ckohtala @ckohtala@social.coop

BBC had loads of coverage on the right to repair and the Ecodesign Directive today. We were busy!

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-46797396

#RightToRepair

Urban commons shared spaces - about commons in the urban environment (pdf)
http://www.commonsnetwork.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/SharedSpacesCommonsNetwork.pdf

Throughout Europe we are witnessing a blossoming of self-organised, collective practices in the urban environment.

Another End of the World Is Possible: Indigenous Solidarity and Blocking Extractive Infrastructure in #Canada Read here --> https://enoughisenough14.org/2019/01/06/another-end-of-the-world-is-possible-indigenous-solidarity-and-blocking-extractive-infrastructure-in-canada/

🏋🏾‍♀️🎺🌶🐠 Resources for Decentralised Organising 🐚🌈🍒👩🏽‍🔬

a mega list of handbooks and toolkits
for groups working without top-down management
from social movements to workplaces

https://hackmd.io/s/Skh_dXNbE

open source for anyone to read, update, share

This is one of the most meaningful and thought-provoking pieces I've ever read.

http://richdecibels.com/stories/courage-before-hope/courage-before-hope.html

#microsolidarity

So, we here are a #congregation, in @richdecibels' terms, with amorphous pre-crews, that verges on a crowd (which got us into trouble).

"There’s another crucial size somewhere between 30 and 200 people: small enough that most of the members can know each other’s name, big enough to support many Crews to coalesce. Coordinated impact at this scale requires some formal rules & roles, but mostly you can hold coherence just by putting a bit of extra effort into the relationships."

#microsolidarity

PSA: If you're a #maker, please, if you can, design your stuff in the #openstructures grid! Modularity makes things so so much more sustainable, by making them easy to repair, customize, repurpose, and reuse - but the benefits only come with widespread adoption

https://www.openstructures.net

Please boost this if you support sustainable inventing!

🐦🔗 https://twitter.com/LooseElisabeth/status/1052472018099167233:
»Looking to interview women in maker-/hackerspaces in the UK, Germany and Austria. Get in touch if you're interested and find out more about my research here: https://elisabethloose.wixsite.com/research
#maker #Makers #making #MakerMovement #makerspace #interview #research #women«

A few weeks back, we held the Making It!? conference at DoES Liverpool. I've just published my slides and notes for my talk - "Five Myths of Indie Manufacturing" https://mcqn.com/ibal204 #makingitconf #makerspace #maker #manufacturer

ho cool, PreciousPlastic is iterating and assembling people to further the project in a big space. I might give them a visit later in the year, as it's in Eindhoven NL... ;)
https://next.preciousplastic.com/
#recycling #solarpunk #collapse #environment #platicwaste #fablab #hackerspace #tierslieux

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Found in this summer’s edition of the Permaculture magazine