My neighbors and I started a community garden three years ago and now half the plots are abandoned but the people who left won't give them up, and those of us still tending are burning out from doing all the shared maintenance work. We keep having these polite conversations that go nowhere while the whole thing slowly falls apart.
More people experience this than they realize.
The gap between collective ideals and individual follow-through is creating resentment and threatening something that could flourish with honest reckoning.
“Where Are You with The commons and shared resources?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.