You’ve all heard of the waste hierarchy - reduce, reuse, recycle. Maybe you’ve heard of the transport hierarchy - active travel, public transport, private cars. For buildings, here is a sustainable construction hierarchy - which begins by prioritising that least glamorous of tasks: cleaning.

One of the ideologies of the free market is that competition is good. That competition leads to striving, excellence and efficiency. However, making competition compulsory in all situations misses out on the joys and motivations of collaboration.

How do we teach the semi-permeable membrane, or skin, of the Bristol Commons what is nourishing and good and should be kept in or allowed inside, and what is other, dangerous or harmful and should be kept out or expelled?

What is and isn’t included in the Bristol Commons?