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How To Design #Inclusive #CommunityGardens For All Abilities

by Kristian Angelov, Last Updated June 10, 2026

"An inclusive community garden works when people can arrive, move through the site, reach the soil, use water, rest, understand the rules, join workdays, and harvest with dignity. A garden can have wide paths and still exclude people if the gate is hard to open, the hose is heavy, all beds are low to the ground, signs use tiny print, or meetings happen at times that conflict with caregiving and shift work.

"Designing for all abilities means treating #accessibility as a whole garden system. Paths, beds, tool sheds, water points, seating, shade, compost areas, harvest tables, volunteer schedules, and decision processes all shape who can participate. Welcoming gardens reduce unnecessary effort so more people can stay involved in the activity.

"A shared growing space should give #wheelchair users, older adults, children, people with #LowVision, #NeurodivergentGardeners, people with #ChronicPain or #fatigue, new gardeners, caregivers, and neighbors with different languages or schedules a usable way to belong.

Key Takeaways

- Inclusive community garden design starts with the full route from street, transit, parking, or sidewalk to every shared task.
- Paths need firm surfaces, clear width, turning space, drainage, edge cues, and maintenance after storms.
- #RaisedBeds, #TabletopBeds, containers, vertical planters, and ground plots should work together so gardeners can choose the posture that fits them.
- Water, tools, compost, signs, seating, shade, and harvest areas need the same access planning as growing beds.
- Sensory and cognitive access matter: clear routes, predictable rules, quiet zones, tactile cues, pictograms, and low-overload work options expand participation.
- Community process is part of the design because schedules, plot rules, language access, and conflict systems decide who stays involved."

Learn more:
https://gardeninsider.org/gardening/stress-reduction/designing-inclusive-community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardening #AccessibleGardens #Inclusivity #Accessibility #BuildingCommunity
#SensoryPlants #SpendTimeInNature

How To Design #Inclusive #CommunityGardens For All Abilities

by Kristian Angelov, Last Updated June 10, 2026

"An inclusive community garden works when people can arrive, move through the site, reach the soil, use water, rest, understand the rules, join workdays, and harvest with dignity. A garden can have wide paths and still exclude people if the gate is hard to open, the hose is heavy, all beds are low to the ground, signs use tiny print, or meetings happen at times that conflict with caregiving and shift work.

"Designing for all abilities means treating #accessibility as a whole garden system. Paths, beds, tool sheds, water points, seating, shade, compost areas, harvest tables, volunteer schedules, and decision processes all shape who can participate. Welcoming gardens reduce unnecessary effort so more people can stay involved in the activity.

"A shared growing space should give #wheelchair users, older adults, children, people with #LowVision, #NeurodivergentGardeners, people with #ChronicPain or #fatigue, new gardeners, caregivers, and neighbors with different languages or schedules a usable way to belong.

Key Takeaways

- Inclusive community garden design starts with the full route from street, transit, parking, or sidewalk to every shared task.
- Paths need firm surfaces, clear width, turning space, drainage, edge cues, and maintenance after storms.
- #RaisedBeds, #TabletopBeds, containers, vertical planters, and ground plots should work together so gardeners can choose the posture that fits them.
- Water, tools, compost, signs, seating, shade, and harvest areas need the same access planning as growing beds.
- Sensory and cognitive access matter: clear routes, predictable rules, quiet zones, tactile cues, pictograms, and low-overload work options expand participation.
- Community process is part of the design because schedules, plot rules, language access, and conflict systems decide who stays involved."

Learn more:
https://gardeninsider.org/gardening/stress-reduction/designing-inclusive-community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardening #AccessibleGardens #Inclusivity #Accessibility #BuildingCommunity
#SensoryPlants #SpendTimeInNature

How To Design #Inclusive #CommunityGardens For All Abilities

by Kristian Angelov, Last Updated June 10, 2026

"An inclusive community garden works when people can arrive, move through the site, reach the soil, use water, rest, understand the rules, join workdays, and harvest with dignity. A garden can have wide paths and still exclude people if the gate is hard to open, the hose is heavy, all beds are low to the ground, signs use tiny print, or meetings happen at times that conflict with caregiving and shift work.

"Designing for all abilities means treating #accessibility as a whole garden system. Paths, beds, tool sheds, water points, seating, shade, compost areas, harvest tables, volunteer schedules, and decision processes all shape who can participate. Welcoming gardens reduce unnecessary effort so more people can stay involved in the activity.

"A shared growing space should give #wheelchair users, older adults, children, people with #LowVision, #NeurodivergentGardeners, people with #ChronicPain or #fatigue, new gardeners, caregivers, and neighbors with different languages or schedules a usable way to belong.

Key Takeaways

- Inclusive community garden design starts with the full route from street, transit, parking, or sidewalk to every shared task.
- Paths need firm surfaces, clear width, turning space, drainage, edge cues, and maintenance after storms.
- #RaisedBeds, #TabletopBeds, containers, vertical planters, and ground plots should work together so gardeners can choose the posture that fits them.
- Water, tools, compost, signs, seating, shade, and harvest areas need the same access planning as growing beds.
- Sensory and cognitive access matter: clear routes, predictable rules, quiet zones, tactile cues, pictograms, and low-overload work options expand participation.
- Community process is part of the design because schedules, plot rules, language access, and conflict systems decide who stays involved."

Learn more:
https://gardeninsider.org/gardening/stress-reduction/designing-inclusive-community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardening #AccessibleGardens #Inclusivity #Accessibility #BuildingCommunity
#SensoryPlants #SpendTimeInNature

How To Design #Inclusive #CommunityGardens For All Abilities

by Kristian Angelov, Last Updated June 10, 2026

"An inclusive community garden works when people can arrive, move through the site, reach the soil, use water, rest, understand the rules, join workdays, and harvest with dignity. A garden can have wide paths and still exclude people if the gate is hard to open, the hose is heavy, all beds are low to the ground, signs use tiny print, or meetings happen at times that conflict with caregiving and shift work.

"Designing for all abilities means treating #accessibility as a whole garden system. Paths, beds, tool sheds, water points, seating, shade, compost areas, harvest tables, volunteer schedules, and decision processes all shape who can participate. Welcoming gardens reduce unnecessary effort so more people can stay involved in the activity.

"A shared growing space should give #wheelchair users, older adults, children, people with #LowVision, #NeurodivergentGardeners, people with #ChronicPain or #fatigue, new gardeners, caregivers, and neighbors with different languages or schedules a usable way to belong.

Key Takeaways

- Inclusive community garden design starts with the full route from street, transit, parking, or sidewalk to every shared task.
- Paths need firm surfaces, clear width, turning space, drainage, edge cues, and maintenance after storms.
- #RaisedBeds, #TabletopBeds, containers, vertical planters, and ground plots should work together so gardeners can choose the posture that fits them.
- Water, tools, compost, signs, seating, shade, and harvest areas need the same access planning as growing beds.
- Sensory and cognitive access matter: clear routes, predictable rules, quiet zones, tactile cues, pictograms, and low-overload work options expand participation.
- Community process is part of the design because schedules, plot rules, language access, and conflict systems decide who stays involved."

Learn more:
https://gardeninsider.org/gardening/stress-reduction/designing-inclusive-community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardening #AccessibleGardens #Inclusivity #Accessibility #BuildingCommunity
#SensoryPlants #SpendTimeInNature

How To Design #Inclusive #CommunityGardens For All Abilities

by Kristian Angelov, Last Updated June 10, 2026

"An inclusive community garden works when people can arrive, move through the site, reach the soil, use water, rest, understand the rules, join workdays, and harvest with dignity. A garden can have wide paths and still exclude people if the gate is hard to open, the hose is heavy, all beds are low to the ground, signs use tiny print, or meetings happen at times that conflict with caregiving and shift work.

"Designing for all abilities means treating #accessibility as a whole garden system. Paths, beds, tool sheds, water points, seating, shade, compost areas, harvest tables, volunteer schedules, and decision processes all shape who can participate. Welcoming gardens reduce unnecessary effort so more people can stay involved in the activity.

"A shared growing space should give #wheelchair users, older adults, children, people with #LowVision, #NeurodivergentGardeners, people with #ChronicPain or #fatigue, new gardeners, caregivers, and neighbors with different languages or schedules a usable way to belong.

Key Takeaways

- Inclusive community garden design starts with the full route from street, transit, parking, or sidewalk to every shared task.
- Paths need firm surfaces, clear width, turning space, drainage, edge cues, and maintenance after storms.
- #RaisedBeds, #TabletopBeds, containers, vertical planters, and ground plots should work together so gardeners can choose the posture that fits them.
- Water, tools, compost, signs, seating, shade, and harvest areas need the same access planning as growing beds.
- Sensory and cognitive access matter: clear routes, predictable rules, quiet zones, tactile cues, pictograms, and low-overload work options expand participation.
- Community process is part of the design because schedules, plot rules, language access, and conflict systems decide who stays involved."

Learn more:
https://gardeninsider.org/gardening/stress-reduction/designing-inclusive-community-gardens/

#SolarPunkSunday #CommunityGardening #AccessibleGardens #Inclusivity #Accessibility #BuildingCommunity
#SensoryPlants #SpendTimeInNature

4/yo fundraiser met the King & got tour around #Holyrood, thoroughly enjoying the totally unforgettable experience

For official opening of new session of parliament, each #MSP brings along a “local hero” - someone who made positive contribution to their community

Gregor was born with #neurological condition affecting his balance, motor skills

His #fundraising challenge brought massive windfall for #Inclusive #Orkney.

https://orcadian.co.uk/a-totally-unforgettable-day-for-local-hero-gregor-corse/

#Scotland

4/yo fundraiser met the King & got tour around #Holyrood, thoroughly enjoying the totally unforgettable experience

For official opening of new session of parliament, each #MSP brings along a “local hero” - someone who made positive contribution to their community

Gregor was born with #neurological condition affecting his balance, motor skills

His #fundraising challenge brought massive windfall for #Inclusive #Orkney.

https://orcadian.co.uk/a-totally-unforgettable-day-for-local-hero-gregor-corse/

#Scotland

I am writing an open letter to the #fediverse #administration and #moderation community, because you need to keep a few things in mind.

Lately I have started noticing some #fediverse #relays disable this instance in the server logs.

It seems like #censorship is alive and well. Whether it be #language or #geography based.

I will say this once.

I have no issue at all with #international content. In fact I encourage it. And I am working on a #translation enabled client for #Mastodon to release as #open #source #software, so that anyone can interact with any #ActivityPub #server out there, to not exclude entire swaths of #audience reach, that would and currently still is, isolated by regional and not human #diversity as such.

To be clear. I do not want to #expose #racism to the world. I want to move beyond that, to create ways by which #inclusive dialog can transcend #world #borders few want you to never forget.

To do that, we will at some point or other have to talk about some concepts that would otherwise never find common resolution in the mind of the everyday person. And I am open to hosting that.

I simply want to put our humanity first, the way the open #internet prior to any concept of #weaponization, was designed to build conceptually. Before bots, automation and spam ruined the experience of the pre-web 2.0 internet. To the point where marking anything as either or, gets you silenced before you remember you once weren't.

Speaking on a personal level, I make mistakes in my ability to just post before I #think about things. I cannot premoderate everything I say to the point where it comes across as neutral or distant, as if I never bothered to go through the experience. And I admit I am and can be at #fault for that. But what I cannot #apologize for, is why I #feel the way I do. In order to clear my #mind my #head, and my #heart for better #times and #memories I can more clearly #focus on. And this is what #inspires me to keep things moving along such a trajectory.

I can't be #positive or #negative all the time. I will just be #real, and let the #moment pass. In #trust that you're with me for whatever part of that #journey comes our way.

I do'nt want us separated by preventable alternatives that bring us closer together. That is my ultimate #purpose as to why I am making this post.

With this in mind, I myself have a tendency to be the only one posting on this server...but if you want to join us, and speak in your own language or talk about issues that matter to you...then by all means, go for it.

I am doing the same here, not to get attention, but to find #community so we can bond over things held in common, not broken by common disinterest. And I have largely been very #successful at this both on other platforms, and by sticking to topics at hand in more traditional forums.

The truth of the matter, is that we have a critical shortage of relays in the fediverse active at any one time. Until recently we have been fortunate here at #MediaNexus to have over 70 enabled instances, this has dropped since to the late 60's since reports started coming in criticizing just one post about the #war I have made, calling out a commentator for their views.

We can't always #agree on things. But we can ensure that we stand for the principle of an agreement not to break down over the disagreements of a few people, who just can't get along no matter how you approach them.

Guys, we need #decentralized #media now more so than ever before. It is not about monitoring for dangerous opinions. I don't want to live in an echo chamber. IF that's what you want, then I suggest you visit #BlueSky for that.

And so this is not about what I want. I have no #agenda to share. Just a simple message. Layered in #truth and #growth of either #awareness or #news that isn't 100% reliant on one person's understanding to be amplified by 1000000 more as their own, holey so.

In part, while we live in an age of alternate #information being so readily available. Even about the same exact #post generating different #analysis by whoever is looking at it from multiple perspectives. We cannot mix #facts with #fiction where #events count objectively.

Losing access to one #relay especially using platforms like #pleroma and #mastodon, potentially means dozens of your available #updates as your #content gets published, cannot be seen. And, I am asking on behalf of all #sane server owners out there, to stand in solidarity with one another for the sake of our continuity. So that one link in our chain, does not and cannot cripple its #functionality anymore. To the point where nodes are centralized around #ideals not #ideas in turn.

Please, mention me in any #disagreement you may have. We are #humans not #bots at the end of the day. And a lot of us pay really good #money to #hosting companies to be able to critically customize our experience on the deecentralized web. Myself included.

We don't do that because it's cool. We do that, because we trust in all of you to uphold this #principle of our continuity as a whole. At the federation, relay, server instance, and user level.

Media Nexus is very young. And I have only managed to get 5 people to sign up because of the common culture I would otherwise not have been able to share as we explore the world we each live in collectively.

As an #important #introduction to the wider reach of independent blogs and forums, I started this server, not to compete with others, but to ensure that we treat this entire medium of #communication like a single #torrent in great health.

I have no interest by and large, in running a #social #media company for the sake of establishing a #network of random people who otherwise have nothing in common accept liking the interface by which we share are thoughts with one another. Although I will admit that's half the fun in making this possible.

In order for us to #work together, I have to imagine we already are doing so even if we never met in person.

Due to the abundant use of platforms widely available for #engagement of various purposes, all I can offer you, is access to someone who puts humanity first. Not by trend, but by principle. That's not just me, that's all of you that believe we are stronger together. Posting just as you do, for being all that you are, where ever your sense of community feels most comfortable belonging there.

No matter who reads this letter, I #support you in all that you do, even if there are times where we have to talk about why we matter to one another. The fact that it can happen at all, is a #miracle I will always #cherish and #embrace while I am alive on this Earth. Because everyone, even you, play a part in our experience in this way. And I wouldn't trade or exchange that for anything.

I #love you for the #person you are, as you become involved in your journey of #life here. And likewise, appreciate you for caring about your place in our world. And as I said above, I only wish for us to find common ground on things we in turn find interesting enough to boost, favorite, and reply to. Whether that's a poll, a photo, or a news article.

I know this post is getting quite long. But there are #reasons why I have to personally speak up about this. As someone who only started their journey on any kind of federated platform let alone hosting one at the beginning of March of this year, following the #tech news of very unsettling feedback. I cannot in good #faith abandon the #philosophy of things that go #viral, because they're #genuine and #free enough to be #authentic and original. And to me, it absolutely #matters that we remember how to #teach this to our #friends and #family as a whole. Less we forget how to #remember our meaning in a world we can still #save from the #absence of all that brings our #presence into #power in turn.

It starts with the #recognition that to deny anyone based on the #group of a sub culture someone belongs to, is a slippery slope of a #sincere and #honest diversion I cannot support.

Thank you for your #attention to this matter.

If this #resonates with you, or even if it does not, let me know.

Yours with warm #appreciation and #gratitude abounding,

Elshara Silverheart

I am writing an open letter to the #fediverse #administration and #moderation community, because you need to keep a few things in mind.

Lately I have started noticing some #fediverse #relays disable this instance in the server logs.

It seems like #censorship is alive and well. Whether it be #language or #geography based.

I will say this once.

I have no issue at all with #international content. In fact I encourage it. And I am working on a #translation enabled client for #Mastodon to release as #open #source #software, so that anyone can interact with any #ActivityPub #server out there, to not exclude entire swaths of #audience reach, that would and currently still is, isolated by regional and not human #diversity as such.

To be clear. I do not want to #expose #racism to the world. I want to move beyond that, to create ways by which #inclusive dialog can transcend #world #borders few want you to never forget.

To do that, we will at some point or other have to talk about some concepts that would otherwise never find common resolution in the mind of the everyday person. And I am open to hosting that.

I simply want to put our humanity first, the way the open #internet prior to any concept of #weaponization, was designed to build conceptually. Before bots, automation and spam ruined the experience of the pre-web 2.0 internet. To the point where marking anything as either or, gets you silenced before you remember you once weren't.

Speaking on a personal level, I make mistakes in my ability to just post before I #think about things. I cannot premoderate everything I say to the point where it comes across as neutral or distant, as if I never bothered to go through the experience. And I admit I am and can be at #fault for that. But what I cannot #apologize for, is why I #feel the way I do. In order to clear my #mind my #head, and my #heart for better #times and #memories I can more clearly #focus on. And this is what #inspires me to keep things moving along such a trajectory.

I can't be #positive or #negative all the time. I will just be #real, and let the #moment pass. In #trust that you're with me for whatever part of that #journey comes our way.

I do'nt want us separated by preventable alternatives that bring us closer together. That is my ultimate #purpose as to why I am making this post.

With this in mind, I myself have a tendency to be the only one posting on this server...but if you want to join us, and speak in your own language or talk about issues that matter to you...then by all means, go for it.

I am doing the same here, not to get attention, but to find #community so we can bond over things held in common, not broken by common disinterest. And I have largely been very #successful at this both on other platforms, and by sticking to topics at hand in more traditional forums.

The truth of the matter, is that we have a critical shortage of relays in the fediverse active at any one time. Until recently we have been fortunate here at #MediaNexus to have over 70 enabled instances, this has dropped since to the late 60's since reports started coming in criticizing just one post about the #war I have made, calling out a commentator for their views.

We can't always #agree on things. But we can ensure that we stand for the principle of an agreement not to break down over the disagreements of a few people, who just can't get along no matter how you approach them.

Guys, we need #decentralized #media now more so than ever before. It is not about monitoring for dangerous opinions. I don't want to live in an echo chamber. IF that's what you want, then I suggest you visit #BlueSky for that.

And so this is not about what I want. I have no #agenda to share. Just a simple message. Layered in #truth and #growth of either #awareness or #news that isn't 100% reliant on one person's understanding to be amplified by 1000000 more as their own, holey so.

In part, while we live in an age of alternate #information being so readily available. Even about the same exact #post generating different #analysis by whoever is looking at it from multiple perspectives. We cannot mix #facts with #fiction where #events count objectively.

Losing access to one #relay especially using platforms like #pleroma and #mastodon, potentially means dozens of your available #updates as your #content gets published, cannot be seen. And, I am asking on behalf of all #sane server owners out there, to stand in solidarity with one another for the sake of our continuity. So that one link in our chain, does not and cannot cripple its #functionality anymore. To the point where nodes are centralized around #ideals not #ideas in turn.

Please, mention me in any #disagreement you may have. We are #humans not #bots at the end of the day. And a lot of us pay really good #money to #hosting companies to be able to critically customize our experience on the deecentralized web. Myself included.

We don't do that because it's cool. We do that, because we trust in all of you to uphold this #principle of our continuity as a whole. At the federation, relay, server instance, and user level.

Media Nexus is very young. And I have only managed to get 5 people to sign up because of the common culture I would otherwise not have been able to share as we explore the world we each live in collectively.

As an #important #introduction to the wider reach of independent blogs and forums, I started this server, not to compete with others, but to ensure that we treat this entire medium of #communication like a single #torrent in great health.

I have no interest by and large, in running a #social #media company for the sake of establishing a #network of random people who otherwise have nothing in common accept liking the interface by which we share are thoughts with one another. Although I will admit that's half the fun in making this possible.

In order for us to #work together, I have to imagine we already are doing so even if we never met in person.

Due to the abundant use of platforms widely available for #engagement of various purposes, all I can offer you, is access to someone who puts humanity first. Not by trend, but by principle. That's not just me, that's all of you that believe we are stronger together. Posting just as you do, for being all that you are, where ever your sense of community feels most comfortable belonging there.

No matter who reads this letter, I #support you in all that you do, even if there are times where we have to talk about why we matter to one another. The fact that it can happen at all, is a #miracle I will always #cherish and #embrace while I am alive on this Earth. Because everyone, even you, play a part in our experience in this way. And I wouldn't trade or exchange that for anything.

I #love you for the #person you are, as you become involved in your journey of #life here. And likewise, appreciate you for caring about your place in our world. And as I said above, I only wish for us to find common ground on things we in turn find interesting enough to boost, favorite, and reply to. Whether that's a poll, a photo, or a news article.

I know this post is getting quite long. But there are #reasons why I have to personally speak up about this. As someone who only started their journey on any kind of federated platform let alone hosting one at the beginning of March of this year, following the #tech news of very unsettling feedback. I cannot in good #faith abandon the #philosophy of things that go #viral, because they're #genuine and #free enough to be #authentic and original. And to me, it absolutely #matters that we remember how to #teach this to our #friends and #family as a whole. Less we forget how to #remember our meaning in a world we can still #save from the #absence of all that brings our #presence into #power in turn.

It starts with the #recognition that to deny anyone based on the #group of a sub culture someone belongs to, is a slippery slope of a #sincere and #honest diversion I cannot support.

Thank you for your #attention to this matter.

If this #resonates with you, or even if it does not, let me know.

Yours with warm #appreciation and #gratitude abounding,

Elshara Silverheart

I am writing an open letter to the #fediverse #administration and #moderation community, because you need to keep a few things in mind.

Lately I have started noticing some #fediverse #relays disable this instance in the server logs.

It seems like #censorship is alive and well. Whether it be #language or #geography based.

I will say this once.

I have no issue at all with #international content. In fact I encourage it. And I am working on a #translation enabled client for #Mastodon to release as #open #source #software, so that anyone can interact with any #ActivityPub #server out there, to not exclude entire swaths of #audience reach, that would and currently still is, isolated by regional and not human #diversity as such.

To be clear. I do not want to #expose #racism to the world. I want to move beyond that, to create ways by which #inclusive dialog can transcend #world #borders few want you to never forget.

To do that, we will at some point or other have to talk about some concepts that would otherwise never find common resolution in the mind of the everyday person. And I am open to hosting that.

I simply want to put our humanity first, the way the open #internet prior to any concept of #weaponization, was designed to build conceptually. Before bots, automation and spam ruined the experience of the pre-web 2.0 internet. To the point where marking anything as either or, gets you silenced before you remember you once weren't.

Speaking on a personal level, I make mistakes in my ability to just post before I #think about things. I cannot premoderate everything I say to the point where it comes across as neutral or distant, as if I never bothered to go through the experience. And I admit I am and can be at #fault for that. But what I cannot #apologize for, is why I #feel the way I do. In order to clear my #mind my #head, and my #heart for better #times and #memories I can more clearly #focus on. And this is what #inspires me to keep things moving along such a trajectory.

I can't be #positive or #negative all the time. I will just be #real, and let the #moment pass. In #trust that you're with me for whatever part of that #journey comes our way.

I do'nt want us separated by preventable alternatives that bring us closer together. That is my ultimate #purpose as to why I am making this post.

With this in mind, I myself have a tendency to be the only one posting on this server...but if you want to join us, and speak in your own language or talk about issues that matter to you...then by all means, go for it.

I am doing the same here, not to get attention, but to find #community so we can bond over things held in common, not broken by common disinterest. And I have largely been very #successful at this both on other platforms, and by sticking to topics at hand in more traditional forums.

The truth of the matter, is that we have a critical shortage of relays in the fediverse active at any one time. Until recently we have been fortunate here at #MediaNexus to have over 70 enabled instances, this has dropped since to the late 60's since reports started coming in criticizing just one post about the #war I have made, calling out a commentator for their views.

We can't always #agree on things. But we can ensure that we stand for the principle of an agreement not to break down over the disagreements of a few people, who just can't get along no matter how you approach them.

Guys, we need #decentralized #media now more so than ever before. It is not about monitoring for dangerous opinions. I don't want to live in an echo chamber. IF that's what you want, then I suggest you visit #BlueSky for that.

And so this is not about what I want. I have no #agenda to share. Just a simple message. Layered in #truth and #growth of either #awareness or #news that isn't 100% reliant on one person's understanding to be amplified by 1000000 more as their own, holey so.

In part, while we live in an age of alternate #information being so readily available. Even about the same exact #post generating different #analysis by whoever is looking at it from multiple perspectives. We cannot mix #facts with #fiction where #events count objectively.

Losing access to one #relay especially using platforms like #pleroma and #mastodon, potentially means dozens of your available #updates as your #content gets published, cannot be seen. And, I am asking on behalf of all #sane server owners out there, to stand in solidarity with one another for the sake of our continuity. So that one link in our chain, does not and cannot cripple its #functionality anymore. To the point where nodes are centralized around #ideals not #ideas in turn.

Please, mention me in any #disagreement you may have. We are #humans not #bots at the end of the day. And a lot of us pay really good #money to #hosting companies to be able to critically customize our experience on the deecentralized web. Myself included.

We don't do that because it's cool. We do that, because we trust in all of you to uphold this #principle of our continuity as a whole. At the federation, relay, server instance, and user level.

Media Nexus is very young. And I have only managed to get 5 people to sign up because of the common culture I would otherwise not have been able to share as we explore the world we each live in collectively.

As an #important #introduction to the wider reach of independent blogs and forums, I started this server, not to compete with others, but to ensure that we treat this entire medium of #communication like a single #torrent in great health.

I have no interest by and large, in running a #social #media company for the sake of establishing a #network of random people who otherwise have nothing in common accept liking the interface by which we share are thoughts with one another. Although I will admit that's half the fun in making this possible.

In order for us to #work together, I have to imagine we already are doing so even if we never met in person.

Due to the abundant use of platforms widely available for #engagement of various purposes, all I can offer you, is access to someone who puts humanity first. Not by trend, but by principle. That's not just me, that's all of you that believe we are stronger together. Posting just as you do, for being all that you are, where ever your sense of community feels most comfortable belonging there.

No matter who reads this letter, I #support you in all that you do, even if there are times where we have to talk about why we matter to one another. The fact that it can happen at all, is a #miracle I will always #cherish and #embrace while I am alive on this Earth. Because everyone, even you, play a part in our experience in this way. And I wouldn't trade or exchange that for anything.

I #love you for the #person you are, as you become involved in your journey of #life here. And likewise, appreciate you for caring about your place in our world. And as I said above, I only wish for us to find common ground on things we in turn find interesting enough to boost, favorite, and reply to. Whether that's a poll, a photo, or a news article.

I know this post is getting quite long. But there are #reasons why I have to personally speak up about this. As someone who only started their journey on any kind of federated platform let alone hosting one at the beginning of March of this year, following the #tech news of very unsettling feedback. I cannot in good #faith abandon the #philosophy of things that go #viral, because they're #genuine and #free enough to be #authentic and original. And to me, it absolutely #matters that we remember how to #teach this to our #friends and #family as a whole. Less we forget how to #remember our meaning in a world we can still #save from the #absence of all that brings our #presence into #power in turn.

It starts with the #recognition that to deny anyone based on the #group of a sub culture someone belongs to, is a slippery slope of a #sincere and #honest diversion I cannot support.

Thank you for your #attention to this matter.

If this #resonates with you, or even if it does not, let me know.

Yours with warm #appreciation and #gratitude abounding,

Elshara Silverheart

I am writing an open letter to the #fediverse #administration and #moderation community, because you need to keep a few things in mind.

Lately I have started noticing some #fediverse #relays disable this instance in the server logs.

It seems like #censorship is alive and well. Whether it be #language or #geography based.

I will say this once.

I have no issue at all with #international content. In fact I encourage it. And I am working on a #translation enabled client for #Mastodon to release as #open #source #software, so that anyone can interact with any #ActivityPub #server out there, to not exclude entire swaths of #audience reach, that would and currently still is, isolated by regional and not human #diversity as such.

To be clear. I do not want to #expose #racism to the world. I want to move beyond that, to create ways by which #inclusive dialog can transcend #world #borders few want you to never forget.

To do that, we will at some point or other have to talk about some concepts that would otherwise never find common resolution in the mind of the everyday person. And I am open to hosting that.

I simply want to put our humanity first, the way the open #internet prior to any concept of #weaponization, was designed to build conceptually. Before bots, automation and spam ruined the experience of the pre-web 2.0 internet. To the point where marking anything as either or, gets you silenced before you remember you once weren't.

Speaking on a personal level, I make mistakes in my ability to just post before I #think about things. I cannot premoderate everything I say to the point where it comes across as neutral or distant, as if I never bothered to go through the experience. And I admit I am and can be at #fault for that. But what I cannot #apologize for, is why I #feel the way I do. In order to clear my #mind my #head, and my #heart for better #times and #memories I can more clearly #focus on. And this is what #inspires me to keep things moving along such a trajectory.

I can't be #positive or #negative all the time. I will just be #real, and let the #moment pass. In #trust that you're with me for whatever part of that #journey comes our way.

I do'nt want us separated by preventable alternatives that bring us closer together. That is my ultimate #purpose as to why I am making this post.

With this in mind, I myself have a tendency to be the only one posting on this server...but if you want to join us, and speak in your own language or talk about issues that matter to you...then by all means, go for it.

I am doing the same here, not to get attention, but to find #community so we can bond over things held in common, not broken by common disinterest. And I have largely been very #successful at this both on other platforms, and by sticking to topics at hand in more traditional forums.

The truth of the matter, is that we have a critical shortage of relays in the fediverse active at any one time. Until recently we have been fortunate here at #MediaNexus to have over 70 enabled instances, this has dropped since to the late 60's since reports started coming in criticizing just one post about the #war I have made, calling out a commentator for their views.

We can't always #agree on things. But we can ensure that we stand for the principle of an agreement not to break down over the disagreements of a few people, who just can't get along no matter how you approach them.

Guys, we need #decentralized #media now more so than ever before. It is not about monitoring for dangerous opinions. I don't want to live in an echo chamber. IF that's what you want, then I suggest you visit #BlueSky for that.

And so this is not about what I want. I have no #agenda to share. Just a simple message. Layered in #truth and #growth of either #awareness or #news that isn't 100% reliant on one person's understanding to be amplified by 1000000 more as their own, holey so.

In part, while we live in an age of alternate #information being so readily available. Even about the same exact #post generating different #analysis by whoever is looking at it from multiple perspectives. We cannot mix #facts with #fiction where #events count objectively.

Losing access to one #relay especially using platforms like #pleroma and #mastodon, potentially means dozens of your available #updates as your #content gets published, cannot be seen. And, I am asking on behalf of all #sane server owners out there, to stand in solidarity with one another for the sake of our continuity. So that one link in our chain, does not and cannot cripple its #functionality anymore. To the point where nodes are centralized around #ideals not #ideas in turn.

Please, mention me in any #disagreement you may have. We are #humans not #bots at the end of the day. And a lot of us pay really good #money to #hosting companies to be able to critically customize our experience on the deecentralized web. Myself included.

We don't do that because it's cool. We do that, because we trust in all of you to uphold this #principle of our continuity as a whole. At the federation, relay, server instance, and user level.

Media Nexus is very young. And I have only managed to get 5 people to sign up because of the common culture I would otherwise not have been able to share as we explore the world we each live in collectively.

As an #important #introduction to the wider reach of independent blogs and forums, I started this server, not to compete with others, but to ensure that we treat this entire medium of #communication like a single #torrent in great health.

I have no interest by and large, in running a #social #media company for the sake of establishing a #network of random people who otherwise have nothing in common accept liking the interface by which we share are thoughts with one another. Although I will admit that's half the fun in making this possible.

In order for us to #work together, I have to imagine we already are doing so even if we never met in person.

Due to the abundant use of platforms widely available for #engagement of various purposes, all I can offer you, is access to someone who puts humanity first. Not by trend, but by principle. That's not just me, that's all of you that believe we are stronger together. Posting just as you do, for being all that you are, where ever your sense of community feels most comfortable belonging there.

No matter who reads this letter, I #support you in all that you do, even if there are times where we have to talk about why we matter to one another. The fact that it can happen at all, is a #miracle I will always #cherish and #embrace while I am alive on this Earth. Because everyone, even you, play a part in our experience in this way. And I wouldn't trade or exchange that for anything.

I #love you for the #person you are, as you become involved in your journey of #life here. And likewise, appreciate you for caring about your place in our world. And as I said above, I only wish for us to find common ground on things we in turn find interesting enough to boost, favorite, and reply to. Whether that's a poll, a photo, or a news article.

I know this post is getting quite long. But there are #reasons why I have to personally speak up about this. As someone who only started their journey on any kind of federated platform let alone hosting one at the beginning of March of this year, following the #tech news of very unsettling feedback. I cannot in good #faith abandon the #philosophy of things that go #viral, because they're #genuine and #free enough to be #authentic and original. And to me, it absolutely #matters that we remember how to #teach this to our #friends and #family as a whole. Less we forget how to #remember our meaning in a world we can still #save from the #absence of all that brings our #presence into #power in turn.

It starts with the #recognition that to deny anyone based on the #group of a sub culture someone belongs to, is a slippery slope of a #sincere and #honest diversion I cannot support.

Thank you for your #attention to this matter.

If this #resonates with you, or even if it does not, let me know.

Yours with warm #appreciation and #gratitude abounding,

Elshara Silverheart

I would welcome #advice on building a community on #Mastodon for our #educationalcharity. We support #Humanistschools in #Uganda. They are #inclusive schools based on #reason, #compassion and #tolerance. We support 2 #highschools and 7 #primaryschools. Schools welcome children of #allbeliefs - #religious and #secular. All are treated with #dignity and #respect and encouraged to #value the #opinions of others.
We have a website https://ugandahumanistschoolstrust.org and a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ugandahumanistschoolstrust/.

I would welcome #advice on building a community on #Mastodon for our #educationalcharity. We support #Humanistschools in #Uganda. They are #inclusive schools based on #reason, #compassion and #tolerance. We support 2 #highschools and 7 #primaryschools. Schools welcome children of #allbeliefs - #religious and #secular. All are treated with #dignity and #respect and encouraged to #value the #opinions of others.
We have a website https://ugandahumanistschoolstrust.org and a Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/ugandahumanistschoolstrust/.

Leaving you all with this essay about the #ExistentialDread a lot of us are experiencing, and how one person found hope through #SolarPunk! (And I am another one of those people!)

It's been a record-breaking #SolarPunkSunday, and a great way to celebrate a year of #Resiliency, #SharingInformation, #Rewilding, #Mending, #Gardening, and building the foundation for the future we all need! I'll re-post a few articles from yesterday, and then will call it a Solar Punk day! ! A special thanks to @BrambleBearGrrrauwling and @MaQuest !

A Future Dream - How solarpunk helped alleviate my existential dread.

Solarpunk pushes against the bleak Blade Runner future of cyberpunk that centers urban dystopias dominated by corporations and technology. Solarpunk imagines an #inclusive, #sustainable, possible future, where #renewable #technology meets #ecological #enlightenment.

by Sage Agee, Art by Yuumei, Spring 2023

"LIKE MANY OF MY GENERATION, I have known dread nearly my entire life. In fifth grade, I was assigned a research paper on the topic of my choice. I had begun to spend my weekends with my dad, hanging out at coffee shops in downtown Salem, Oregon, and chatting with adults about the news. We had just witnessed the 9/11 attacks, and the adults in my life seemed to be waking up to global issues, their fear palpable even to a young child.

"This was not long after the release of #AnInconvenientTruth, and I decided to interview my dad’s friends about #ClimateChange and their predictions for the future. When I turned in the finished paper, which detailed mass extinctions and natural disasters, my teacher, Mrs. Stark, wouldn’t accept it. She didn’t believe in climate change, she said, and I needed to study a different topic.

"After that, I felt myself slipping from endless curiosity about the world into a mindset where I had to prepare for the worst, and trust no one. This helped me create the shield I needed to get through adolescence. By then, I knew that my gender and sexuality didn’t align with typical gender roles, but I kept that secret close to my tape-bound chest.

"Solarpunk represents a movement from today’s reality toward a gritty, pragmatic, better future.

"Before my parents divorced, we went to an Evangelical church every Sunday, and I learned to pray each night before bed. These prayers became a place for me to put every bad thought I would have during the day, to pass them along to God. I had already developed a deep shame for my thoughts of being more boyish, and I prayed for these thoughts to end, just as I prayed for an end to natural disasters. I prayed for a better girl-mask. I prayed for a better world. My compulsive thinking followed me into my teenage years. In the ninth grade, I started an environmental justice group, hosting letter-writing parties and taking part in local protests at the Oregon Capitol, but when anti-green legislation passed into law, or when images emerged detailing islands of garbage in the ocean, I blamed myself for not doing more.

"This kind of thinking kept me from coming out as transgender. Every time I had an intrusive thought about growing facial hair and passing as a boy, my self-blame returned. Maybe I wasn’t trying hard enough to be a girl; maybe I just needed to date boys and straighten my hair and shave my legs and wear makeup; maybe too, I needed to do more about the environment, protest more, organize more, do something more. I kept making up versions of myself. I only talked about environmental justice around my dad’s liberal friends. I only downplayed my femininity around my queer friends.
artwork depicting someone reading in a futuristic setting

"The one place where I escaped from this constant masking and shifting was in the books I consumed. At 17, I read #UrsulaLeGuin’s series of novels, the #HainishCycle, for the first time. I was instantly drawn into the worlds she created, where gender was fluid, as in #TheLeftHandOfDarkness, where some worlds grappled with climate disaster just as some had overcome it, as in #TheDispossessed. The way she experimented with the utopian, which always included queerness and dissolved gender roles, was like nothing I had read or experienced.

"When I allowed myself to fall into these fictions, my dread would turn over into an almost hopeful outlook. I understood this as fantasy, though, and never considered taking what I had read in LeGuin into my real life. Instead, I spent years dreaming of alternate realities, where I hadn’t been born into a doomed world. To cope with the real world, I would make lists of everything I would need to survive a catastrophe, and I taught myself #SurvivalSkills, like how to build a friction fire in the backyard."

Read more:
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/solarpunk-imagines-future-renewable-tech-socio-ecological-enlightenment/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PHXNH

#SolarPunkSunday #Earth4All #HopePunk #BuildingCommunity #Resiliency

Leaving you all with this essay about the #ExistentialDread a lot of us are experiencing, and how one person found hope through #SolarPunk! (And I am another one of those people!)

It's been a record-breaking #SolarPunkSunday, and a great way to celebrate a year of #Resiliency, #SharingInformation, #Rewilding, #Mending, #Gardening, and building the foundation for the future we all need! I'll re-post a few articles from yesterday, and then will call it a Solar Punk day! ! A special thanks to @BrambleBearGrrrauwling and @MaQuest !

A Future Dream - How solarpunk helped alleviate my existential dread.

Solarpunk pushes against the bleak Blade Runner future of cyberpunk that centers urban dystopias dominated by corporations and technology. Solarpunk imagines an #inclusive, #sustainable, possible future, where #renewable #technology meets #ecological #enlightenment.

by Sage Agee, Art by Yuumei, Spring 2023

"LIKE MANY OF MY GENERATION, I have known dread nearly my entire life. In fifth grade, I was assigned a research paper on the topic of my choice. I had begun to spend my weekends with my dad, hanging out at coffee shops in downtown Salem, Oregon, and chatting with adults about the news. We had just witnessed the 9/11 attacks, and the adults in my life seemed to be waking up to global issues, their fear palpable even to a young child.

"This was not long after the release of #AnInconvenientTruth, and I decided to interview my dad’s friends about #ClimateChange and their predictions for the future. When I turned in the finished paper, which detailed mass extinctions and natural disasters, my teacher, Mrs. Stark, wouldn’t accept it. She didn’t believe in climate change, she said, and I needed to study a different topic.

"After that, I felt myself slipping from endless curiosity about the world into a mindset where I had to prepare for the worst, and trust no one. This helped me create the shield I needed to get through adolescence. By then, I knew that my gender and sexuality didn’t align with typical gender roles, but I kept that secret close to my tape-bound chest.

"Solarpunk represents a movement from today’s reality toward a gritty, pragmatic, better future.

"Before my parents divorced, we went to an Evangelical church every Sunday, and I learned to pray each night before bed. These prayers became a place for me to put every bad thought I would have during the day, to pass them along to God. I had already developed a deep shame for my thoughts of being more boyish, and I prayed for these thoughts to end, just as I prayed for an end to natural disasters. I prayed for a better girl-mask. I prayed for a better world. My compulsive thinking followed me into my teenage years. In the ninth grade, I started an environmental justice group, hosting letter-writing parties and taking part in local protests at the Oregon Capitol, but when anti-green legislation passed into law, or when images emerged detailing islands of garbage in the ocean, I blamed myself for not doing more.

"This kind of thinking kept me from coming out as transgender. Every time I had an intrusive thought about growing facial hair and passing as a boy, my self-blame returned. Maybe I wasn’t trying hard enough to be a girl; maybe I just needed to date boys and straighten my hair and shave my legs and wear makeup; maybe too, I needed to do more about the environment, protest more, organize more, do something more. I kept making up versions of myself. I only talked about environmental justice around my dad’s liberal friends. I only downplayed my femininity around my queer friends.
artwork depicting someone reading in a futuristic setting

"The one place where I escaped from this constant masking and shifting was in the books I consumed. At 17, I read #UrsulaLeGuin’s series of novels, the #HainishCycle, for the first time. I was instantly drawn into the worlds she created, where gender was fluid, as in #TheLeftHandOfDarkness, where some worlds grappled with climate disaster just as some had overcome it, as in #TheDispossessed. The way she experimented with the utopian, which always included queerness and dissolved gender roles, was like nothing I had read or experienced.

"When I allowed myself to fall into these fictions, my dread would turn over into an almost hopeful outlook. I understood this as fantasy, though, and never considered taking what I had read in LeGuin into my real life. Instead, I spent years dreaming of alternate realities, where I hadn’t been born into a doomed world. To cope with the real world, I would make lists of everything I would need to survive a catastrophe, and I taught myself #SurvivalSkills, like how to build a friction fire in the backyard."

Read more:
https://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/magazine/entry/solarpunk-imagines-future-renewable-tech-socio-ecological-enlightenment/

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/PHXNH

#SolarPunkSunday #Earth4All #HopePunk #BuildingCommunity #Resiliency

Well rats! I don't have access to this article (even through my uni). And no, I'm not going to pay for it. But, it is good to read about #SolarPunk being covered in #Academia!

The Solarpunk #Resiliency: An Alternative Approach to Transitioning Toward the #PostOil #Urbanscapes

Irem Sezer, 24 July 2025

Abstract:

"This speculative paper explores the interplay between the Solarpunk movement, resilience design, #EnvironmentalJustice, and #sustainable #urban development within the context of the transition to the post-oil era. With a concentrated focus on the new and potential forms of post-oil urbanscapes, the study aims to explore how Solarpunk-inspired resilience design could address transitioning challenges and opportunities while creating a capacity for #SocialEquity and resilience in urban environments. Through an analysis of theoretical frameworks and speculative resiliency strategies, the study seeks to represent the potential of Solarpunk-inspired approaches to foster more #inclusive, #equitable, and sustainable #communities. The research methodology focuses on a theoretical review to investigate the conceptual foundations and potential design outcomes of the Solarpunk movement and provides resilience design strategies. While drawing a future projection of the post-oil urbanscapes, the paper discusses the reimagined petroculture heritages. Key findings of the study underscore the transformative and speculative potential of Solarpunk resilience design in advancing environmental justice and sustainability goals. By prioritizing community engagement, participatory decision-making, and decentralized #renewable energy systems, the Solarpunk movement offers innovative solutions to address the alternative ways of change in urban spaces. In conclusion, this study adds to the conversation about Solarpunk resilience design by looking at possible solutions and discussing how #EnvironmentalJustice, sustainability, and Solarpunk’s theory are connected in the context of cities going through a post-oil transition. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the study offers speculative future projections and invites architects, designers, policymakers, planners, and practitioners to a creative thinking process to create more just, equitable, and sustainable cities in the era of energy transition."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-92188-9_10

#SolarPunkSunday #PostOil #RenewableEnergy #Communities

Well rats! I don't have access to this article (even through my uni). And no, I'm not going to pay for it. But, it is good to read about #SolarPunk being covered in #Academia!

The Solarpunk #Resiliency: An Alternative Approach to Transitioning Toward the #PostOil #Urbanscapes

Irem Sezer, 24 July 2025

Abstract:

"This speculative paper explores the interplay between the Solarpunk movement, resilience design, #EnvironmentalJustice, and #sustainable #urban development within the context of the transition to the post-oil era. With a concentrated focus on the new and potential forms of post-oil urbanscapes, the study aims to explore how Solarpunk-inspired resilience design could address transitioning challenges and opportunities while creating a capacity for #SocialEquity and resilience in urban environments. Through an analysis of theoretical frameworks and speculative resiliency strategies, the study seeks to represent the potential of Solarpunk-inspired approaches to foster more #inclusive, #equitable, and sustainable #communities. The research methodology focuses on a theoretical review to investigate the conceptual foundations and potential design outcomes of the Solarpunk movement and provides resilience design strategies. While drawing a future projection of the post-oil urbanscapes, the paper discusses the reimagined petroculture heritages. Key findings of the study underscore the transformative and speculative potential of Solarpunk resilience design in advancing environmental justice and sustainability goals. By prioritizing community engagement, participatory decision-making, and decentralized #renewable energy systems, the Solarpunk movement offers innovative solutions to address the alternative ways of change in urban spaces. In conclusion, this study adds to the conversation about Solarpunk resilience design by looking at possible solutions and discussing how #EnvironmentalJustice, sustainability, and Solarpunk’s theory are connected in the context of cities going through a post-oil transition. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the study offers speculative future projections and invites architects, designers, policymakers, planners, and practitioners to a creative thinking process to create more just, equitable, and sustainable cities in the era of energy transition."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-92188-9_10

#SolarPunkSunday #PostOil #RenewableEnergy #Communities

Well rats! I don't have access to this article (even through my uni). And no, I'm not going to pay for it. But, it is good to read about #SolarPunk being covered in #Academia!

The Solarpunk #Resiliency: An Alternative Approach to Transitioning Toward the #PostOil #Urbanscapes

Irem Sezer, 24 July 2025

Abstract:

"This speculative paper explores the interplay between the Solarpunk movement, resilience design, #EnvironmentalJustice, and #sustainable #urban development within the context of the transition to the post-oil era. With a concentrated focus on the new and potential forms of post-oil urbanscapes, the study aims to explore how Solarpunk-inspired resilience design could address transitioning challenges and opportunities while creating a capacity for #SocialEquity and resilience in urban environments. Through an analysis of theoretical frameworks and speculative resiliency strategies, the study seeks to represent the potential of Solarpunk-inspired approaches to foster more #inclusive, #equitable, and sustainable #communities. The research methodology focuses on a theoretical review to investigate the conceptual foundations and potential design outcomes of the Solarpunk movement and provides resilience design strategies. While drawing a future projection of the post-oil urbanscapes, the paper discusses the reimagined petroculture heritages. Key findings of the study underscore the transformative and speculative potential of Solarpunk resilience design in advancing environmental justice and sustainability goals. By prioritizing community engagement, participatory decision-making, and decentralized #renewable energy systems, the Solarpunk movement offers innovative solutions to address the alternative ways of change in urban spaces. In conclusion, this study adds to the conversation about Solarpunk resilience design by looking at possible solutions and discussing how #EnvironmentalJustice, sustainability, and Solarpunk’s theory are connected in the context of cities going through a post-oil transition. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the study offers speculative future projections and invites architects, designers, policymakers, planners, and practitioners to a creative thinking process to create more just, equitable, and sustainable cities in the era of energy transition."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-92188-9_10

#SolarPunkSunday #PostOil #RenewableEnergy #Communities

Well rats! I don't have access to this article (even through my uni). And no, I'm not going to pay for it. But, it is good to read about #SolarPunk being covered in #Academia!

The Solarpunk #Resiliency: An Alternative Approach to Transitioning Toward the #PostOil #Urbanscapes

Irem Sezer, 24 July 2025

Abstract:

"This speculative paper explores the interplay between the Solarpunk movement, resilience design, #EnvironmentalJustice, and #sustainable #urban development within the context of the transition to the post-oil era. With a concentrated focus on the new and potential forms of post-oil urbanscapes, the study aims to explore how Solarpunk-inspired resilience design could address transitioning challenges and opportunities while creating a capacity for #SocialEquity and resilience in urban environments. Through an analysis of theoretical frameworks and speculative resiliency strategies, the study seeks to represent the potential of Solarpunk-inspired approaches to foster more #inclusive, #equitable, and sustainable #communities. The research methodology focuses on a theoretical review to investigate the conceptual foundations and potential design outcomes of the Solarpunk movement and provides resilience design strategies. While drawing a future projection of the post-oil urbanscapes, the paper discusses the reimagined petroculture heritages. Key findings of the study underscore the transformative and speculative potential of Solarpunk resilience design in advancing environmental justice and sustainability goals. By prioritizing community engagement, participatory decision-making, and decentralized #renewable energy systems, the Solarpunk movement offers innovative solutions to address the alternative ways of change in urban spaces. In conclusion, this study adds to the conversation about Solarpunk resilience design by looking at possible solutions and discussing how #EnvironmentalJustice, sustainability, and Solarpunk’s theory are connected in the context of cities going through a post-oil transition. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the study offers speculative future projections and invites architects, designers, policymakers, planners, and practitioners to a creative thinking process to create more just, equitable, and sustainable cities in the era of energy transition."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-92188-9_10

#SolarPunkSunday #PostOil #RenewableEnergy #Communities

Well rats! I don't have access to this article (even through my uni). And no, I'm not going to pay for it. But, it is good to read about #SolarPunk being covered in #Academia!

The Solarpunk #Resiliency: An Alternative Approach to Transitioning Toward the #PostOil #Urbanscapes

Irem Sezer, 24 July 2025

Abstract:

"This speculative paper explores the interplay between the Solarpunk movement, resilience design, #EnvironmentalJustice, and #sustainable #urban development within the context of the transition to the post-oil era. With a concentrated focus on the new and potential forms of post-oil urbanscapes, the study aims to explore how Solarpunk-inspired resilience design could address transitioning challenges and opportunities while creating a capacity for #SocialEquity and resilience in urban environments. Through an analysis of theoretical frameworks and speculative resiliency strategies, the study seeks to represent the potential of Solarpunk-inspired approaches to foster more #inclusive, #equitable, and sustainable #communities. The research methodology focuses on a theoretical review to investigate the conceptual foundations and potential design outcomes of the Solarpunk movement and provides resilience design strategies. While drawing a future projection of the post-oil urbanscapes, the paper discusses the reimagined petroculture heritages. Key findings of the study underscore the transformative and speculative potential of Solarpunk resilience design in advancing environmental justice and sustainability goals. By prioritizing community engagement, participatory decision-making, and decentralized #renewable energy systems, the Solarpunk movement offers innovative solutions to address the alternative ways of change in urban spaces. In conclusion, this study adds to the conversation about Solarpunk resilience design by looking at possible solutions and discussing how #EnvironmentalJustice, sustainability, and Solarpunk’s theory are connected in the context of cities going through a post-oil transition. Through its interdisciplinary approach, the study offers speculative future projections and invites architects, designers, policymakers, planners, and practitioners to a creative thinking process to create more just, equitable, and sustainable cities in the era of energy transition."

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-92188-9_10

#SolarPunkSunday #PostOil #RenewableEnergy #Communities

As an author and artist, I'm a small business trying to make my way in the crowded marketplace. Once a week I share one of my creations with you. Maybe one of them will ring your chimes. Up this week: Labrys & Horns, the how-to guide for inclusive Minoan spirituality. Meet the deities, set up an altar, invite their energies into your life, do some sacred crafts and other fun stuff. Ariadne, Dionysus, Rhea, the Minotaur, Therasia and so many others await you...

https://www.lauraperryauthor.com/labrys-and-horns

#pagan #paganism #Minoan #inclusive #polytheism #polytheist #spirituality #book #books #nonfiction #bookstodon

This weekend's Brookline Rally for Democracy will focus on workers' rights. #coolidgecorner #brookline #masschusetts #workersrights #workersoverbillionaires #labordayweekend #laborday #peaceful #inclusive #multi-generational mobilize.us/s/XxUowg

Brookline Rally for Democracy ...

Minoan spirituality is for everyone! Get to know the Minoan deities (Ariadne, Dionysus, the Serpent Mother, the Minotaur and more) and discover the Ariadne's Tribe sacred calendar and ritual format. This book is your all-in-one starter kit for inclusive Minoan spirituality.

#pagan #Minoan #paganism #polytheism #polytheist #inclusive #spirituality

2ème atelier du séminaire #TNE : comment l' #IA peut transformer l'éducation #inclusive ?

@letiziaall présente des outils pour rendre l'apprentissage ➕accessible et personnalisé

🟧diversifier les supports pédagogiques

🟩adapter les parcours éducatifs

🟦renforcer l'engagement des EBEP

#France2030

2ème atelier du séminaire #TNE : comment l' #IA peut transformer l'éducation #inclusive ?

@letiziaall présente des outils pour rendre l'apprentissage ➕accessible et personnalisé

🟧diversifier les supports pédagogiques

🟩adapter les parcours éducatifs

🟦renforcer l'engagement des EBEP

#France2030

There are ways to work around something like that and with communication you can work something out, and it’s not a huge issue.

#diversity #inclusivity #diverse #inclusive #ally
#PublicSchool #School #TotallySecular
#DearTeachers #DearParents #DearPrincipal
#EduTooters #Educators #Influencer

#FreedomOfReligion #FreedomFromReligion

#MedinatAmerica = #Satire

6/6

There are ways to work around something like that and with communication you can work something out, and it’s not a huge issue.

#diversity #inclusivity #diverse #inclusive #ally
#PublicSchool #School #TotallySecular
#DearTeachers #DearParents #DearPrincipal
#EduTooters #Educators #Influencer

#FreedomOfReligion #FreedomFromReligion

#MedinatAmerica = #Satire

6/6

Please let your family & friends know about this wonderful free outdoors #festival event, happening in Victoria, BC!

In honour of #RecoveryMonth - #NewRoadsTherapeuticRecoveryCommunity #OurPlaceSociety & #UmbrellaSociety have partnered to deliver a #celebration of #recovery for individuals, families and friends affected by substance use disorders and other addictions.

RDV 24 is a free, family friendly, inclusive, alcohol/substance free event for anyone to attend who has an interest in celebrating recovery, honouring those who have recovered and giving hope to those seeking sustainable recovery from active addiction.

The day will include music, comedy, and other entertainment on the main stage; food trucks, a artisans marketspace, a resource providers marketspace, 4-on-4 street hockey tournament, a kids stage and "Family Fun Land" inflatable fun park for kids, parents, and adults.

There will also be crafting and #therapeutic arts workshops, face painting, and more!

Main Event runs from Noon until 7pm

Street Hockey Tournament runs from 9am until 5pm.

#YYJ #RecoveryDay #SoberEvent #CelebrateRecovery #Nonprofit #FamilyFriendly #CommunityEvent #FreeEvent #VictoriaBC #Lekwungen #Esquimalt #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #SupportPeopleInRecovery #BreakingStigmas #RecoveryFestival #FreeAdmission #Inclusive

Please let your family & friends know about this wonderful free outdoors #festival event, happening in Victoria, BC!

In honour of #RecoveryMonth - #NewRoadsTherapeuticRecoveryCommunity #OurPlaceSociety & #UmbrellaSociety have partnered to deliver a #celebration of #recovery for individuals, families and friends affected by substance use disorders and other addictions.

RDV 24 is a free, family friendly, inclusive, alcohol/substance free event for anyone to attend who has an interest in celebrating recovery, honouring those who have recovered and giving hope to those seeking sustainable recovery from active addiction.

The day will include music, comedy, and other entertainment on the main stage; food trucks, a artisans marketspace, a resource providers marketspace, 4-on-4 street hockey tournament, a kids stage and "Family Fun Land" inflatable fun park for kids, parents, and adults.

There will also be crafting and #therapeutic arts workshops, face painting, and more!

Main Event runs from Noon until 7pm

Street Hockey Tournament runs from 9am until 5pm.

#YYJ #RecoveryDay #SoberEvent #CelebrateRecovery #Nonprofit #FamilyFriendly #CommunityEvent #FreeEvent #VictoriaBC #Lekwungen #Esquimalt #Saanich #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #SupportPeopleInRecovery #BreakingStigmas #RecoveryFestival #FreeAdmission #Inclusive

Yay! More of this, please!

#RocklandMaine hosts grand opening of all-#inclusive #playground

By Keenan Mills
Published: Aug. 28, 2024 at 3:40 PM EDT

ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - "The Rockland Rotary Club is building a stronger community. A playground for everyone is coming this week to the Rockland area.

"This all-inclusive playground was the site of a grand opening ceremony this morning. It’s at the the old MacDougal school.

"The project was headed by the Rockland Rotary Club. Some funding challenges led to it taking 2 years to make this possible.

"Featuring over 10 structures kids can play on, it also offers isolation pods and rubber ground for access to each section.

"'I think it’s going to be a tremendous draw to the mid-coast area, people will travel to be here and it will become a destination and so the idea of an all-inclusive is children that have physical challenges, emotional, intellectual, social challenges all can benefit from this playground,' stated Susan Page, who was in charge of the playground fundraising for the Rockland Rotary Club.

"'It will facilitate children of all challenges, kids in wheelchairs, kids who have sensory issues, there’s these little pods where they can isolate themselves and if they want, they can spin around and there’s easier access for like someone who’s helping a child with a wheelchair,' added Sergeant-at-Arms for the Rockland Rotary Club Emily Dillon.

"The playground will be open and ready to be played on by 5 p.m. Thursday afternoon."

https://www.wabi.tv/2024/08/28/rockland-hosts-grand-opening-all-inclusive-playground/

#SensoryFriendly #InclusivePlaygrounds #Accessibility

Yay! More of this, please!

#RocklandMaine hosts grand opening of all-#inclusive #playground

By Keenan Mills
Published: Aug. 28, 2024 at 3:40 PM EDT

ROCKLAND, Maine (WABI) - "The Rockland Rotary Club is building a stronger community. A playground for everyone is coming this week to the Rockland area.

"This all-inclusive playground was the site of a grand opening ceremony this morning. It’s at the the old MacDougal school.

"The project was headed by the Rockland Rotary Club. Some funding challenges led to it taking 2 years to make this possible.

"Featuring over 10 structures kids can play on, it also offers isolation pods and rubber ground for access to each section.

"'I think it’s going to be a tremendous draw to the mid-coast area, people will travel to be here and it will become a destination and so the idea of an all-inclusive is children that have physical challenges, emotional, intellectual, social challenges all can benefit from this playground,' stated Susan Page, who was in charge of the playground fundraising for the Rockland Rotary Club.

"'It will facilitate children of all challenges, kids in wheelchairs, kids who have sensory issues, there’s these little pods where they can isolate themselves and if they want, they can spin around and there’s easier access for like someone who’s helping a child with a wheelchair,' added Sergeant-at-Arms for the Rockland Rotary Club Emily Dillon.

"The playground will be open and ready to be played on by 5 p.m. Thursday afternoon."

https://www.wabi.tv/2024/08/28/rockland-hosts-grand-opening-all-inclusive-playground/

#SensoryFriendly #InclusivePlaygrounds #Accessibility

#NHS reportedly ordered to #remove #inclusive #language from #documents in #Tory #Culturewar (gender ideology) crackdown.

In a statement commending the recent #HillaryCass #report, Atkins told #MPs that the increase in #demand for #trans #healthcare #clinics was built on a “#myth” of #gender #ideology.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Tories #TERFS #NHS #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Transphobia #TERFIsland

https://www.thepinknews.com/2024/04/29/nhs-constitution-victoria-atkins/

The #gays are asking: How can we keep #gaybars #gay?

It’s an all too common problem these days: by virtue of being #inclusive (and throwing the best #parties), #spaces meant for #queer #folks get #overrun with #cishet #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #NightLife #Representation #Culture

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/the-gays-are-asking-how-can-we-keep-gay-bars-gay/

The #gays are asking: How can we keep #gaybars #gay?

It’s an all too common problem these days: by virtue of being #inclusive (and throwing the best #parties), #spaces meant for #queer #folks get #overrun with #cishet #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #NightLife #Representation #Culture

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/the-gays-are-asking-how-can-we-keep-gay-bars-gay/

The #gays are asking: How can we keep #gaybars #gay?

It’s an all too common problem these days: by virtue of being #inclusive (and throwing the best #parties), #spaces meant for #queer #folks get #overrun with #cishet #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #NightLife #Representation #Culture

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/the-gays-are-asking-how-can-we-keep-gay-bars-gay/

The #gays are asking: How can we keep #gaybars #gay?

It’s an all too common problem these days: by virtue of being #inclusive (and throwing the best #parties), #spaces meant for #queer #folks get #overrun with #cishet #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #NightLife #Representation #Culture

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/the-gays-are-asking-how-can-we-keep-gay-bars-gay/

The #gays are asking: How can we keep #gaybars #gay?

It’s an all too common problem these days: by virtue of being #inclusive (and throwing the best #parties), #spaces meant for #queer #folks get #overrun with #cishet #people.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Entertainment #NightLife #Representation #Culture

https://www.intomore.com/culture/identity/the-gays-are-asking-how-can-we-keep-gay-bars-gay/

Dear Gveret Dellacroce,

I’m sorry it took me so long to get back to your message regarding excusing your child from our #class #TuBishvat #celebrations; this is a unique situation.

https://medium.com/@jewwhohasitall/sheltering-your-child-from-normal-secular-american-holidays-13baf9bc9665

#diversity #inclusivity #inclusive
#FreedomOfReligion #FreedomFromReligion
#chag #chagim #holiday #holidays #Jewish #Christian
#trees #nature
#PublicSchool #School #TotallySecular
#DearParents
#EduTooters #Educators

#MedinatAmerica = #Satire

Dear Gveret Dellacroce,

I’m sorry it took me so long to get back to your message regarding excusing your child from our #class #TuBishvat #celebrations; this is a unique situation.

https://medium.com/@jewwhohasitall/sheltering-your-child-from-normal-secular-american-holidays-13baf9bc9665

#diversity #inclusivity #inclusive
#FreedomOfReligion #FreedomFromReligion
#chag #chagim #holiday #holidays #Jewish #Christian
#trees #nature
#PublicSchool #School #TotallySecular
#DearParents
#EduTooters #Educators

#MedinatAmerica = #Satire

Dear Mrs. and Mr. Parson,

We wanted to let you know that your son “Jonathan” said he is tired of his friends and teachers struggling with the exotic pronunciation of his name. He wants to henceforth go by the biblical (correct) Yonatan. We have updated his official school records. Thank you.

Principal Chananya Cohen
Simchat Yosef #PublicSchool

#diversity #inclusivity #inclusive
#School
#DearParents
#EduTooters #Educators

#MedinatAmerica = #Satire

Dear Mrs. and Mr. Parson,

We wanted to let you know that your son “Jonathan” said he is tired of his friends and teachers struggling with the exotic pronunciation of his name. He wants to henceforth go by the biblical (correct) Yonatan. We have updated his official school records. Thank you.

Principal Chananya Cohen
Simchat Yosef #PublicSchool

#diversity #inclusivity #inclusive
#School
#DearParents
#EduTooters #Educators

#MedinatAmerica = #Satire

#TheAttic rings in 30 years of giving #LGBTQ+ #youth in a place to be themselves

At a #Gala event on Nov 18, the group Honors #TSMadison for her advocacy; #pays #tribute to #OShaeSibley, a #Gay #Black #Man #murdered for #voguing; and gives an #accolade to #DowInc for their #inclusive #efforts.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Activism #Representation #Culture #SayHisName #BlackMastodon

https://epgn.com/2023/11/02/the-attic-rings-in-30-years-of-giving-lgbtq-youth-a-place-to-be-themselves/

#TheAttic rings in 30 years of giving #LGBTQ+ #youth in a place to be themselves

At a #Gala event on Nov 18, the group Honors #TSMadison for her advocacy; #pays #tribute to #OShaeSibley, a #Gay #Black #Man #murdered for #voguing; and gives an #accolade to #DowInc for their #inclusive #efforts.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #Activism #Representation #Culture #SayHisName #BlackMastodon

https://epgn.com/2023/11/02/the-attic-rings-in-30-years-of-giving-lgbtq-youth-a-place-to-be-themselves/

#Madonna wore a #ProgressPrideFlag on the #CelebrationTour, and #bigots are predictably #raging.

During the #performance at #London’s #O2Arena on Sunday (15 October), the #QueenofPop wrapped the #inclusive #symbol around her #shoulders while singing “#DontCryforMeArgentina”, from #Evita.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/17/madonna-celebration-tour-progress-pride-flag-reaction/

#Madonna wore a #ProgressPrideFlag on the #CelebrationTour, and #bigots are predictably #raging.

During the #performance at #London’s #O2Arena on Sunday (15 October), the #QueenofPop wrapped the #inclusive #symbol around her #shoulders while singing “#DontCryforMeArgentina”, from #Evita.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/17/madonna-celebration-tour-progress-pride-flag-reaction/

#Madonna wore a #ProgressPrideFlag on the #CelebrationTour, and #bigots are predictably #raging.

During the #performance at #London’s #O2Arena on Sunday (15 October), the #QueenofPop wrapped the #inclusive #symbol around her #shoulders while singing “#DontCryforMeArgentina”, from #Evita.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/17/madonna-celebration-tour-progress-pride-flag-reaction/

#Madonna wore a #ProgressPrideFlag on the #CelebrationTour, and #bigots are predictably #raging.

During the #performance at #London’s #O2Arena on Sunday (15 October), the #QueenofPop wrapped the #inclusive #symbol around her #shoulders while singing “#DontCryforMeArgentina”, from #Evita.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/17/madonna-celebration-tour-progress-pride-flag-reaction/

#Madonna wore a #ProgressPrideFlag on the #CelebrationTour, and #bigots are predictably #raging.

During the #performance at #London’s #O2Arena on Sunday (15 October), the #QueenofPop wrapped the #inclusive #symbol around her #shoulders while singing “#DontCryforMeArgentina”, from #Evita.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #UK #Entertainment #Music #Allies #Representation #Culture

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/17/madonna-celebration-tour-progress-pride-flag-reaction/

By way of #introductions: Hi! Recent migrant from #econtwitter instance (it will shut down). Good to be here!

I am an Economist, PhD Researcher, & Father. He/him. Here in a professional capacity.
My goal is to make international #trade better support people and planet. For current affiliations, see links in metadata.

My most recent work: https://econtwitter.net/@oliver_braunschweig/110305490259499332

Often used hashtags: #GVCs #InternationalCooperation #SDGs #Sustainable #Inclusive #Development #TriplePlanetaryCrisis
 #Climate

In many ways, our #DesignEducation was preparing us to make the world more homogenous and exclusive, rather than more #diverse, #inclusive, and richly expressive. #Biases in #design: hiding in plain sight in a world full of visuals https://flip.it/ydnxey #GraphicDesign #DEI #DecisionBias #DesignDecisions