Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/the-potential-for-community-energy-and-commons-in-north-wales
Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Stroud Commons talking with Lowri Hedd-Vaughan and Phil McGrath of DEG, a group (CIC) in north Wales, who are doing interesting, commons-related things around energy and more.
DEG contacted us, because they saw that we're working to build commons in Stroud – to bring assets into community ownership without debt or giving away equity, but with a reasonable return for investors, strong asset locks, and the ability to federate with other projects around the country, and eventually the world. So after this initial interview, we'd like to bring DEG together with designers of commons models to see where we might collaborate.
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
DEG: https://www.deg.wales/
Commons economy: lowimpact.org/categories/commons-economy
Highlights
1. DEG is involved with community groups in north-west Wales, establishing community-owned pubs, community energy (hydro and solar), retrofitting, social networks, assemblies and action plans for food production, energy generation and circular economy. They're a networking/accelerator/broker organisation.
2. There's a very strong sense of community and connection to place in NW Wales, and a large network of projects. They want to increase community resilience with more food production, energy generation, sharing and repairing.
3. They'd like to provide community-owned housing, and are interested in talking about use-credit obligations as a way of funding that, and other projects.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: lowimpact.org/posts/the-potential-for-community-energy-and-commons-in-north-wales
Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Stroud Commons talking with Lowri Hedd-Vaughan and Phil McGrath of DEG, a group (CIC) in north Wales, who are doing interesting, commons-related things around energy and more.
DEG contacted us, because they saw that we're working to build commons in Stroud – to bring assets into community ownership without debt or giving away equity, but with a reasonable return for investors, strong asset locks, and the ability to federate with other projects around the country, and eventually the world. So after this initial interview, we'd like to bring DEG together with designers of commons models to see where we might collaborate.
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
DEG: https://www.deg.wales/
Commons economy: lowimpact.org/categories/commons-economy
Highlights
1. DEG is involved with community groups in north-west Wales, establishing community-owned pubs, community energy (hydro and solar), retrofitting, social networks, assemblies and action plans for food production, energy generation and circular economy. They're a networking/accelerator/broker organisation.
2. There's a very strong sense of community and connection to place in NW Wales, and a large network of projects. They want to increase community resilience with more food production, energy generation, sharing and repairing.
3. They'd like to provide community-owned housing, and are interested in talking about use-credit obligations as a way of funding that, and other projects.
