Everyone deserves a sustainable, joyful life — yet for many it has never felt so out of reach. Let’s summon our common knowledge to change this for ourselves, and for one another.

Co-founders of Common Knowledge - Spider Hickman, Fionn Kidney, Erin McClure & Harrison Gardner

Across the globe, in the wake of two of the most challenging years in living history, people are taking a moment for reflection and re-calibration. A moment to reconsider what a sustainable, joyful life could look like for them, and how they might set about creating it.


Many are considering the change they can make to minimise their impact on the planet, or to improve their mental health. In Ireland, we find ourselves in a deepening housing crisis that means less people than ever can afford to finance their own home, let alone achieve joyful and sustainable life.


It’s easy to forget that we once had the skills, resources and sense of community to feel confident in addressing these kinds of challenges – perhaps easier to believe that we have lost them forever. 


We’ve founded Common Knowledge because we believe that by coming together to share basic skills, create useful resources and connect as a community, we can bring more affordable, sustainable and joyful homes into all of our lives - and hopefully also have a little craic along the way!


Join us as we lay firm foundations for our collective future. 


Erin, Fionn, Harrison & Spider

Co-founders, Common Knowledge

Our Mission

To share skills for a truly sustainable homelife

Our Vision

An Ireland of confident, capable and connected people

Our Values

True Sustainability 

Accessible for you, maintainable by you, sustainable for the planet and beneficial for your life, and the lives of others

Empowerment

We build each other's skills, confidence and agency to create the life we want.

Delight

We believe that joy is one of our basic human needs. The things and experiences that we design and create as individuals and a society should be beautiful, delicious, comfortable and inspiring.

With thanks to:

 

Common Knowledge has received support from Rethink Ireland’s Start Up Fund, in partnership with the Department of Rural and Community Development via the Dormant Accounts Fund.

 

We have also received support from The Community Foundation for Ireland Older Person’s Fund.

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