Stop growth of power abuse and toxic and harmful practices

Stop growing toxic and harmful practices toward the environment, health, human rights. Fight abuses of power and corruption. Establish basic responsibilities.

[To trigger positive feedback loops, we must find more ways to stop growing toxic and harmful practices toward  the environment, health and  human rights, and more generally on the  commons. Even if stopping the harm is not enough and we must aim to  regenerate and grow the commons instead, it is a start point to reverse  the situation. We must identify and target investment or other practices  that systemically undermine productive activity and future prospects,  or that create various forms of dependencies. These include   speculative manipulation of finance  instruments and resource    shortages, mechanisms causing systemic credit  and asset bubbles,   development of addictive appetites of various nature  at the cost of    public, environmental and financial health, the  promotion of faster   use  of  depleting resources serving to increase not  decrease the    economy's  dependence on them, etc.  We  must fight abuses of power and corruption, decouple money from politics  and establish basic  responsibilities towards the commons.

Trends & Existing initiatives:
Movements and actions for suppression of subsidiaries, accounting of externalities, carbon & pollution taxes. <<Develop>>]

References: 
  • Larry Lessig, the founder of creative commons  is campaigning against this see Republic Lost

Who?: Local   and regional communities and  stakeholders -the people, business   community, Insurance sector, Finance  sector, Investors, legislators  & regulators, consultants,  economists, reporting & standards  organizations

Detailed Action Items: [Expand more?]
  • " A  Charter of Universal Responsibilities should be put forward by civil  society and adopted by the international community  making  clear what   our basic responsibilities are and establishing  an   effective  system   of global laws that is sufficient for  achieving  the     agreements     that  have been made to date, that the  natural      environment is   protected   and  restored, and all people's  basic    human   rights and  needs  can be  met.  We  must insist that this  be    done and   that all  human  rights  treaties  are  thus universal in     nature,  binding   and enforced  for and by  all. "[<<<MBS Please condense. Make relevant to the commons?>>>]
  • Establish Commons principles for human rights  as well as edication that serves the development of the whole person (Art. 26 b of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights) to produce personal fulfillment and to reduce the vain attempts to fulfill false needs that cannot be met, or to breed dependence behaviors. [<<<MBS Please check>>>]
  • Encourage the adoption of Ecocide as the Fifth Crime Against Peace. 
  • Develop educational programs on the commons, the notions of depletion and   replenishment, and on the risks and unintended consequences on the   commons of our daily choices and mindless growth.
  • Research and encourage adoption of incentives, regulations and taxes policies (Pigowlian taxes) aimed at reducing depletion and encouraging growth of the commons. Promote elimination of subsidies  and loopholes that  encourage these practices.  
  • Reinforce and enforce anti-corruption laws and  eliminate 'legal' corruption and political manipulation. In particular ban the use of private funds for political financing and  speach which tends to produce systemic concentration of power and cooptation of the system. 

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Communicating the Commons
Strategic Goals & Levers
Stop growth of power abuse and toxic and harmful practices
Reducing Negative Externalities.
A Commons Sector, alongside the Private and public sectors
Expanding cooperation at multiple levels and scales
Local organization for local needs [P2P, many to many]
Monitoring, reporting & assessing impacts and progress
Transition to a circular regenerative economy
Using finance to 'grow' the commons
Inquiry Model
Lever: Coordinated Regional Emergency Interventions
Examples
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