Changing climate impacts our region faster than our current public media, knowledge and tech tools can inform us. There's a pressing need to accelerate integrated public knowledge. The Commons meets this need by providing public, cooperative climate knowledge-media tools for our coastal region.
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Scientists hope a sediment-laying strategy can help preserve the marine highway while restoring marshlands in Georgia. Can similar efforts work in Northeast marshes? Would it be worth it? [This article is a representative sample of content The Commons may publish in cooperation with our partners.]
The classic (if overused) metaphor of a three-legged stool is useful for a stuctural snapshot of The Commons. Our media builds our local, climate-centered knowledge base. And our infrastructure and governance, as a cooperative, extends these media, knowledge and infrastructure benefits to members.
The cooperative model, code base, and media resources of The Commons are all modular. They will be adapted to meet the needs of our and other communities. Our framework for local climate knowledge development fosters informed local cooperative action in our coastal communities and beyond.
The Commons is as a worker-owned cooperative focused on local media and tech. Our structure enables direct community involvement in developing and maintaining knowledge resources for local climate responsiveness. It also enables members to dream up and even spinoff great media-tech tools.
