https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2515-7620/adb7bd

This could be fixed. Bankrupting a golf course and then rescuing it with a community buyout for agrosolar sounds like a constructive #solarpunk project....

Tonight:
6pm - Local Food Not Bombs (folks are attempting to restart it. I'm not leading this effort but I might be able to help them as I work in food in my town as well)
7pm - Local NAACP (they have a food initiative that I might be able to work with - yay mutual aid efficiencies!)

Next Week:
- 1st monthly in person meeting of our Free Fridge & Food Rescue group

A lot of cool stuff going on in my town. This is just food (and not all of it... there's still the food bank / food pantries and the local hot food places). There are even more meetings and groups in other areas of mutual aid.

What community groups have you found in your area?

#solarPunk#mutualAid #community

It was the first meeting. We all introduced each other and got a feel for skills and experience.

I pegged one person as being an undercover cop.

(They had a very open disdain for police - insisting on saying ACAB when the conversation had nothing to do with police, etc. They used outdated terms or caricatures and stereotypes of how people who aren't leftist see leftists. They had no connections to the community or other similar projects and appeared to have "just materialized" into this movement. They tried real hard to ingrain themselves as likable without contributing much. Basically a try hard.)

(Edit to add based on responses: They were not socially awkward or a newbie or neurodivergent - We had plenty of those folks too and they were welcomed. The above behaviors are distinct to undercover cops - and distinctly different from your run of of the mill awkwardness or sociability issues or just being new to a group or movement)

Quick aside on this... Undercover cops join mutual aid groups generally just to monitor them. Generally after a while, they get bored and move on only to check in on time to time. Cool.

IF they decide to disrupt the group, they'll do it in one of two ways (or both):

1) They'll befriend, gain trust, and get people to commit illegal acts. They then arrest those that committed the acts and use those acts to smear the group as a whole.

2) They get people WORRIED about undercover cops and get everyone to become paranoid of each other, using the resultant attempts to lock down security to stifle action. After a while the entire group just breaks apart.

So, how to deal with this?

First, is to assume "compromise". Just accept that there's a couple undercover folks there. Neat. A fact of life.

Second, don't do anything grossly illegal with public groups. Misdemeanors will happen. Look at Food Not Bombs Houston when they were (are) targeted by the city and get little fines every time they serve homeless folks. Also INTENTIONAL civil disobedience is a thing - but the entire group (undercover cops and all) will openly acknowledge it, understand and prepare for the consequences, and you'll know what you're getting into. (See sit ins and other direct action protests). But don't go off and commit illegal acts. ESPECIALLY if someone asked you to do it.

Third, call out anyone publicly and openly who advocates illegal acts (even and especially if they approached you privately). Use it as a way to gentle-parent correct the undercover cop (or misguided sincere colleague) on what proper action is.

Lastly, get the suspected undercover cop to engage in your goals. Get them to feed people! Watch for sabotage and check their work a bit more closely of course, but hey! the more hands the better! 😂

Edit also to add: DON'T TRY TO DETECT OR ROOT OUT UNDERCOVER COPS! - Like... I have a suspicion on this guy... but I really don't care. If you try to find the myriad of bad, you'll start to think everyone is bad. Instead... just treat everyone the same - regardless of whether you suspect them or not. If someone wants you to do something illegal... don't do it. Even if you think they're a normal person. - See my entire section on how paranoia can also destroy a group.

(Okay, not a quick aside. I'll just conclude here, lol)

#solarPunk#mutualAid #community

#hope #hopepunk #solarpunk #fascism

#hopepunk #solarpunk

Seeds libraries are places you can go and "check out" seeds. Grow the seeds. Let one of the grown plants go to seed. Harvest the seeds. Then "return" the seeds back to the seed library!

Free seeds!!!!

Check and see if you have a seed library near you: https://www.communityseednetwork.org/map/

Or connect and share seeds with folks online:
https://exchange.seedsavers.org

#solarPunk#seedLibrary#libraryEconomy#urbanGardening

Went into the library and spoke with two amazing librarians.

We hashed out all the ideas and have a solid plan moving forward.

We're hoping to open the library in April and match it with hydroponics classes, gardening classes, and a city announcement.

I'm documenting how-to's and will write one up soon!

#solarPunk#seedLibrary
#hydroponics#indoorGardening #gardening#urbanGardening

They're interested in building out a seed library as well!!!

YAYAYAYAY!!!!!!

I'm developing some basic classes on how to do low-budget, simple, indoor (in any space) hydroponics. I'm also building out some starter kits to give away.

I'll see if the local library would like me to give these courses and kits when the seed library gets built as a way to promote it and get word out to the local community.

#solarPunk#seedLibrary#postScarcity#libraryEconomy#indoorGardening#urbanGardening

We've got official approval to start building it out!

We'll start the official planning, building, and then community awareness initiatives and concurrent programming and training!

Yay free seeds for the town!

Yay free classes on gardening and hydroponics!

Gardening is one thing. Community is another thing entirely.

Build community. Feed each other.

#solarPunk #hydroponics#indoorGardening #gardening#urbanGardening

My local library built the seed library!

The local Master Gardeners provided a lot of the intitial seeds (oh my gosh we are stocked!!!). They used an old card catalogue to store them. Today's the kickoff!

The idea is you "check out seeds" from the library, plant/grow/harvest, let some go to seed, then "return the seeds" back to the library!

Free seeds for everyone!

#solarPunk#postScarcity #gardening#mutualAid#seedLibrary#earthDay