What is Commoning

This Festival is built on the tremendous efforts of an incredible group of people over several years. In particular, we acknowledge Dil Green, of Mutual Credit Services and Local Loop Merseyside (LLM).who founded FoC and drove the first festival in 2024, at a time when many of us felt it might be too difficult to realise. He saw clearly that the commons needed to be a social movement, and we are grateful for his vision, time, and financial support in creating such firm foundations.

 

Chikara Shimaski of Stroud Commons and Commons Lab. led and delivered the second festival, taking it forward with real clarity and commitment, and significantly expanding what the festival could be. His work not only built on the foundations of the first year but raised the ambition and reach of FoC, setting a high standard for what followed.

 

We also want to recognise the contributions of Sue Bell of the Credit Commons Society., Jozette Khimba of Earth Protetor Communities, Ronan Murphy, Giulio Quarta, Dave Darby of Growing the Commons and Stroud Commons and Julian Jones of Water21 , who all helped shape where we are now.The festival as it exists today is grounded in what they made possible, and we are grateful for their continued support as it moves forward.