• The future of climbing in Stroud: a plan

    The future of climbing in Stroud: a plan

    We have put together a plan for a climbing gym in Stroud that we think we could feasibly crowdfund, build and operate on a community-run basis. We now need feedback from the community: Does this meet your needs? Would you pledge to and use it? Or, do we need to do something different? We have…

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  • Help secure ‘town green’ status for land at Doverow Hill, near Stonehouse

    Help secure ‘town green’ status for land at Doverow Hill, near Stonehouse

    Please can you help supporting an application to secure Town Green status for a patch of land at the top of Doverow Hill between Ebley, Stonehouse and Westrip.  If you want to support this too there’s a 2-minute survey to fill in.

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  • How a new land commons movement can support agroecology

    How a new land commons movement can support agroecology

    There’s huge overlap between the principles of agroecology and of commoning, and growth in the commons movement could mean a shift towards agroecology and away from damaging industrial agriculture, as there would be more access to land for small, organic farmers.

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  • What makes the commons movement different? (A: it’s much more difficult to co-opt.)

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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