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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.
Sustainable Living & Simple Sustainable 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
Sustainable Hackerspace
- development of opensource solutions focused on needs of permaculture farming
- automation of recurring tasks to save resources
- intelligent resource management
Reducing Poverty
- create low cost opensource solutions for permaculture farming
- raising awareness about poverty and how to alleviate it
- create and maintain a fair share environment
Connecting People
- encouraging collaboration
- collaboration with other similar projects/communities
- involving the local community
- encourage social gatherings & festivals
- using & promoting local resources and local networking infrastructure
Building an Inclusive Community
- respecting all members of the community
- providing an anti-discriminatory space
- community members can be both offline (local) and/or online
Education
- workshops & skill sharing
- internships & volunteering programmes
- documentation of the project
- opensource development & promotion
Art and Culture
- providing a space for art and culture
- promotion and support for local art and cultural events
Democracy
- 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 these ideals.