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A community for sharing projects that are related to making a more fair and environmentally friendly world.

The subject matter of this community is intended to sit somewhere between slrpnk.net/c/technology and slrpnk.net/c/inperson

A project could be an ongoing community project that someone may want to get involved with or follow, or it could be a DIY project that an individual can do at home.

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FarmBot: Open-Source CNC farming (farm.bot)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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FarmBot is an open source project aimed at making CNC farming accessible to as many people as possible.

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RepRap (reprap.org)
submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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RepRap is a project about democratising and decentralising manufacturing through low-cost open source 3D printers.

3D printers give communities the ability to repair items even when official replacement parts don't exist. They also allow people to produce small runs of custom parts, where more traditional manufacturing methods may be wasteful.

There are obviously issues with sustainability in the 3D printing community, primarily with material source, material recycling/composting, and waste. But even with these current issues, 3D printers provide a lot of utility and may have a place in our solarpunk future.

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Build This Open Source DIY Wind Turbine for $30 (www.treehugger.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A cool open source DIY wind turbine project

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Appropedia: the sustainability wiki (www.appropedia.org)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Appropedia is a wiki dedicated to sustainability, including projects and research aimed at reducing poverty.

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The Best Ways to Set Up a Seed-Starting Station in Your Home (lifehacker.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Amybo: Open Source Protein (amybo.org)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Amybo is a non-profit open source community project working on protein fermentation in an effort to reduce the carbon intensity of food production, as well as improve climate resilience as things like crop failures become more common.

The project is currently focussed on the low-cost distributed science aspect, but their website says they want biotechnologists, chefs, coders, creatives, engineers, enthusiasts, environmentalists, makers, medics, microbiologists, and nutritionists. So basically... Just lots of people.

They're still in the early stages but looks like a fun project to get involved in.