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WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- "The Sky Isn't Falling,"

a new student primer on global warming was endorsed by DemandDebate.com

today.

"Author and Montana State University resource economist Holly Fretwell

has done a magnificent job in presenting the facts on global warming for

students in an easy-to-read and scientifically accurate manner," said Steve

Milloy, executive director of DemandDebate.com. "'The Sky Isn't Falling'

should be mandatory reading for every student," added Milloy.

Parents, teachers, students and school systems may purchase "The Sky

Isn't Falling" through the DemandDebate.com Store

(<a href="http://store.demanddebate.com)">http://store.demanddebate.com)</a>.

A recent front-page Washington Post story reported that global warming

is taking a terrible emotional toll on children: "For many children and

young adults, global warming is the atomic bomb of today," says the story.

"Parents say they're searching for 'productive' outlets for their

8-year-olds' obsessions with dying polar bears. Teachers say enrollment in

high school and college environmental studies classes is doubling year

after year. And psychologists say they're seeing an increasing number of

young patients preoccupied by a climactic Armageddon."

"Fretwell's book -- that is, the presentation of facts rather than the

fomenting of fear -- is a terrific antidote to the intellectual and

emotional child abuse committed by climate alarmists," said Milloy.

DemandDebate.com also endorsed other educational materials on global

warming and the environment including DVDs of the documentary films, "The

Great Global Warming Swindle" and "Mine Your Own Business: The Dark Side of

Environmentalism."

"For children who have been compelled to watch Al Gore's 'An

Inconvenient Truth' in school, then 'The Great Global Warming Swindle' is a

must-see film," said Milloy. "Like 'The Sky's Not Falling,' 'The Great

Global Warming Swindle' explains the controversy over climate change in an

easy-to-understand and eye- opening way," Milloy added.

"If you've ever been bamboozled by the term 'sustainable development,'

then you'll want to watch 'Mine Your Own Business,'" Milloy said.

"'Sustainable development' is eco-activist code for 'stop poor countries

from developing.' MYOB spotlights this appalling phenomenon."

"The Great Global Warming Swindle" and "Mine Your Own Business" are

available at the DemandDebate.com Store (http://store.demanddebate.com).

SOURCE DemandDebate.com

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Holly Fretwell spoke at the Economic Education

Summit, “The Economics of Energy” in

September, presenting “Recycling Myths” for

classroom discussions.

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Holly Fretwell (Adjunct Professor of Agriculture Economics at Montana State University) speaks on Land at the PERC/MPI "Your Land Is My Land" - Property Rights in Montana conference on February 18, 2010 in Bozeman, MT

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The physical world <a href="http://percolatorblog.org/2012/06/12/professor-ostrom-will-be-missed/">lost a great scholar last week</a> with the passing of <a href="http://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/22577.html" target="_blank">Elinor Ostrom</a>, a 2009 Nobel Laureate. Ostrom left us with scholarly works that brought economic and property rights theory into the field. Why do we see the tragedy of the commons? When do we see it? And why, in some common resource pools, is it non-existent?

Ostrom’s work helped to organize many pieces of the environmental management puzzle. She demonstrated in various places across the globe that the tragedy is not necessary for common pool resources (CPRs) but is likely when at least informal rules do not exist.

There is no single solution to motivate long term environmental stewardship. In her 1990 book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Governing-Commons-Evolution-Institutions-Collective/dp/0521405998" target="_blank">Governing the Commons: The Evolution of Institutions for Collective Action</a>, Ostrom notes that “[n]either the state nor the market is universally successful in enabling individuals to sustain long-term, productive use of natural resource systems.” Each CPR is much more particular. There is, however, a common framework to help understand why some CPRs are managed for long-term productive use while others are not. Cumulating the evidence and bringing these factors into view was one of Ostrom’s great contributions.

Examining multiple CPRs across the globe, Ostrom and associates designed a set of principles that helped predict resource stability. Provided these rights, at least informally, the CPR is more likely to be well stewarded.

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<li>Clearly defined boundaries and effective exclusion of un-entitled parties;</li>

<li>Locally adapted rules for transfer;</li>

<li>Collective decision making that includes resource stakeholders;</li>

<li>Accountable (even stakeholder) monitors;</li>

<li>Enforcement that assesses appropriate sanctions for resource violations;</li>

<li>Low cost mechanisms for conflict resolution;</li>

<li>Recognition of community rights by higher levels of governance;</li>

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I think of CPRs managed under these rights as managed commons. They have property rights, formal or informal, that provide the necessary incentives to steward and invest in the resource.

Elinor Ostrom will be greatly missed. Her spirit and great contributions to economics and the social sciences will forever remain with us. She has organized ideas about CPRs in a manner that will help increase consistency of future research. She has created a great platform of understanding from which much research will continue to flourish.