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The human impact on nature and on each other is accelerating and needs systemic change to reverse.

We're not advocating poverty, or a hair-shirt existence. We advocate changes that will mean better lives for almost everyone.

Commoning the flax/textile industry: Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services | Zoe Gilbertson - March 18, 2025

Thanks for these thoughts. There are quite a few of us already working on fashion and textile commons. We hope to have something up and running soon, (for example an Open Textile Network is discussed regularly but we are not quite there yet). Agree that systems change is only possible through the co...

Car tyre foundations: a low-impact and affordable solution? | Leyla - March 15, 2025

Hi there, I am really curious about this project. So did the end project get completed- the new build? Thanks :)

How to build an energy commons | Dil Green - March 2, 2025

Dave has outlined the financial mechanism - how they redeem their investment by receiving energy at a discount. But I think you might have been asking the practical question, too - as to how they actually receive the electrical power? This is tricky, unless there is a local grid. In the UK, for...

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