I moderate a Buy Nothing Group, it is both wonderful and problematic. Creating offline sharing at scale and what that could look like is something so really want to investigate further. There are multi generational housing projects also functioning as mutual aid hubs. I am also considering just starting to erect wish boxes all across our community that have QR codes for you to fill out wishes for your community to fulfill.
I moderate a Buy Nothing Group, it is both wonderful and problematic. Creating offline sharing at scale and what that could look like is something so really want to investigate further. There are multi generational housing projects also functioning as mutual aid hubs. I am also considering just starting to erect wish boxes all across our community that have QR codes for you to fill out wishes for your community to fulfill.
There's a lot of philosophy here, but buried inside is a proposal for mutual-aid economies at the level of a city or a bioregion.
https://substack.com/home/post/p-163192015
wow, goosebumps
our HCI research totally resonates with this: abundance, resource sharing, enoughness
we should get in touch :)
That's one of our papers: "From surplus and scarcity toward abundance: Understanding the use of ICT in food resource sharing practices."
https://doi.org/10.1145/3589957
Just ordered, the Serviceberry and am looking forward to learning.