The Bunker
Browns Golf Course
Culver Parade
Sandown PO36 8QA
Isle of Wight
“Invest in a New Economic Story”
The Common Space is a not-for-profit organisation working on the frontline of environmental and cultural recovery, using the Isle of Wight’s UNESCO Biosphere as a living laboratory for regenerative change.
We believe in the principle of co-creation, treating people, place and nature as equal partners in the project of better world-making, a democratic social ecology.
Our family of organisations includes Artecology, Island Nature, Parish Futures and the IW Biosphere CLG. Our work, portfolio and impact span the UK and the UK's overseas territories and the UNESCO Biosphere global network.
Here, we're working to transform the Isle of Wight into a regenerative enterprise accelerator. With our Biosphere-led investment zones, and community wealth-building strategy, businesses can pioneer sustainable tourism, green infrastructure, nature recovery, circular production, and cultural and creative production. We hope all Island businesses will become part of a new economy that’s not only resilient and fair - but exportable. Contact us for more information and an innovation sandbox for businesses who want to make the future.
www.thecommonspace.org.uk - Democracy | Ecology | Community
www.artecology.space - Designs for Biodiversity in the Built Environment
www.islandnature.org - The Isle of Wight's Local Nature Recovery Strategy
www.iwbiosphere.org - The Isle of Wight UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
Island Business September / October 2025
