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 @tinker so we had that solarpunk zoom yesterday (about setting up a new community discord) and I told them obliquely about your post, that there were people looking for community and how it was hard for them to find other likeminded folks. I'm still mulling your post and the difference between charity/non-profits and mutual aid... 💚 9 comments
@tinker In the Discord, it's "sponsored" by a non-profit that's focused on green jobs, but it's really a subversive side project by the person running it to create a space to draw people in under the "solarpunk" umbrella... @tinker @tinker I still have some personal work to do ... @tinker Anyway, I would LOVE to hear about your nascent local solarpunk group and keep in touch so we can share ideas. @tinker  @susankayequinn @tinker I have high hopes for #Flohmarkt as a Fediverse alternative to Olio/freecycle https://wedistribute.org/2024/08/flohmarkt-federated-market/ @susankayequinn @tinker I actually listened to a really interesting podcast interview with the founder of Olio, who said that the secret secondary mission of the app wasn't just to share food and reduce waste, it was to help people connect with their neighbours so eventually the app would become redundant because people would be connecting and sharing directly which I thought was rather lovely |
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... and what my real purpose(s) are in being involved in various forms of that (with a couple focus areas: food, for sure, but also larger solarpunk values of resilience and connection and community in fighting and surviving the climate crisis, plus using climate+arts as activism). And I very much appreciate your notes bout finding the *people* not the *activity*.
I think what we're doing is working at a bunch of levels, some very unspoken and subversive.
@tinker
... and what my real purpose(s) are in being involved in various forms of that (with a couple focus areas: food, for sure, but also larger solarpunk values of resilience and connection and community in fighting and surviving the climate crisis, plus using climate+arts as activism). And I very much appreciate your notes bout finding the *people* not the *activity*.