We are creating a local tech-media business and a public benefit coop that will be led by youth. Through it, we propose no less than to transform the ways we interact with climate, media and information. Moreover, The Commons will be an open community media partner. This is big.
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.
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