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Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/the-fundamentals-of-commoning-part-1-introduction/.
Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Stroud Commons talks with Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services - who design commons models for all sectors of the economy – about the fundamentals of commoning. This is an introduction. More soon – see transcript, above.
We’re interviewing key players in the commons economy, to: a) bring their work to a wider audience b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts c) stimulate debate d) help to build the commons economy.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Stroud Commons: stroudcommons.org
Commons economy: lowimpact.org/categories/commons-economy
Mutual Credit Services: https://www.mutualcredit.services/
Highlights
1. Commons is the thing that all humanity needs – one way or another, but not necessarily branded in a particular way – to build resilience in the omnicrisis that's coming down on all our heads.
2. The famous essay 'the Tragedy of the Commons' is nonsense. He wasn't talking about a commons, and I was written in bad faith.
3. Any group of people coming together to collaboratively manage and plan around some shared resource are commoning – whether they call it that or not.
4. We now have more flexible commons models, more easily able to cope with complexity, which allows for much bigger ambitions.
5. You get stronger social bonds if they're mixed up with mutual material well-being – material interdependence.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/the-fundamentals-of-commoning-part-1-introduction/.
Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Stroud Commons talks with Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services - who design commons models for all sectors of the economy – about the fundamentals of commoning. This is an introduction. More soon – see transcript, above.
We’re interviewing key players in the commons economy, to: a) bring their work to a wider audience b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts c) stimulate debate d) help to build the commons economy.
Lowimpact.org: lowimpact.org
Stroud Commons: stroudcommons.org
Commons economy: lowimpact.org/categories/commons-economy
Mutual Credit Services: https://www.mutualcredit.services/
Highlights
1. Commons is the thing that all humanity needs – one way or another, but not necessarily branded in a particular way – to build resilience in the omnicrisis that's coming down on all our heads.
2. The famous essay 'the Tragedy of the Commons' is nonsense. He wasn't talking about a commons, and I was written in bad faith.
3. Any group of people coming together to collaboratively manage and plan around some shared resource are commoning – whether they call it that or not.
4. We now have more flexible commons models, more easily able to cope with complexity, which allows for much bigger ambitions.
5. You get stronger social bonds if they're mixed up with mutual material well-being – material interdependence.
