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#### Much of today’s social and ecological crisis can be traced to one major shift - land becoming private property.

#### As this happened, more people became dependent on wages and unsustainable consumer markets simply to meet their basic needs, as this 1min video explores:

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#### Could reclaiming the commons give us more freedom to meet our needs, while reducing our dependence on unsustainable markets?

#### Explore how we got here and where we could go next in the short video below.

##### Filmed to accompany a series of [4-minute articles in:](https://theconversation.com/profiles/alex-baumann-732934/articles) <https://theconversation.com/profiles/alex-baumann-732934/articles>[![TC](https://thelandissue.org/hs-fs/hubfs/TC.jpg?width=326&height=64&name=TC.jpg)](https://theconversation.com/profiles/alex-baumann-732934/articles)

##### Drawn from peer-reviewed [academic publications.](https://ntwonline.weebly.com/uploads/6/5/8/6/65863467/degrowth_handbook_chapter.pdf)

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