# Concept 2 - Community of Practice ![](https://1133336279-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LMfHy2q5j6aiULboyh2%2F-LuaIp9AFUnyuc-3utLr%2F-LuaOJrcxOxTRhCig8l2%2FSam%20Rye%20MDes%20Concept%202.png?alt=media\&token=d21f22ba-5277-4c57-868a-c90439f5359d) **This concept is for a peer-to-peer community of practice, which supports a wide variety of people in the environmental conservation sector to connect, share and engage in shared work.** Whilst this is technologically-enabled, essentially this is a socio-cultural intervention which focuses on enabling greater connection, trust and skill building, from which could emerge the collective capacity to tackle any challenge facing the sector over time. #### Aim: Tackle the challenges of lack of capacity building opportunities in the sector, by creating a peer-to-peer community model. The aim of this is to increase the number of regular interactions and culture of knowledge creation and sharing across the sector. #### Hypothesis: By improving access to capacity building and new relationships, new possibilities emerge for how the sector can respond to challenges it faces. By addressing this with a cultural approach, the sector can change the design and intent of the system (the most powerful leverage points for systems change). #### Model: To make it a sustainable intervention, the community of practice would be free to join, with a fee for certain services such as a fellowship, prototyping coaching and potentially a marketplace fee. This would enable it to be financially feasible for individuals, members from small community groups, as well as enterprise clients. #### Learning goals: * Investigate what areas of capacity building are highest priorities. * Investigate how to enable participatory design and development of a community of practice from within the environmental sector. * Explore how to bridge skills and capabilities which don’t exist in the sector, but are needed. * Explore social enterprise business models which mirror advancements in the platform cooperative movement, to ensure the community of practice is owned and controlled by the sector. ## Website An example landing page for the concept: {% embed url="" %}