The Commons Rising

A little while back I wrote about the On The Commons site. It's now launched a new introduction to the area:

The Commons Rising is about the profusion of commons initiatives that are defending and invigorating the commons in all sorts of arenas -- the Internet, natural resources, public spaces, information and culture. We can see the "commons rising" in collaborative websites and ecosystem trusts; in innovative legal tools such as conservation easements and Creative Commons licenses; in new types of social networks such as community gardens and time banks; and in new online communities such as Wikipedia, free and open source software, Craigslist and open science initiatives.

There's nothing startlingly new here, but it's well put, if overly US-centric. If you ever need a short document on the subject to pass on to interested parties, I'd recommend it.