We study founders, books and communities that bear on what we're building, and we write down what we learn. Full write-ups are coming. Here is what we're studying and why it matters for OurLands.
Fall in love with the problem, not the solution, and run the business as an ecosystem that works for everyone it touches.
Why it matters for OurLands
Our problem statement and our standards come from here.
Community means a shared place and a shared fate. Whoever owns the assets decides the outcomes.
Why it matters for OurLands
Why each OurLands community is one place, not a network.
Society rests on markets, the state and community, and the community pillar has worn thin.
Why it matters for OurLands
Each OurLands property is local power at the scale of one parcel.
Elinor Ostrom, Governing the Commons, and the asset-based community development method: what do we have, know, love and miss, and what can we do about it?
A short email on public lands, shared ownership and rural revival.
