Common Ground
Maren K. · Bologna, Italy
A shared open studio for makers, in a former print shop.
Open the studio to its first 12 members
Sign the lease
15 of 15 projects
Maren K. · Bologna, Italy
A shared open studio for makers, in a former print shop.
Open the studio to its first 12 members
Sign the lease
Paloma S. · Mexico City, Mexico
Audio walks of one neighbourhood, told by the people who have lived there longest.
Release three audio walks and lead six guided listening walks
Buy a field recorder and two microphones
Théo B. · Lyon, France
Weekend nature walks and a printed field guide for city kids.
Run the first six-week walk series with 15 families
Register the association
Michele L. · Milan, Italy
The place where real Builders show their first mile, and where you can find them before anyone else.
Make FirstMile the place where new Builders are found first
Launch the site publicly with demo Projects clearly labelled
Dev A. · Austin, United States
A ten-week hardware club where teens build weather kites.
Run the first cohort of twelve teens
Order kit parts, twelve sets
Efua O. · Accra, Ghana
Hard-wearing work jackets cut from deadstock canvas, made to be mended.
Make and deliver the first run of thirty jackets
Buy an industrial sewing machine
Rui M. · Lisbon, Portugal
Shore-clean kits and monthly clean-ups with the surf school next door.
Equip and run the first three monthly clean-ups
Buy thirty kits
Amir H. · Montréal, Canada
Secondhand children's clothes, sorted by size, sold from a weekend shop.
Open a weekend shop for eight consecutive weekends
Sign a weekend lease on the storefront
Seo-yun L. · Busan, South Korea
Late-night vegetable dumplings from a licensed shared kitchen.
Get the food licence and serve the first 200 orders
Food-handler licence and permits
Tomasz D. · Kraków, Poland
Same-day cargo-bike deliveries for the independent shops of one district.
Run a two-rider service for ten regular shops
Buy a used cargo bike
Jonas W. · Leipzig, Germany
Benches and tables from reclaimed gym floors.
Build and deliver the first ten benches
Buy track saw and sander
Giulia P. · Turin, Italy
A neighbourhood repair café with a tool library.
Open the repair café two Saturdays a month
Buy the tool library starter set
Inês R. · Porto, Portugal
Small-batch natural-dye textiles from a home studio.
Sell the first 40 pieces at a local market
Order organic fabric run
Wanjiru N. · Nairobi, Kenya
An offline-first sales and stock book for market stall owners.
Put a stable version in the hands of twenty stall owners
Buy two low-end phones for device checks
Carmen V. · Valencia, Spain
Gentle strength and balance classes for older neighbours in a community centre.
Run two classes a week for a full term
Insure the group and the instructor
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