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How changing our global system starts with changing your neighbourhood.

October 30, 2025

The Commons Canvas: Organizing Community Power Together

September 23, 2025

A world in which every community thrives, is like long-distance, group travel.

September 21, 2025

Authors

Swapna Mishra

Drishtee

Swapna is one of the co-founders of UNIO, and the General Secretary of Drishtee Foundation. Her focus areas have been community building, enterprise and innovation, women empowerment and capacity building.

Erlijn Sie

Kula

Erlijn is co-founder of Micro credits for Mothers (2005) and Kula International (2018). She was leader at the Banking with the Poor network (2012) and has been part of the Ashoka network since 2014. She's author of the book “Reimagining Financial Inclusion” (2021)

Will Ruddick

Grassroots Economics

Will is founder of the Grassroots Economics Foundation. He is a grassroots economist, combines traditional practices and economic innovation. Will is a pioneer on commitment pooling, an economic protocol inspired by ancestral wisdom, and author of the book "Grassroots Economics, Reflection and Practice".

Tony Joy

Durian

Tony is an Ashoka Fellow and founder of Durian, a social enterprise redefining rural futures in Nigeria. She is on a mission to reimagine rural communities, not as places of poverty, but as hubs of innovation, dignity, and prosperity.