our primary inspirations are Social Ecology, Gift Economy, Genevieve Vaughn, Peter Kropotkin, bell hooks, and David Graeber.

Utopia Free School in Oakland, California, promotes Gift Economy via free classes in local free spaces, plus free online classes & our manifestos & compendiums. We seek community self-reliance & autonomy.

Our activities are primarily in the evolving “free commons area” of upper Lake Merritt, from the Pergola Courtyard to the Lakeview Public Library