Where it all began

cOMmon began as a quiet seed during a time when life felt out of balance. Eve, feeling increasingly disconnected from the rhythm of modern society, sensed that there had to be a more humane and regenerative way to live. A single question kept returning to her: “What kind of world am I leaving for my daughter?” That question became the starting point of everything that followed.

As she began exploring this longing, Eve stepped into a deep healing journey. Yoga, Ayurvedic practices, and moments of reflection helped her reconnect with her body and her intuition. Traveling opened her eyes even further. She struggled to find places that felt nourishing, places where food was grown with respect for the soil, the farmers, and the earth itself. This search eventually led her to a Permaculture Design Course, where she discovered how restoring land could restore people too. 

While exploring how food grows, what nourishment really means, and how communities could care for one another, a thought took root:
What if all of this, regenerative places, meaningful connections, healthy food, and shared skills, could live on one platform?

Meanwhile, Jen was going through her own challenging chapter. After trying to build a business of her own and later working as a fitness coach, the company she worked for went bankrupt. Combined with personal struggles, everything seemed to collapse at once. She hit rock bottom and yet, beneath the exhaustion was a very real desire: to put her creativity, communication, and storytelling skills into something that actually matters.

When Eve chose to bring her long-held idea back to life, Jen felt an immediate resonance. Their stories, once separate, suddenly aligned. The timing was imperfect and perfect at the same time: two people questioning the world in their own ways, meeting in the same place of longing for something more meaningful, more grounded, more alive.

Together, they realized they were both searching for the same essentials: healthy soil, clean water, food grown with care, spaces where people can thrive emotionally and mentally, and communities built on reciprocity rather than competition. These shared values began to weave themselves into something tangible.
What started as a conversation slowly became sketches, then a roadmap, and eventually a living ecosystem shaped by everyone who joins. cOMmon didn’t appear all at once; it grew organically from their questions, their struggles, their hopes, and their desire to build a world where people and nature can thrive side by side.

Today, cOMmon continues to evolve as a cooperative, a digital habitat, and a community in motion. It is a bridge between roamers and rooters, between regenerative spaces and the people seeking them. It carries the personal story of a mother and daughter who chose to create something different and the collective story of everyone who believes a more connected, regenerative way of living is not only possible, but already growing.