Self-provisioning and the commons economy. @commons #SustainableLiving, #SystemChange, #NewEconomy, #MutualCredit
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The tools now exist to build the commons economy. Not capitalism, not socialism, but owned by all of us in common. lowimpact.org/posts/new-tool… @dilgreen @matslats @cjenscook
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Going to be producing a series of articles over the coming year - 'a commoners' manifesto: why Marx was wrong'. Here's the intro. See what you think. growingcommons.substack.com/…
The potential for building a textile commons. fascinating conversation about what commons might look like in a specific sector like textiles, and how we might get there. @dilgreen @LondonFibreshed @ZoeGilbertson @N_Eng_Fibreshed lowimpact.org/posts/the-pote…
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See you at the Festival of Commoning in Stroud, Sep 12 & 13? Great lineup. lowimpact.org/posts/come-to-…
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'Money commons': review of the Collaborative Finance (CoFi) Gathering
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'Money commons': review of the Collaborative Finance (CoFi) Gathering lowimpact.org/posts/money-co…
Heat your home, feed your soul: cooking on a wood stove lowimpact.org/posts/heat-you…
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What many environmentalists get wrong about the money system, and why it's important lowimpact.org/posts/what-man… @matslats @jembendell
The potential for community energy and commons in north Wales youtu.be/VsfRkTkHHbM?si=pvI-… via @YouTube
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How the commons, unlike other movements, can reach working-class communities.
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In London? Come learn about a #commons approach to currency and money, with me and Matthew Slater. In September we are offering an event as part of the Kairos series on #RevivingTheCommons. We will head there after the #FestivalOfCommoning in Stroud the day before.
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New topic on Lowimpact.org – Willow sewage treatment systems.
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Alex Sumerall of This Cob House explains the components you’ll need and how to integrate windows and doors with cob. lowimpact.org/posts/how-to-i…
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World’s first community-owned, commons climbing gym close to reality. A flagship for the commons models (around finance, governance, asset locking and federation) that we’re trialling in Stroud.
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May the 4th be with you: the Empire vs the Commons Rebel Alliance. How the Empire operates, previous attempts to defeat the Empire, how the Empire will attack, why the Alliance will win, and how you can help. lowimpact.org/posts/may-the-… @dilgreen
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When, though, do we move beyond shoulds and oughts - asking mummy and daddy to be better - and start building for ourselves.
We are the adults in the room (to use a phrase you know well), we should start behaving like grownups and doing needful things.
There is a strategy...
Step-by-step guides to growing 50 different vegetables
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First in a series of articles about the fundamentals of Commoning, Part 1: Introduction lowimpact.org/posts/the-fund…
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Democrats are competent neoliberals and will therefore reliably push humanity towards extinction. With Trump, there was always the hope that he would fuck up the US economy, and therefore its ability to inflict damage on the world. And I think he might have just done it.
Making local food production and land commons more viable with procurement hubs lowimpact.org/posts/making-l…
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Second is a series of interveiws on commoning the flax/textile industry: Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services lowimpact.org/posts/commonin…
