Enclosed farmland. Photo credit: Pexels
Take back our common land and seas
Sustain member Gaia Foundation host a talk on the use of commons lands to help our planet recover and thrive.
Commons take many forms, ranging from community land trusts for eco-friendly farming and “platform cooperatives”, to indigenous governance systems and open-source design and manufacturing.
Today just a handful of people and corporations control huge areas of land, sea, seeds, information, and more, that we once held in common ourselves. On 17 September 2019 the Gaia Foundation will be joined by author, activist and commons scholar David Bollier to discuss how this 'enclosure' of our shared wealth changed the Earth.
From the oceans to the atmosphere and indigenous governance systems, David will discuss how Commons offer us practical, post-capitalist alternatives that are new and ancient, free and fair and can help our living planet recover and thrive.
David's talk will be the UK launch of his new book, Free, Fair and Alive: The Insurgent Power of the Commons, co-authored with German activist Silke Helfrich. For those who wish to delve deeper, copies will be available at the event.
Buy your tickets here.
Sustainable Farming Campaign: Pushing for the integration of sustainable farming into local, regional and national government policies.
Sustain
The Green House
244-254 Cambridge Heath Road
London E2 9DA
020 3559 6777
sustain@sustainweb.org
Sustain advocates food and agriculture policies and practices that enhance the health and welfare of people and animals, improve the working and living environment, promote equity and enrich society and culture.
© Sustain 2025
Registered charity (no. 1018643)
Data privacy & cookies
Icons by Icons8
