Festival of Commoning
Fri 13- Sat 14 September 2024
@stroud Trinity rooms & Landsdown!
Conference, Workshops and Comedy
A Celebration of People acting Together
to Build Commons of all Kinds
FEATURING:
Clare Farrel
XR, The Humanity Project
Immy Kaur
—--Civic Square——
Festival of Commoning
Across the UK, groups are working together to provide the basics of life, for and with their communities.
Land, buildings, food, water, transport, care, education, broadband, housing, energy - people are coming together to provide for themselves.
This is intensely local work, but we can learn so much from each other, gain inspiration, share wisdom, and strengthen each other.
Come and join with others in beautiful Stroud as we share, learn and laugh.
FESTIVAL OF COMMONING
program
friday 13th September
An evening of activities and networking for practitioners, projects, experts, academics and those who want to get deeply involved.
program
16:00 networking, shared vision and action plan through a facilitated participatory workshop
19:00 meal (included)
20:00 Freeform Exploration and building relationships
participated by
stroud commons
People behind the Land Commons, Housing Commons and Climbing Commons happening in Stroud.
bristol commons
Building a movement to support communities and community hubs across Bristol.
hastings commons
We take derelict and difficult buildings around the White Rock area of Hastings into community custody, transforming them into social spaces, homes and workspaces that will always be affordable and open to all.
camila vergara
Chilean critical legal theorist focusing on inequality and law. Collaborates with grassroots organisations on rights and community governance.
delicious local food and drinks included!
saturday 14th September
A day of engaging talks, a facilitated workshop and collaborative games!
with comedy at landsdown in the evening.
program
10:00 kickoff - stroud commons
11:00 presentations by bristol commons, hastings commons and library of things.
13:00 lunch
14:00 keynote by immy kaur of civic square
15:00 Liberating Structures workshop
18:00 keynote by clare farrel of xr and humanity project
19:00 seeding a movement - continuation
22:00 finish
KEYNOTES
CLARE FARREL
XR, THE HUMANITY PROJECT
Co-founder of Extinction Rebellion, her work to date has included coordinating the creative team that delivered the name, identity and messaging that the movement set out with in 2018. She is also engaged in The Humanity Project, a multi-pronged ecosystem approach to upgrading our system, uniting successful movement builders and centring on mutual care and Popular Assemblies.
IMMY KAUR
CIVIC SQUARE
Immy is co-founder and Director of Civic Square. Civic Square is demonstrating neighbourhood-scale civic infrastructure for social and ecological transition, together with many people and partners in Ladywood, Birmingham UK.
comedy of the commons
MARK THOMAS
Mark is an English comedian, best known for The Mark Thomas Comedy Product on Channel 4. How to describe his work? A mix of standup, theatre, journalism and the odd bout of performance art. He is 57 years old and doesn’t care if it sounds pretentious. Website
