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On site
A network run by peasant and Indigenous organisations in Petén connecting community forest concessions in the Maya Biosphere Reserve through democratic representation, territorial protection, fire control, restoration and sustainable forest use.
1 public location
On site · Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Water and Irrigation
Living community-managed irrigation systems in Oman that allocate water by time shares and are sustained through shared maintenance, rules and local financing.
1 public location
On site
A financing instrument run by settlement communities in Kenya that supports savings groups, loans and community-organized projects for housing, sanitation and basic infrastructure.
1 public location
On site
A water institution formed by village communities in the Arvari River catchment to organize shared rules, responsibility and conflict resolution for restoring and using the river.
1 public location · 1 hidden location
Current operating status has not been verified recently. Sources reviewed on 2026-07-30; priority re-review 2026-08-30.
On site
An international township in Tamil Nadu experimenting since 1968 with communal living, ecological practice and alternative social organization; land and assets are legally held through the Auroville Foundation rather than owned individually by residents.
1 public location
Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
A member-owned Community Benefit Society that works with rural communities in northern England to plan, finance, build and operate full-fibre broadband, with volunteers, landowners and community investors contributing to the infrastructure.
1 hidden location
On site
A system run by local irrigation communities that distributes water through temples, canals and rice fields and collectively maintains Bali's agricultural landscapes.
1 public location
On site
A community-owned development bank in Conjunto Palmeiras, Fortaleza, connecting solidarity finance, local production and consumption, and a community-managed social currency.
1 public location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Energy Cooperatives
A federation of 80 rural electricity cooperatives in Bangladesh whose consumer-members elect boards and operate local distribution infrastructure within the binding Rural Electrification Board framework.
1 hidden location
Commons
A local currency in the Berkshire region of Massachusetts, supported by community-focused nonprofits and governed through a membership that elects the board and votes on key changes while the currency strengthens local circulation.
1 hidden location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Seeds, Food and Agriculture
A community initiative in Argentina that shares seeds, agronomic knowledge and participatory plant breeding through open agreements among producers, researchers and other participants.
1 hidden location
Digital · Cooperation and Self-Organization › Community Governance and Cooperatives
A citywide shared-administration infrastructure in which civic groups and the Municipality of Bologna use collaboration pacts to care for, regenerate and use material, immaterial and digital commons for activities in the general interest.
1 hidden location
On site · Digital · Communication and Networks › Community Networks
A nonprofit community network in northern Uganda connecting rural internet access, community ICT centres, digital education and solar-powered infrastructure.
1 public location · 1 hidden location
On site · Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Platforms and Shared Tools
A fully volunteer-run library of things in Brisbane that lends tools and everyday equipment and promotes repair, reuse and practical skills.
1 public location
On site
A community land trust run by eight communities in San Juan that holds public land collectively while residents own their homes and receive long-term protection from displacement.
1 public location
Current operating status has not been verified recently. Sources reviewed on 2026-07-19; priority re-review 2026-08-19.
Commons
A Venezuelan network of more than 50 non-profit community organizations connecting food supply, health care, funeral services, finance and production without chains of command, through rotating tasks and consensus-oriented self-management.
1 hidden location
On site
A housing project by Community Land Trust Brussels with seven homes, a shared room and a semi-public garden in Anderlecht.
2 public locations
Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Data and Software Bridge
An open multilingual speech dataset in which language communities contribute recordings, sentences and validations to build freely available data for speech technology.
Location-independent digital presence
On site
A publicly registered protected area in Belize whose governance is recorded as local communities and whose management responsibility is held by local committees.
1 public location
Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Energy Cooperatives
A New Zealand network of local citizen-led energy initiatives that connects knowledge, collaboration and community control of renewable-energy and efficiency projects.
2 hidden locations
Commons
A solidarity-economy network in Jackson, Mississippi, developing worker cooperatives, democratically self-managed enterprises, community-held land, affordable housing and local production infrastructure together.
1 hidden location
On site
A worker-owned care cooperative in New York combining home care with free training, worker voice and an economic stake for caregivers.
1 public location · 1 hidden location
Digital · Software, Tools and Production › Free Software and Infrastructure
A free operating system with an open package archive, public documentation and worldwide participation.
Location-independent digital presence
On site · Digital · Provision, Land and Ecology › Seeds, Food and Agriculture
A federation of village associations of Dalit and Indigenous smallholder women in Telangana that collectively organize seeds, dryland farming, food, markets, media and traditional knowledge.
1 public location