Ideals

Sustainable living using appropriate technology and permaculture principles.

To set up community projects that combine hackerspaces with permaculture farms to provide sustainable living spaces for people to experience a way of life that is not necessarily dependent on the system using appropriate, open and low cost technological solutions.

• self sustainable community and living environment
• ecological farming using permaculture principles
• reuse & recycle
• conserving resources like water, soil, …
• avoiding use of chemicals/pesticides
• preserve & rehabilitate nature
• repopulation of flora & fauna
• use of natural products (hygiene)
• living off the grid when possible

• development of opensource solutions focused on needs of permaculture farming
• automation of recurring tasks to save resources
• intelligent resource management

• create low cost opensource solutions for permaculture farming
• raising awareness about poverty and how to alleviate it
• create and maintain a fair share environment

• encouraging collaboration
• collaboration with other similar projects/communities
• involving the local community
• encourage social gatherings & festivals
• using & promoting local resources and local networking infrastructure

• respecting all members of the community
• providing an anti-discriminatory space
• community members can be both offline (local) and/or online

• workshops & skill sharing
• internships & volunteering programmes
• documentation of the project
• opensource development & promotion

• providing a space for art and culture
• promotion and support for local art and cultural events

• implementing a democratic or consensual way of making decisions such as
  • setting priorities
  • use of monetary resources
• promote and enhance the democratic process

This does not mean every project has to fulfill these ideals but it should evolve around them.