COMMONS!COMMONS! IS A TOOL
FOR PLACES THAT SEE
CLIMATE,
ECONOMY
& TIME
AS ONE
SYSTEM.
Most organisations measure their world in separate pieces. Energy use sits in one report, the budget in another, visitor numbers in a third. Each figure makes sense on its own. But in real life, they are constantly shaping each other. A saving made this year can become a cost ten years from now. A change in one place quietly ripples out into all the others.
Seeing those connections, and how they unfold over time, is what is known as systems thinking. It is less complicated than it sounds. Anyone who has looked after a garden already knows it: soil, water, weather and harvest are not separate things, but one living whole.
COMMONS!COMMONS! is not a reporting tool, and it is not trying to replace the ones you already use. It sits alongside the data you have collected and does what those tools can't: measures your work against the global risks we all share, relates it to the planetary boundaries that define them, and surfaces the systemic opportunities hiding in between — the ones that make you more flexible, and often cheaper to run. It is a thinking tool, made for organisations ready to look honestly at where they stand, and brave enough to imagine something genuinely different.
ONE CYCLE, RUN ONCE A YEAR.
Situate yourself in the global risk landscape. Score your local context across five dimensions. Map the projects already underway — and where the real gaps are, including the risks you can see coming but aren't ready for.
Set a direction for the next 20 years, beyond next year's targets. Articulate what a better version of your place looks like across all five dimensions — with the costs and savings mapped out for every project you imagine.
Turn your picture into motion. Make explicit, trackable commitments — and return every year to ask whether you followed through.
COMMONS!COMMONS! is built around FIVE DIMENSIONS to create ONE SYSTEM.
Look at only one and you'll miss the real cost. Look at all five together, and you'll find both the gaps — and the savings.
FROM THE FIELD
“We knew we needed to think more systemically. We just didn't have the structure to do it. COMMONS!COMMONS! gave us that.”
— SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR, PILOT MUNICIPALITY
FROM THE FIELD
“We thought we had a long-term strategy. COMMONS!COMMONS! showed us we had a short-term strategy with good intentions. That distinction changed how we plan.”
— STRATEGY DIRECTOR, PILOT COMPANY
BUILT FOR
If your organisation shapes a place — physically, socially, or economically — this is built for you.