Mildenberger essay in Scientific American on racist roots of the Tragedy of the Commons

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Matto recently published a piece in Scientific American on the legacy of Garrett Hardin for modern environmentalism. As he writes, Hardin’s work was animated by a difficult legacy of discrimination and racism. We need to find new metaphors if we want to build a just and vibrant climate future.

You can read his essay here:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/voices/the-tragedy-of-the-tragedy-of-the-commons/