Thread by @RebeccaGruby, My junior/senior undergrad students blown away yesterday to learn that not only [...]

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: [email protected] 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/

The Tragedy of the Tragedy of the Commons

The man who wrote one of environmentalism’s most-cited essays was a racist, eugenicist, nativist and Islamaphobe—plus his argument was wrong

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

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/284/5412/278

Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges

In a seminal paper, Garrett Hardin argued in 1968 that users of a commons are caught in an inevitable process that leads to the destruction of the resources on which they depend. This article...

https://science.sciencemag.org/content/284/5412/278

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

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