Dave Darby

The tools now exist to build the commons economy. Not capitalism, not socialism, but owned by all of us in common. lowimpact.org/categories/eco…

PhD grade intelligence.

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/p/a-commoners-…

New tools for growing the commons, and how I discovered them. growingcommons.substack.com/p/new-tools-fo…

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…

See you at the Festival of Commoning in Stroud, Sep 12 & 13? Great lineup. lowimpact.org/posts/come-to-…

'Money commons': review of the Collaborative Finance (CoFi) Gathering lowimpact.org/posts/money-co… @dilgreen @matslats

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… via @YouTube

How the commons, unlike other movements, can reach working-class communities. lowimpact.org/posts/how-the-…

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. lowimpact.org/posts/help-mak…

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

First in a series of articles about the fundamentals of Commoning, Part 1: Introduction lowimpact.org/posts/the-fund…

Recommend weekend reading: @DaveLowimpact's fantastic introduction to the Commons Economy that convincingly lays out the why, what, how, and who using clear, precise, and jargon-free language. lowimpact.org/posts/replacin…

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…

Second is a series of interveiws on commoning the flax/textile industry: Dil Green of Mutual Credit Services lowimpact.org/posts/commonin…

Darren Allen on civilisational collapse - #cite3" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">lowimpact.org/posts/darren-a…

Love this guy - youtube.com/watch?v=XCnImx… - but I'd say build commons rather than tax the rich (which party is going to do that?)

Feb 2025 news from the commons movement in Stroud & Liverpool lowimpact.org/posts/feb-2025… @dilgreen @cjenscook @matslats

Does foraging damage the countryside? lowimpact.org/posts/does-for…