Thread by @ErikNordman

#EarthDay is a great opportunity to reflect on Elinor #Ostrom’s legacy. She showed that people can collaborate to sustain shared resources. Individual action is important, but collective action can achieve much more. Here are some essays I wrote about Ostrom and our environment.

Crises of the Commons: Elinor Ostrom’s legacy of self-governance
The lessons from her research – local institutions for governing commons and polycentric governance across scales – led Ostrom to tackle the most vexing challenge: climate change (@csgskcl)
csgs.kcl.ac.uk/crises-of-the-…

Congested, Contested, and Competitive: Are we running out or room in outer space?
Space is critical to modern life on Earth. Policy makers are finding ways to sustain and manage our shared space resources. And they are drawing on Ostrom's ideas. @IP_URP
urbanresilience.medium.com/congested-cont…

Lobster Gangs and Debunking “The Tragedy of the Commons”
Informal but well-enforced rules at the local level and conservation laws at the state and federal levels helped Maine’s lobster fishery become one of the most sustainable fisheries @yesmagazine
yesmagazine.org/economy/2021/0…

The Climate Commons (excerpt from The Uncommon Knowledge of Elinor Ostrom)
“It’s up to us, the global community, to ensure that we hold one another accountable for limiting climate-changing emissions and avoid a global tragedy.” @IslandPress
resilience.org/stories/2021-0…

In the Face of a Looming Climate Crisis, The Late Elinor Ostrom Gives Me Hope
By proving that humans can sustainably manage shared resources, this Nobel Prize–winner's work shines light on a path that just might get us out of this mess. @ensiamedia
ensia.com/voices/climate…