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Where do you live? I'd suggest moving to a small community and seeing what kind of impact you can have! I'm considering a "Free Apple Tree Initiative" where I

Where do you live? I'd suggest moving to a small community and seeing what kind of impact you can have! I'm considering a "Free Apple Tree Initiative" where I am to get a shit load of apple tree planted around my small town at what I consider to be very small personal cost to myself.

sph 3y ago
Oh man, I would if I had any contacts at all. I live in London, and my deep, deep dream is move to the countryside in a large farm house/art and hacking collective with like minded engineers. Imagine a high tech eco-commune as close as possible to nature and social life. Gigabit fibre and organic garden. A solarpunk, Raspberry PI powered collective of nerds and artists. But I don't know where to start, and don't know where to recruit others for this endeavour.
- em-bee 3y ago
  in austria there is a popular model where a small group of people (10-20 families) pool their resources to build a house they can all live in with shared ownership. these also can be found elsewhere. i don't know where to start though. i guess it is a combination of picking a target area and finding others interested. also choosing what is important to you. like how close do you want to live to the city. i fear that more isolated locations work better for an already close knit group as opposed to one that just finds itself. an alternative approach might be to buy a piece of land and start building for yourself but with expansion in mind and then invite others to join you for short or long term stays. (like build an area with rooms for guests and if you find some that want to stay expand as needed)
  - sph 3y ago
    > an alternative approach might be to buy a piece of land and start building for yourself Yeah I thought about that... if only land was not so expensive in Europe and UK. I can't afford to do this investment by myself just yet, but that is what I'm working towards anyway.

sph 3y ago

Oh man, I would if I had any contacts at all. I live in London, and my deep, deep dream is move to the countryside in a large farm house/art and hacking collective with like minded engineers. Imagine a high tech eco-commune as close as possible to nature and social life. Gigabit fibre and organic garden. A solarpunk, Raspberry PI powered collective of nerds and artists. But I don't know where to start, and don't know where to recruit others for this endeavour.

em-bee 3y ago
in austria there is a popular model where a small group of people (10-20 families) pool their resources to build a house they can all live in with shared ownership. these also can be found elsewhere. i don't know where to start though. i guess it is a combination of picking a target area and finding others interested. also choosing what is important to you. like how close do you want to live to the city. i fear that more isolated locations work better for an already close knit group as opposed to one that just finds itself. an alternative approach might be to buy a piece of land and start building for yourself but with expansion in mind and then invite others to join you for short or long term stays. (like build an area with rooms for guests and if you find some that want to stay expand as needed)
- sph 3y ago
  > an alternative approach might be to buy a piece of land and start building for yourself Yeah I thought about that... if only land was not so expensive in Europe and UK. I can't afford to do this investment by myself just yet, but that is what I'm working towards anyway.