AYU Partners Program

Building the commons
together.

AYU Partners are builders, organizers, creators, and institutions working to regenerate our shared world — from land and water to governance, culture, and technology. If you're working to solve the polycrisis, there's a place for you here.

1,000
Total partner spots
2%
OF ALL AYU POINTS
Free
No cost to apply
The partner model

Early collaborators.
Equal recognition.

Common Planet Partners help shape the foundations of a new planetary system. They're not sponsors or vendors. They're co-builders, working in alignment with the Creditism vision.

The model runs on fairness. Every accepted partner in a pool receives an equal share of that pool's AYU Points, regardless of size, reach, or resources. A grassroots mutual aid network and a global cooperative receive the same share. No pay-to-play. No tiered prestige.

Partners are recognized for alignment and contribution. Not budget.

The core principle

Equal share.
Yours to give.

Your share is set from the start. As the network grows, it stays fixed. New members joining doesn't reduce what partners hold.

Your share is equal to every other Partner’s within your pool — regardless of size, reach, or resources.

An economy built on cooperation, not competition.

Structure

Two pools.
One principle.

Partners are organized into two pools to support broad participation while keeping allocation simple and fair. Each pool is allocated independently. Apply early for a better chance to enter the smaller pool — and hold the larger share.

Pool A
Up to 300 partners

The founding partner cohort. Smaller pool, larger individual share — the same 1%, split among fewer partners. Pool A is for the earliest collaborators.

1% of AYU Points · equal share
Pool B
Up to 700 partners

The expanded partner cohort. Opens as Pool A fills. Same principle, second pool: 1% of AYU Points, split among all accepted members.

1% of AYU Points · equal share
Total partner allocation: 2% of all AYU Points — 1% for Pool A (up to 300 partners) and 1% for Pool B (up to 700 partners). In both pools your share is set from the start. It stays fixed however large the AYU Network grows.
Who we're looking for

Working on the polycrisis?
Apply.

We're especially interested in partners working across these domains — but if your work is aligned with the Creditism vision, we want to hear from you regardless of category.

Commons regeneration

Land, water, energy, food, and housing systems being reclaimed and stewarded as shared resources for communities rather than private capital.

Cooperative & decentralized governance

Democratic structures, worker cooperatives, community land trusts, and experiments in distributed decision-making at scale.

Education, media & culture

Journalism, storytelling, alternative education, and cultural work that challenges extractive narratives and builds literacy for the world after scarcity.

Open-source tools & protocols

Software, infrastructure, and technical standards that support decentralization, privacy, transparency, and equitable access to digital commons.

Community resilience & mutual aid

Networks of care, solidarity economies, and local organizations building the practical infrastructure of life outside extractive systems.

Planetary-scale coordination

Experiments in cross-border, cross-cultural cooperation — from climate coordination to universal basic services and global governance alternatives.

Applications open

Ready to apply?
It's free.

The application takes about 10 minutes. Tell us about your work, your mission alignment, and how you see the partnership fitting into both of our paths forward.

There's no cost to apply, and we review every submission personally.

Questions first? Email us anytime.

What to expect

The application is a Google Form reviewed by the Common Planet team. We'll be in touch within a few weeks of your submission.

  • Describe your organization and mission
  • Explain your alignment with Creditism and the commons
  • Share how you'd like to collaborate
  • No fee, no pitch deck, no minimum size required
  • Personal review by the Common Planet team
Open the application form →

"Make the world work, for 100% of humanity, in the shortest possible time, through spontaneous cooperation, without ecological offense or the disadvantage of anyone."

— Buckminster Fuller  ·  The north star of Common Planet