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My junior/senior undergrad students blown away yesterday to learn that not only was Garrett Hardin wrong, but he was a heinous racist. They rightly demanded to know how the tragedy of the commons is still taught uncritically throughout env programs. Colleagues, let’s change this!
Anyone who would like to learn more about the critique of Hardin’s take on the commons - especially for use in teaching- is welcome to email me at: Rebecca.gruby@colostate.edu and I will send you a reading list.
A few resources for you right here: https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-tragedy-of-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/
And from Nobel Laureate Elinor Ostrom: https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/420774.pdf
Open access book written for undergrad audience by leading commons scholars, available for free download here in English and Spanish : https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsustainingthecommons.org%2F&data=02%7C01%7CRebecca.Gruby%40colostate.edu%7C388319c28b0c462a561b08d850f64b61%7Cafb58802ff7a4bb1ab21367ff2ecfc8b%7C0%7C1%7C637348366045146107&sdata=ccxb2rZjstfnZKSfmF5xFvYHPOOHnAdv9ywygH6xs5Q%3D&reserved=0
