WHAT’S A COMMONS ECONOMY?
In a commons economy, resources are owned by the community. Housing, land, water, energy and more can be commoned, making them more affordable and resilient for local people.
WHY COMMONS?
It’s affordable
We can provide affordable, good-quality housing, energy, food, water, broadband and everything else to people in Stroud.
It fixes the leak
We can help stop wealth being extracted from Stroud and concentrated in very few hands.
It builds a solution
We can start to build the foundations of a new, commons economy.