@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*.
I think what we're doing is working at a bunch of levels, some very unspoken and subversive.
@tinker
For my stories in particular, I'm doing what I call "deep work": engaging people who might be despairing or disengaged (in the climate crisis). Acting as a bard to rally the troops. Sparking new ideas and new longings. Deeply interrogating the status quo.
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...