The commons is an understanding of relationships that bind communities together. They are created by collectively caring for social networks, knowledge, cultural practices, heritage and resources which are shared for the benefit of everyone in the community. Common resources can be natural, cultural or digital and are accessible by all members of the commons. Commons are preserved, managed and democratically governed through communal stewardship, ownership and use to reassure interconnectedness among people, communities and the environment. Contrary to profit-oriented, private ownership and individuality ways of being, the commons are people-led systems that promote sufficiency, care and wellbeing. Prior to the transition to capitalism, most people managed and lived off common land and resources, which were then privatised through colonial violence and enclosures, disrupting communal ways of being, living and provisioning. Contemporary, neoliberal policies continue to erode common spaces, resources, and ways of organising life. The concept of the commons as a resource is rooted in the idea that resources are best managed collectively by those in close proximity to or regular use of the resource rather than privately or by the state to ensure that they remain accessible for future generations. Elinor Ostrom won the Nobel Prize for Economic Science for demonstrating how communities can manage commons through collective and non-hierarchical decision making and governance without resorting to top-down regulation or privatisation. Feminist perspectives, like that of Silvia Federcici, also understand reproductive labour and care work as part of the commons to amplify the importance of social relations that create and sustain the commons.