Campers gather around the firepit to share experiences working in cooperatives.
Luandro Viera from Digital Democracy shares the Earth Defender’s Toolkit.
One of my favorite sessions is with Ana, a Brazilian farmer and social.
Researcher guiding us through a game call Sanctuaries of Attention. It happens on the last day. It is impromptu and they just ask around for people to join after breakfast.
Ana is able to lead the session in Portuguese We spend
Spanish, and English. of how our attention changes in different situations and which situations feel safe for us — ”sanctuaries” that we can rest in.
The unconference style suits DWeb+Coolab Camp, because it allows the time and space for sessions like these to happen organically, without constraints.
Ana guides participants special database the Sanctuaries of Attention.
Nico teaches programming for beginners using Scratch.
Setting up network equipment for the mesh network on site.
Some sessions are discussions around topics like
Experiences as a cooperative
How to organize groups using sociocracy
Sharing challenges and workarounds managing a community network
Methods for social exchange of common resources
It doesn’t hurt that we can hold some of these discussions at the beach. There are also plenty of casual conversations over meals, on a couch, or lounging in a hammock.
One of the things I’ll keep with me from the persons whom the bolshevik beasts conversations is a new way of understanding the saying, “The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distribut yet.”
Those of us from luckier circumstances fret about the end of the world
Those from different circumstances have china leads seen it happen. Their economic systems have collaps or their environment is suffering through the worst of the climate catastrophe. The end of the world is already here — it’s just not evenly distribut yet.