About cOMmon
A growing network of people, spaces, and ideas exploring more regenerative ways of living, collaborating, and creating value together.
cOMmon is not a finished system. It is a shared journey that continues to take shape through the people who participate in it.
Where it Began
cOMmon did not start with a business plan.
It began with questions.
Questions about how we care for land, how we work together, how value is created, and why so many people feel disconnected from the places and communities they depend on.
Over time, these questions led us back to something surprisingly simple: healthy soil, healthy water, healthy food, healthy ecosystems, and healthy relationships.
As we explored regenerative agriculture, community projects, alternative economic models, and collaborative ways of living, we noticed a common challenge. Many people wanted to contribute. Many places needed support. Yet finding each other was often difficult.
cOMmon emerged as an attempt to bridge that gap.
What started as a conversation gradually evolved into a growing network, a digital tool, and an exploration of how collaboration might be organized more fairly and transparently over time.
The journey is still unfolding.
What connects Us
At its heart, cOMmon is built around a simple idea:
That people, land, knowledge, and value can be connected in ways that support life rather than deplete it.
We believe regeneration is not limited to ecology. It also includes how we relate to one another, how we collaborate, how we share responsibility, and how we recognize different forms of contribution.
Rather than offering a fixed model, cOMmon creates space for exploration, learning, and practical experimentation.
We do not expect everyone to think the same way.
What matters is a shared willingness to learn, contribute, and care for what we are part of.
How cOMmon grows
cOMmon does not grow through fixed hierarchies.
People participate in different ways and move between different forms of contribution over time.
Some arrive to explore.
Some begin contributing their skills, knowledge, or experience.
Others help build new structures, projects, and possibilities.
A smaller group may temporarily hold additional responsibility for continuity, stewardship, and coordination.
None of these roles are permanent.
As people grow, participate, step back, or move on, the structure evolves with them.
The illustration below is not an organizational chart. It is a reflection of how different forms of participation can coexist and support one another within a living ecosystem.
Open field
Explore, contribute, belong.
Co-Creation Field
Build together, grow ideas
Stewardship core
Hold the whole, care for continuity.
Contributors
Participates in projects and supports the ecosystem through action and presence.
Contributors
Builders
Helps create and develop the platform, tools, and structures of cOMmon.
Builders
Advisors
Offers guidance, perspective, and experience to support aligned decisions.
Advisors
Stewards
Holds the long-term vision and protects the integrity of the mission.
Stewards
Shares cOMmon with others and helps grow the network organically.
Ambassadors
Ambassadors
Explore the roles by hovering or clicking on them to learn more.
The Founding Team
Behind every project, conversation, and experiment are real people.
Some have been involved since the beginning. Others joined more recently. Together they contribute their time, knowledge, creativity, care, and experience to what cOMmon is becoming.
As the network grows, this circle continues to evolve.
Coop Founder,
Finance & Platform
Eve
In cOMmon, I support the weaving of ideas, intuition, and lived experience into a system that feels human and connected. I don’t stand above it, I stand within it, learning, listening, and co-creating with those who feel called. This project brings me back to intention, presence, and the full spectrum of emotions, and I look forward to building it side-by-side with others.
Coop Founder,
Governance & Cooperative Design
Amanda
As a core founder at cOMmon, I build transparent, adaptive structures rooted in trust and regenerative systems. Drawing from systems thinking and a lifetime of global experience alongside my husband Dave, I guide our collective vision by leading meetings, shaping cooperative architecture, and onboarding partners. I cultivate clear, inclusive communication to ensure our shared living experiment remains resilient, welcoming, and deeply aligned with the laws of nature.
Coop Founder,
Brand voice & storytelling
Jen
I shape how cOMmon communicates and connects with its community. Through voice, outreach, and care for clarity, I help translate vision into language that feels human and inviting. I work on cOMmon because I believe in making it easier for people to access healthy food, clean water, a regenerative community and in creating systems that support connection.
Advisor
Regeneration Advisor
Elize
"When I stumbled across cOMmon, I immediately felt a deep resonance with the vision behind the platform. Co-creation is a pillar of regeneration and I love how the team is working intentionally to build a community behind this critical work. Having just transitioned from the Caribbean to Europe myself, I am excited to connect with other members and I look forward to bringing my experience in land regeneration and community development to this wonderful network of dreamers, doers and changemakers."
Storyteller
Brand voice & storytelling
Nova
cOMmon gives alternative-minded people the opportunity to connect with one another and work together to make the world a little better. As someone who’s constantly seeking adventure and new experiences, I of course wanted to be part of this from the very beginning!
A work in Progress
Some parts of cOMmon already exist and are actively used. Others are still developing.
We believe transparency is important, especially when something is still taking shape.
Rather than presenting a finished solution, we choose to share the process openly including what is working, what is being explored, and what remains uncertain.
cOMmon is not being built by a single person or from a fixed blueprint.
It grows through relationships, participation, learning, and the willingness of people to care for something larger than themselves.
If this resonates, you are welcome to explore what is already taking shape and perhaps become part of the story that is still unfolding.