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Festival of Commoning Fundraiser Ceilidh!
Dance, Connect, and Celebrate at the Festival of Commoning Fundraiser Ceilidh – Friday, 13th June at Lansdown Hall in Stroud. Early Bird Tickets Now Available! Secure your spot with our Early Bird tickets, now on sale. Tickets are first come first served. All proceeds supports the Festival of Commoning event in September. Event Details:
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Making local food production and land commons more viable with procurement hubs
A group of local people in Stroud are trying to set up a land commons, purchasing land using the ‘use-credit obligations‘ model and renting it to local food producers. The biggest problem is that small, local food producers are having a hard time making ends meet, because small farm incomes are falling, due to supermarkets…
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Green light for the UK’s first commons-owned climbing centre – in Stroud
Some exciting news to start the year for climbers and commoners. The UK’s first climbing commons, in Stroud, has finalised a deal with a location in Stroud, and if all goes well, there should be a commons/community-owned climbing centre opening in the summer.
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Commoning the flax/textile industry: Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services
I’m talking with Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services, who design models for building the commons in all sectors of the economy. Today we’re talking about building a textile commons around the flax / linen industry.
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Feb 2025 news from the commons movement in Stroud & Liverpool
This is the first monthly news update for what’s happening in the budding commons movement in Stroud and Liverpool, plus Mutual Credit Services and our partners and friends around the UK and the world.
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A governance commons to support the commons economy? Conversation with Dr Sonia Bussu
Conversation with Sonia Bussu, Associate Professor in Public Policy at the University of Birmingham, about participatory democracy and its role in helping build the commons economy.
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Affordable climbing as a commons: Chik Shimasaki of Climbing Commons
Today we’re talking with Chikara Shimasaki, who’s building a climbing commons in Stroud, and will provide information for anyone wanting to do it in their own towns.
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Stroud Housing Commons looking for tenants for its first house
At Stroud Housing Commons, we’re looking for a tenant for our first house – and you can add yourself to the waiting list for future commons houses. Express your interest. What is Stroud Housing Commons? A housing commons is a partnership with different classes of member – including tenants, investors, stewards (members who are paid…
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What happened at the first ‘Festival of Commoning’ in Stroud, Sep 13-14?
So, the first ‘Festival of Commoning’ happened in Stroud on Sep 13 & 14. This is a short report from one festival-goer, Dr Laura James. Next week, we’ll post a round-up by festival organisers, with thoughts, invitations for next year, more images and videos of presentations. Earlier in September I was in Stroud, for the…
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Ancient settlements show that commoning is ‘natural’ for humans, not selfishness and competition
When I’ve had conversations about the commons with right-leaning people (and sometimes cynical people on the left too), a typical response might be something along the lines of: ‘don’t waste your time trying to build a more democratic, sustainable or peaceful society. It won’t work, because humans are inherently selfish, greedy and competitive’. This Darwinian…