magna Carta (1215) established forests and fisheries as commons open to all. John Locke (1689) declared that private property is appropriate only if “there is enough, and as good, left in common for others.”