We share suggestions with people for making better choices without always asking what choices the systems surrounding them actually make possible. The Box Built for You asks what happens when we redesign those conditions - and what people should carry with them afterward.

From community fridges to Fix-It Nights, ordinary people are already turning what they have and know into useful action. Here are a few real examples and a simple place to start.

A girl dreams of playing college basketball, and we know how to build conditions around her talent. What if her dream is to help the people she loves? Young people are already showing what can happen when human capacity is given somewhere to go.

Brent Cabahug paid for a stranger’s groceries. The moment raises a larger question: what could happen if America connected the capacity it already has?

Altruism can be more than a donation. Seven Years of Change invites people to bring what they actually have: time, money, property, skills, knowledge, relationships, equipment, or need — and use it to build lasting community ownership for people and the living world.

An open letter to the person who thinks this is not for them, and to the one who is sure it cannot work. The economy already runs on ordinary households. The only question left is who keeps what you make.