Cooperatively Managed Resources are the Foundation for More Resilient Communities

American Commons Media is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to exploring the social and economic histories of American communities who have been marginalized or are invisible in the standard historical narratives. Our work is bringing these stories into the larger national conversation by way of film and digital media. We focus on the histories of traditional resource commons, emerging resource commons, and other forms of communal and cooperative economies in the United States. We believe community-based resource management is a key to resiliency in the face of climate change and the disasters that arise from it. Additionally, we assist contemporary digital media commons to better connect rural communities and provide the means for people to share their ideas and stories with the world.

We work closely with Collaborative Visions of Mora, building and operating Mora Media Commons – a film and digital media training and remote work center in Mora, New Mexico. larger national conversation by way of film and digital media.

American Commons Media is based in Mora, New Mexico, with offices in Santa Fe, NM and Asheville, NC.