Commonworld
All entries are distributed alphabetically by stable CommonProject ID. Each page contains at most 24 entries.
On site
The Pachgaon Gram Sabha manages 1,006 hectares of forest through recognised Community Forest Resource rights, combining democratic decisions with forest protection and bamboo harvesting and sales for local livelihoods.
1 public location
Current operating status has not been verified recently. Sources reviewed on 2026-08-04; priority re-review 2026-09-04.
On site · Digital · Cooperation and Self-Organization › Community Governance and Cooperatives
A member-owned grocery operation in Brooklyn whose roughly 17,000 members sustain purchasing, operations and rules through work shifts, capital shares and democratic procedures.
1 public location
On site
An area near Písac stewarded by five Quechua communities where native potato varieties, agricultural knowledge, ecosystems and cultural practices are conserved collectively.
1 public location
On site
A publicly accessible community garden in Berlin-Neukölln where neighbours garden together, share knowledge and support urban biodiversity and ecological education.
1 public location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Seeds, Food and Agriculture
An Ecuadorian network of families and seed guardians connecting agrobiodiversity, regenerative land management, seed knowledge and community learning.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Platforms and Shared Tools
A worldwide network of volunteer-run, non-commercial repair meetings where people share tools, knowledge and time to repair everyday objects together and build local repair skills.
1 hidden location
Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Open Hardware and Production
A global open-hardware project for freely documented 3D printers that can manufacture a significant share of their own parts and whose designs are collaboratively built, adapted and improved.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Platforms and Shared Tools
A global network for community repair that connects local repair groups, events, knowledge and open impact data through shared digital infrastructure.
Location-independent digital presence
On site · Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Platforms and Shared Tools
A non-profit, fully volunteer-operated hackerspace and makerspace in Fresno where members share tools and infrastructure and organize public classes and community events.
1 public location
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Open Knowledge and Data
An international volunteer-led citizen-science community that collects open environmental measurements, develops tools for people to measure independently and releases its data into the public domain.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Land, Urban Green and Ecology
A commons infrastructure across Samoa in which more than 120 coastal village communities develop and carry their own fisheries management plans, village bylaws and locally governed fish reserves with technical support from Samoa's national fisheries authority.
1 hidden location
On site · Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
A community-built and operated wireless network in rural villages of the Elassona region, connecting open connectivity, digital education and local self-organization.
1 public location · 1 hidden location
Commons
A women-led childcare cooperative in Gujarat that combines collectively organized care with paid work for caregivers, parent participation and social protection for women in the informal economy.
1 hidden location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Energy Cooperatives
A non-profit energy cooperative in Spain whose members democratically support and develop renewable-energy supply, community generation projects and local groups.
2 hidden locations
On site · Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Land, Urban Green and Ecology
A large landowners’ association in the Solomon Islands that collectively protects and manages Tetepare Island and its terrestrial and marine resources for future generations.
1 public location
On site · Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Open Knowledge and Data
A collaboratively maintained digital knowledge infrastructure where communities, civil society and public institutions document Thailand’s community forests for cooperation and local management.
1 public location
Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
A global Internet of Things radio network built with local communities, combining community-operated LoRaWAN gateways, open software, learning resources and public community infrastructure.
1 hidden location
On site · Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Land, Urban Green and Ecology
Indigenous-governed areas in Clayoquot Sound where the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation combines traditional governance, Guardian work, ecological restoration and responsible regional participation.
1 public location
On site
A water court run by irrigation communities in Valencia that hears disputes over use publicly and regularly according to established practice.
1 public location
Commons
A community-rights organization in northern Tanzania that supports pastoralist, agro-pastoralist and hunter-gatherer communities with collective land tenure, local governance and sustainable resource management.
1 hidden location
On site
A marine area jointly managed by coastal communities around Andavadoaka, connecting sustainable fishing, monitoring, protected zones, reefs and mangroves.
1 public location
Current operating status has not been verified recently. Sources reviewed on 2026-07-19; priority re-review 2026-08-19.
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Learning and Education
An open collection of freely usable textbooks, manuals and non-fiction books written and improved collaboratively.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Open Knowledge and Data
A free knowledge database for structured, machine-readable statements used and linked across Wikimedia projects and other applications.
Location-independent digital presence
Digital · Knowledge, Learning and Culture › Media, Archives and Culture
A free, collaboratively built collection of images, audio, video and other media files for reuse.
Location-independent digital presence