• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

_in common

  • Home
  • Just Imagine
  • Open Up Politics
  • Contest Local Elections
  • Reclaim Local Democracy
  • Govern our Communities
  • Toolkits and Ideas
  • Download PDF

Govern our Communities

Implementing a manifesto of ordinary ideas.

We can contest local government, reclaim local democracy and solve our problems in our communities. Here are some ordinary ideas from here and around the world to inspire you. We can build a socially just, economically equitable and environmentally sustainable City and Society in our own backyards.

Clinic Example

Location: Recoleta Municipality in Santiago, Chile.
Key Message: We can use public infrastructure more deeply

Related Ideas: Solidarity Economy

Community Garden Dummy Post

Location: Exemplar, Tryitout.
Key Message: We can use public infrastructure more deeply

Related Ideas: Community Programmes, Solidarity Economy

Democratic Decision Software Example

Location: Testville, Testistan
Key Message: We can use public infrastructure more deeply

Related Ideas: Community Programmes, Infrastructure

Co-operative Supermarket

Location: Holborn in London, United Kingdom.
Key Message: We can volunteer in locally-sourced affordable fresh food

Related Ideas: Co-operatives, Solidarity Economy, Supermarkets

Community Night Schools

We can use public infrastructure more deeply

Related Ideas: Community Programmes, Infrastructure, Night Schools