Some interesting stuff about the conflicts over the [[Mammoth Solar]] #SolarFarm in rural Indiana. How even with national support from the Inflaction Reduction Act and whatnot, local resistance can still stymy big renewable projects.
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I got vaguely interested in quantified self many years back, it was initiated by poor sleep and persistent tiredness, so i got a sleep tracker, made lots of graphs, my partner at the time didn’t see the utility, concluding ‘look just get off social media and go to bed earlier’, they made a good point
Fondly remembering the Fail Whale.
"Community Garden" cooperative board game from TESA
"Players will use Gardeners to gather resources like water and compost and then will play cards ranging from dill to strawberries to butternut squash."
I really like TESA board games ([[Space Cats Fight Fascism]] is a winner!). Though with this one, part of me thinks maybe it’d be better to try and find an actual community garden to participate in. Still looks fun though.
#CommunityGardening
https://store.tesacollective.com/collections/games/products/community-garden-the-board-game
#introduction
I work a 4-day week, and I’ve just started doing a module with the #OpenUniversity in my spare time at the moment, doing a short independent research project. My topic is ‘how can #ICT workers support a transition to #ecosocialism’.
More from the angle of how may tech be involved in a revolutionary overthrow of capitalism; less how can we just make IT more ‘green’.
For my own edification mainly, but ultimately hope it’ll have some utility to others too.
Some more #introduction.
I work for a charity in the UK called The Restart Project (https://therestartproject.org). We help people learn how to #repair their broken things; we get stuck in with organising community repair activities and supporting independent repair businesses; and we campaign for the #RightToRepair.
I also volunteer at my local #RepairCafe, fixing IT equipment.
I listened to: [[Ecosocialism and the ecological crisis]].
Handy discussion around the #degrowth and #GreenNewDeal strands within #ecosocialism – their tensions and their overlaps. How to appeal to a broad base, degrowth does not mean austerity, etc. Also a bit around nuclear power and solar radiation management and their problems.
Listened: [[Pakistan Floods and COP 27 with Asad Rehman]]
On the [[2022 Pakistan floods]]. The paucity of the global response and the effects of debt servitude – the majority of Pakistan’s taxes go on debt repayment.
https://www.gndmedia.co.uk/podcast-episodes/pakistan-floods-and-cop-27-with-asad-rehman
Attended a webinar discussion with Grassroots Liberation this afternoon
they’re a network of social/ecological justice centres organising in the informal settlements in Nairobi. Working for collective power and economy from below in the face of broken healthcare, education systems, unemployment, police violence, disappearances, extrajudicial killings, state apathy and NGOism. Inspired by democratic confederalism and organising in Rojava.
international solidarity here
https://www.gofundme.com/f/grassroots-liberation-project
Off to the #parkrun #parkwalk
Community-based, volunteer organised, local 5k run or jog or walk every Saturday morning. They’re all over the world.