Dave Darby

Jan 15, 2025 | resilience.org | Dave Darby

Liberal democracy supports capitalism. What kind of governance system would support the commons economy? Dave Darby of Lowimpact.org and Stroud Commons in conversation with Sonia Bussu, Associate Professor in Public Policy at the University of Birmingham and project lead for INSPIRE (looking at democratic innovations and their limitations – particularly around marginalised people), about participatory democracy and its role in helping build the commons economy.

Nov 4, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Dave Darby |Richard Heinberg |Hiren Gohain |Michael Albert

It’s essential that we stabilise the global economy. More people understand this every year, but corporations and governments don’t, and so we continue to destroy nature for profit. They’ve built up a bank of myths around the necessity of perpetual growth. Here are 12 common ones, and how to respond to them. Myth 1: A service economy can grow forever.

Oct 31, 2024 | resilience.org | Dave Darby

It’s essential that we stabilise the global economy. More people understand this every year, but corporations and governments don’t, and so we continue to destroy nature for profit. They’ve built up a bank of myths around the necessity of perpetual growth. Here are 12 common ones, and how to respond to them. Myth 1: A service economy can grow forever.

Oct 29, 2024 | lowimpact.org | Dave Darby

It’s essential that we stabilise the global economy. More people understand this every year, but corporations and governments don’t, and so we continue to destroy nature for profit. They’ve built up a bank of myths around the necessity of perpetual growth. Here are 12 common ones, and how to respond to them. Myth 1: A service economy can grow forever.

Oct 12, 2024 | lowimpact.org | Dave Darby

Some of the topics on our site are problematic – i.e. it’s questionable as to whether they’re truly low-impact or ‘convivial’ (a term coined by Ivan Illich, meaning controlled by and beneficial to communities) – and top of the list of problematic topics is electric vehicles. There’s no way that private cars can be labelled ‘low-impact’. Their negative impact on nature, communities and people’s lives is huge.