Stroud Commons

Commoning, using the principles laid out by Elinor Ostrom, a Nobel laureate in economics, enables life's essentials – housing, energy, land, food, water, transport, social care, and the means of exchange – to be collectively owned by communities. Once assets are in the commons, they do not generate returns to corporate shareholders and are owned by the community in perpetuity, thereby ensuring wealth stays in communities, for the benefit of communities.