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What makes the commons movement different? (A: it’s much more difficult to co-opt.)
The commons is a movement to create a different world, not just the same system with a few tweaks to make it more bearable. If successful, obviously there will be entities out there that will try to undermine it, buy it and ultimately, to crush it. But there are aspects to the commons model that…
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A ‘Transcender Manifesto’ for a world beyond capitalism
Dil Green is a founder member of Mutual Credit Services, who are working with Stroud Commons to design models for the commons economy for various sectors of the economy. This article first appeared on his blog 5 years ago, but it’s so relevant to the current commons movement, that we’re re-posting it here. If this…
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Easy ways that you can help grow the commons movement
We’d like to know what you think about our website and the information we’re putting out. Does it make sense? What can we do better?
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Festival of Commoning, Stroud, Sep 13-15, 2024
The time is right for a Festival of the Commons. A celebration of what is being achieved by commons initiatives, of all kinds.
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Bath presentation: introducing the commons
Dil (Mutual Credit Services), Amrit and I (Stroud Commons) were invited to give a presentation at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institution, about the budding commons economy, on January 9th this year. Dil talked about the philosophy of commoning, I talked about the basic ideas behind the new ‘commoners movement’, and Amrit talked about…
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Explaining the commons economy
The word ‘commons’ can mean different things to different people. We’ve been working with specialists to help build the commons economy, so we’d like to concisely describe what we mean, and how you can join us. What is the commons economy? It’s an economy in which the essentials of life – housing, energy, land, food,…
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Growing and Feeding: you’re invited to a meeting about food in Stroud
Nick Weir of Stroud Commons land/food/water group and the Open Food Network would like to invite you to a meeting of growers and distributors to create a pathway for increasing demand, funding, land, sharing equipment, labour and expertise. Date and time Sunday, January 21, 2024 · 1 – 4:30pm GMT Location Trinity Rooms, Stroud, UK,…
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Helping commons groups form and grow in Stroud and other towns (and countries)
Commons ideas have gone down well in Stroud and we have thriving groups in various sectors. We’ve been approached by formative groups in several towns in the UK and in other countries.
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A model for building an energy commons
This is a draft outline of a design for an energy commons in any town – an energy sector owned by communities, providing affordable, locally-generated, renewable energy.
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Restanza and cultural commons
We’d like to see the commons economy grow to allow people (especially young people) to stay in their communities, rather than having to move to big cities to work in the corporate sector and pay extortionate rents. Here, Paul Jennings (who we’re liaising with about the commons in Llandeilo) talks about the concept of ‘Restanza’…