A ship from the past, oil on panel, 2018.

This was the culmination of years of reading about ecology, collapse, and low tech, + my experience sailing on historical ships 100 years old.

Solarpunk de Buurt workshop 🌟 gratis
zaterdag 14 september OBA Mercatorplein
🐸 We duiken in een utopische eco-sociale toekomst & we maken er wat moois van
13:00 Introductie Solarpunk
14:00 Mentale tijdreis naar onze solarpunk toekomst
15:00-17:00 Schilderen, tekenen, schrijven, collage van onze toekomst beelden & ideeën - eventueel in expositie bij de OBA
💕 Voor (jong) volwassenen
Aanmelden https://www.oba.nl/agenda/mercatorplein/solarpunkworkshop.14092024.html
Informatie https://priscillaharing.info/solarpunk-de-buurt/

It's one thing to "Test in Production" with IT systems...

...it's another thing entirely to test in production with OT / ICS systems (especially with passengers on board).

(HT @Hacktress09)

#transit #trains #publicTransportation #solarPunk #ICS

Article "(Washington DC) Metro train risks potential collision in Alexandria, Virginia":

Perhaps the most ambitious car-free scheme in North America, Montréal has pedestrianized 11 commercial arteries—totalling 9.4 kilometres—in seven boroughs this summer. A pandemic-era initiative pushed by chambers of commerce, they have quickly become cherished destinations for locals and tourists alike.

Montréal City Hall invested $12-million between 2022 and 2024 to open the streets in front of 2,100 local businesses: “The boroughs, business owners, residents, customers, passers-by, and tourists appreciate the quality of life offered by pedestrianization projects.” - Mayor Valérie Plante.

Ultimately, these car-free streets are built on the recognition that shopping districts can either attract cars or people. They can’t successfully do both. And in an age of online retail, these brick-and-mortar businesses realize that they really can’t compete on expedience—so they must compete on experience.

Via: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cbruntlett/

#Urbanism #Cycling #TheWarOnCars #Montréal

THEY DID IT!!!!

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!

Update on the local Seed Library (see previous posts in this thread for background)!

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.

Great news! My library got back to me!

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.

Alright, sent an email to the head of my local library about setting up a seed library there.

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

tech is dead, my friends