Creating Youth Commons: Supporting Deprived Youth

Keywords

Youth Poverty and Employment

We research into the precarious working conditions young people in Hong Kong are facing, in order to understand in what ways can commoning support youngsters to seek decent work.

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Urban Commons Incubator Scheme

We organise training workshops and field visits that provide theoretical, creative, and social entrepreneurship training for inspired youngsters to establish their own urban commons projects.

i-COMMON HK

We collaborate closely with i-COMMON HK, an independent initiative that aims to promote community economy through everyday life.

Service-learning and Curriculum Development

We introduce the concepts and practices of urban commons in the curriculum of cultural studies:

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Learning Resources

Explore local and international case studies of urban commons.

Books

Economics, I Can Do!
by Dr. CHOW Sung Ming

Chang Ha-Joon, Reader of Cambridge University once said, people tend to think that economics is difficult, and should be left for the experts; even economists share the same mood, it should better be left to us! Nevertheless, everybody engage in economic activities everyday. Can’t we just understand economics with common sense? Suffocated by technical jargons, can economics really help us to better grasp economic reality? Or, are they merely chicaneries misleading the whole world……including top government officials who often suffer from Intellectual disability?!

It is time to awaken, and let us demystify economics together!

不一樣的香港社會經濟 : 超越資本主義社會的想像
Edited by Pun Ngai, Fung Yi Chan, Ching Hua Anita Koo, Lo Yin Yee
Publisher: the Commercial Press
Year: 2013
Useful Websites

PLATFORMHK.COOP

As the sister organisation of The Platform Cooperativism Consortium, this website provides useful case studies of co-ops that make the digital transition.

ICOMMON HK

Check out this video series to learn more about the basic concepts of ‘commons’ (available in Chinese version only).
Videos

Developing urban commons: from social innovation to the sharing economy to cooperative platforms
Ms. Ada WONG Ying-kay JP (Chairperson, Good Lab Foundation)
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Practising community economy in Tin Shui Wai: the case of Tin Zi Zok Wai (天姿作圍)
Ms. Janis FAN (Tin Zi Zok Wai)
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Community food waste recycling and farming
Lab0ver (food waste education)
Dr. Chow Sze Chung (Co-founder, Sanwoodgoon)
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Developing urban commons: from social innovation to the sharing economy to cooperative platforms
Ms. Ada WONG Ying-kay JP (Chairperson, Good Lab Foundation)
Watch Now