Non-Fiction: The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom by Erik Nordman
From overfishing to deforestation and water rights, the natural resources we rely on are increasingly under threat from both overuse and the impacts of climate change. Conventional thinking on environmental governance holds that protecting them requires restrictions either from the government or the free market. But is there a third way forward, one that harnesses the ability of communities to successfully manage their common resources? On the anniversary of the publication of Elinor Ostrom’s groundbreaking […]
