Dave Darby of Stroud Commons and Lowimpact.org talks with Rosie Bristow and Nick Evans of Fantasy Fibre Mill, working to resurrect the flax / linen industry in the UK, as a commons.
Transcript of interview, with links to organisations and information mentioned in the video: www.lowimpact....
We’re interviewing key players in the new economy, to: a) bring their work to a wider audience b) try to find ways to co-ordinate their efforts c) stimulate debate d) help to build the commons economy.
Lowimpact.org: www.lowimpact....
Fantasy Fibre Mill: www.fantasyfib...
Stroud Commons: stroudcommons....
Plant fibres & textiles: www.lowimpact....
Commons economy: www.lowimpact....
Highlights
1. Fantasy Fibre Mill want to resurrect the flax / linen industry in the UK - as a commons. We can help bring together flax specialists and commons specialists to work out how to do that.
2. They’re building the flax-processing machinery from scratch, from designs in Victorian textbooks.
3. They’re building (open-sourced) farm-scale equipment so that farmers can process their own crop. They don’t want to become a massive centralised factory. They foresee lots of little hubs all over the place, that can process everybody’s local fibre. We don’t want to replicate the problems of the current system.
6 сен 2024
