How could communities meet their needs together?
Explore a working framework for food, housing, care, energy and democratic life. Use the map to find organizations and consider how their different roles could work together.
Knowledge base
Understand the framework: its principles, practical proposals, evidence and unresolved questions.
- Core ideas
- Ten areas of everyday life
- Critique and evidence
Map
Start with a need and a place. Explore organizations, compare possible roles and build a plan to investigate.
- Find organizations
- Explore connections
- See missing roles
Explore a part of the framework
Start with the needs that matter to you.
- HealthcareCare, access and the people who provide it
- EducationLearning, shared knowledge and opportunity
- Food sovereigntyGrowing, distributing and accessing food
- Democratic infrastructureMaking decisions and holding power accountable
- Land and housingSecure homes and stewardship of land
- Ecological restorationCaring for the systems that sustain life
- Conflict resolutionAddressing harm and resolving disagreements
- Cooperatives and solidarityShared ownership and mutual support
- Recreation and artsTime, culture and creative participation
- Energy and digital commonsShared infrastructure, from power to software
A framework open to correction
The framework is a set of proposals to test. The directory contains research leads; a listing does not establish current services, and a suggested connection is not a confirmed partnership.
Make one part more useful
Correct an organization, add a public source, challenge a claim or help test a local idea. Small, specific contributions make the next person’s search better.