Category: The Commons
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More than a pub: the story of The Bevy
How a pub in Brighton became a centre of social life, learning and mutual support for a community.
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Online archive: East London Big Flame
Explore an online archive of documents from political activism in London in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Recommended podcast: Changing Currents
This podcast from Arts Catalyst brings together artists, growers, community groups and researchers working on different initiatives in South Yorkshire.
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To think, feel and see otherwise: a report and a mini-zine from POLLEN23
Some reflections and a mini-zine from the conference of the Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) in June 2023.
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Photo story: Views of Mpox in Nigeria
Based on research in Nigeria, this story explores how mpox is felt and understood by different people – including those with symptoms, the wider community and healthcare workers.
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Comic: Mpox in Nigeria – lessons from diverse experiences
Comic that explores the varied experience of mpox in Nigeria, with suggested lessons for healthcare elsewhere in the world.
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My body as food, my food as neighbour
Starting from the ecologies and relationships involved in foraging, Elaina Weber discusses how you might see your food as community, and yourself as ‘future food’.
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Mapping community gardens in the UK
The organisation Sustain provides a map of community gardens around the UK, and organises a weekend of action where gardens invite people in to take part.
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Naming, unnaming and commons
Names can be used to hurt and heal. What can ‘unnaming’ do for people’s relationships to the other creatures around them?
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A Portuguese village on the front line of the ‘energy transition’
Covas de Barroso is facing the threat of an open-cast lithium mine, with just 10 days to respond to a public consultation.