(image via daily-dragon-drawing on tumblr, specific post here)

happy spring to many - here in western Colorado we’re vacillating between warm and cold in a true, classic Colorado manner.

i do these posts about praxis periodically because i seek inspiration and motivation for concrete actions i can take in my life, and you, the community of people who are into solarpunk, are creative powerhouses. with that in mind, what kind of projects are you all working on, or have you seen going down? any ideas that you’re excited about doing as the weather gets warmer?

thanks for being rad, friends.

  • thejevans
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    6 months ago

    I have lots of projects going on and I’m making incremental progress on all of them.

    I’m designing furniture to make everything I own take up less space so I can move to smaller apartments in the future.

    Through self-hosting, I’m slowly removing big-tech software from my life, and I’m helping friends/family to do the same. I recently set up a small invidious instance that my friends and I share.

    I finally have Linux’d all the things and have my computers under a single NixOS configuration.

    I’m using Home Assistant to monitor and reduce power usage.

    I started https://urban-colorado.wiki to be a repository for people in Colorado to get information about recent and upcoming housing and transportation legislation, how to get involved, local urbanist communities, and social programs available and how to access them. It’s still VERY much in its infancy, but anyone in Colorado is welcome and encouraged to contribute.

    I’m also saving up for a cargo bike to replace the vast majority of cars trips that I still take.