Earthsharing Australia is a Georgist organisation that provides free education services on economics. The bounty of the land is best shared amongst the people rather than hoarded by the privileged. Our teachings demonstrate the urgent need for the capture of resource rents for public benefit. With the capturing of this natural wealth, we can reduce wealth gap pressures and curtail the motivation to exploit our resources. This is the big picture reform we need to create the sustainable, walkable communities necessary to survive climate change.

We are a sister organisation to Prosper Australia. Earthsharing Australia represents the beliefs of our members more interested in green issues. However, we still maintain that we are a group from the radical centre, with resource rents providing the funding to cull taxes on productive work. We have the advantage of being able to talk to both businessmen (less taxes) and greens (resource efficiency).

With a Resource Rentals system in place, genuine economic democracy is possible where freedom involves community interaction and self empowerment.

Many of our supporters are young people concerned about the looming twin disasters – the increasing wealth gap and the speed of climate change.

The Earthsharing website was one of the earliest georgist websites online, set up in 1996 by Bryan Kavanagh of the Land Values Research Group.

Our logo was designed by Aysen Ozturk following a logo competition (circa 2004). Thanks Aysen!

To understand our movement’s long and proud history, read Prosper Australia’s About Us page

Current Projects:

Speed Renting has taken off. In the desperation of the current housing market, we’re helping people find better living arrangements. Our long term aims are to reform the way housing is seen as a speculative commodity, but this is a fun project that you may like to assist with.

Global Land Tools Network – assisting the UN Habitat’s GLTN in developing land policy tools that address Millennium Development Goal 7. Tools developed so far include the Earthsharing Game and the I Want to Live Here Campaign.

Graon tingting – means Land Ideas in Bislama, the language of Vanuatu. We have set up a small volunteer team to help re-balance the knowledgebase kastomery land owners face when being pressured into selling their land. Vanuatu’s main island of Efate has sold off 90% of their coastline. Poor economic advice is threatening the ‘world’s happiest people’.

I Want to Live Here Film competition – a 3 minute short film competition with $3000 up for grabs to the storyteller who can best describe the root cause to the issue draining our wallets and constraining our true freedom.

Earthsharing Challenge – a dynamic weekend camp teaching students about the importance of resources and the economics behind their use. On the backburner at present…

Earthsharing’s YouTube page We have regular youtube updates on the multimedia front. We also have an upcoming documentary.

Earthsharing’s Flickr page – check out some of the photos of the team and our events.

Get in touch and volunteer – we need online campaigners, graphic designers….you name it!