Classroom Activity
- Explore the topic in further detail through a classroom/laboratory activity “Introducing the economic concept of ‘tragedy of the commons’ using global warming”, by Laura Triplett, from Gustavus Adolphus College.
- In this activity, students will discuss case studies for different tragedy-of-the-commons problems.
- Download the Teaching Materials and conduct the activity described on the page.
- Use the following activity to understand the concept of tragedy of commons using the case study of global warming.
- Examine Earth's atmosphere as a commons and global warming as a tragedy, and try to propose economic solutions to solve this tragedy.
Introducing the economic concept of ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ using global warming by Laura Triplett, from Gustavus Adolphus College; available on SERC’s InTeGrate portal.