Inter-sector Connections
We are publishing a series of blog posts that dip into a future in which the Commons Corporation has become part of life so that we can share how it…
Regenerative Ownership – A New Solution For The New Economy
Regenerative ownership re-balances the benefits of ownership between you, me and us in an equitable way by replenishing human and natural capital and reconnecting wealth creation with the common good.
Rather than focusing on individual companies or the ethical largesse of individuals for a solution to the systemic financial and economic issues we face, this new architecture focuses on building a parallel and expanding economic system as a sub-zone within the market. (more…)
Elysia Commons at Marmalade
A Journey to The Elysia Commons
In April 2015 the Ellysia Commons team presented the model as one of several events at the Marmalade Social Enterprise Festival in Oxford. Our invitation to participants was to visit a business model from the future that we can help to build now.
What If?
What if we were able to transform the landscape of capitalism without undermining enterprise and private ownership? What if we were able to mutualize the market rather than individual companies?…
Internet Radio Broadcast
We're happy to share that an interview with Sebastian Parsons, founder and designer of the Elysia Commons, Thursday the 8th April 2015 broadcast an interview on Lighthouse NetCast a new…
Old Dogs, New Tricks
We are publishing a series of blog posts that dip into a future in which the Commons Corporation has become part of life so that we can share how it…
Health Care in the Future
We are publishing a series of blog posts that dip into a future in which the Commons Corporation has become part of life so that we can share how it…
Whats The Problem? What’s Our Solution?
WHAT’S THE PROBLEM?
- Wealth Creation has become disconnected from wellbeing and the common good.
- The existing economic model is increasingly degrading the human and natural capital that we depend upon and is consequently becoming dysfunctional, dehumanized and unsustainable.
- Markets have no systemic mechanism for replenishing the value extracted from people, place or planet.
Dartington November 2014
The Elysia Commons team held an event on Friday 7th of November to launch the Commons to a wider group of people and introduce the idea of the investment fund that is…
A Commons Corporation: Harnessing the creativity of enterprise and private ownership for the common good
A commons corporation is a new economic model that represents an evolutionary step beyond both social enterprise and corporate social responsibility. It has been variously described as a form of…