Framework knowledge base

How could people meet shared needs through cooperation, common ownership and democratic decisions?

Explore the proposals, examine their limits, and find a small part to test. The framework is a collection of working hypotheses, open to correction.

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Understand the proposal
What exists, what is proposed, and what is still missing.
Examine the weaknesses
Assumptions, contradictions and questions the framework needs to answer.
Plan a bounded test
One problem and place, a baseline, accountable roles and a decision on results.

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Read the proposal at different levels of detail.

Framework overview
The central question, principles, tensions and current state of the project.
Systems to build and maintain
The blueprint for democratic infrastructure, material provision and economic change.
How change might happen
Mechanisms of institutional change, political resistance and the risks of losing gains.
Historical context and open questions
A longer companion to the proposal. Read its examples alongside the critique and source checks.

Start with a need or a shared resource. These topics also organize the map.

Healthcare
How do communities support care, compensate workers and maintain public health systems?
Education
What do open learning resources need from teachers, institutions and community governance?
Food sovereignty
Explore food production, distribution, seed access and the limits of local self-sufficiency.
Democratic infrastructure
Who takes part, how are decisions made, and what prevents concentrated power?
Land and housing
Examine land trusts, housing provision and the constraints of land, finance and construction.
Ecological restoration
How could ecological repair be sustained through investment, measurement and public decisions?
Conflict resolution
Research leads on restorative justice, community accountability and responses to harm.
Cooperatives and solidarity
Consider shared ownership, community wealth and the pressures of capital and competition.
Recreation and arts
Research leads on creative work, cultural commons, public libraries and shared space.
Energy and digital commons
Explore community energy and shared digital infrastructure, including ownership and upkeep.

Distinguish a proposal from evidence, and look for what would change the conclusion.

Critique of the framework
A section-by-section account of weak arguments, missing evidence and unresolved tensions.
Claim ledger
The framework's explicit claims, their support and their stated uncertainty.
What would prove us wrong?
Observable tests that should lead to revision, narrower claims or a change of direction.
Competing approaches
The strongest cases for alternative theories and what Commonweave could learn from them.
Public-data audit
September 2026 structural checks of the shipped records, locations, links and evidence gaps.
Featured-organization source checks
Eight dated reviews separating an organization's stated role from unsupported claims.

Make a test small enough to learn from, and account for its upkeep and risks.

A testable operating model
A proposed local pilot with a comparison baseline, responsibilities, time budget and stop rules.
Decisions and accountability
Project roles, decision-making, challenges to decisions and unresolved governance problems.
Capture, abuse and failure
Ways the project could be manipulated or cause harm, with possible countermeasures.
Keeping the project useful
Funding proposals, infrastructure costs, continuity and an orderly wind-down.
Lessons from WiserEarth
Notes on an earlier organization directory and the questions its closure raises.

Help improve one useful thing. Prepare a contribution when you are ready.

A participation test
A proposed 30-day approach built around useful contributions, with measures of real uptake.
Named organizations and possible contributions
Source-linked opportunities and draft approaches. These are proposals, not confirmed partnerships.
Add or correct organization data
The evidence, visibility and review requirements for a durable correction or new candidate.
September review and next work
What changed in the framework, data and map, what was tested, and what remains unfinished.

Choose a problem and place, investigate possible contributors, and see which roles are still missing.