COMMONS MAGAZINE
Science is fundamentally a collective pursuit of knowledge through open sharing and collaboration over many generations. Advances in health care and wellness also flow from public research and healing traditions that belong to us all. An urgent challenge of out time is finding a better balance between commerce and the commons in these critical areas that profoundly affect everyone.
By Lieven Soete under a CC license
Annette Bernhardt under a CC license
Healthy living conditions and community cohesion boost everyone's health. (Photo by Project for Public Spaces)
A walk to the local bagel shop. (Photo by Shawn Econo under a Creative Commons license)