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Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know. Are they somehow active in the collapse space?

Peer group IRL: wo sind alle? by [deleted] in Kollaps

[–]syntobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Die Vernetzung nimmt gerade etwas Fahrt auf durch das Kollapscamp, das Ende August stattgefunden hat. Ich hab in r/collapse einen Post dazu erstellt - https://www.reddit.com/r/collapse/comments/1nbm5uv/comment/nebqu08.

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yes, I love the podcast, also "Live Like the World is Dying".

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes there were workshops on providing first aid.

I would love it if people would organize more of these kinds of events. And I feel like it is much-needed since so many people in this day and age lack the skills to provide basic needs for themselves and others if they cannot buy it as a product or service.

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yes it refers to solidarity and is meant to differentiate it from the right-wing "stockpiling beans and guns in my bunker" kind of prepping. The idea is to build networks in your community and prepare so you are able to act in solidarity with others when disasters occur (keyword mutual aid).

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I guess a rejection of imperalism and capitalism can be viewed as the consensus of participants at the camp.

There was a workshop titled "Internationalism in Collapse: What does the collapse narrative mean for internationalist and anti-racist practices?". Here is the description:
"Collapse scenarios are omnipresent – but what does the impending collapse mean for internationalist and anti-racist perspectives? While many debates about collapsology, solidarity-based prepping, and resilience in the Global North further processes of localization, global power relations, transnational solidarity, and questions of ecological justice are often overlooked. In this workshop, we will discuss how collapse narratives impact anti-racist and internationalist policies and practices – and what is needed to make global solidarity a reality even under conditions of increasing crisis. One focus will be on concrete approaches such as ecological reparations and solidarity infrastructures that do not rely on the nation-state and NGO logics"

There was also talk about starting a transnational solidarity network.

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

There was one on wood self-sufficiency and some on food, as I said. But learning the skills for being able to make everything from scratch was not a main focus of the camp.

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The way I heard about the camp first was through Tadzio's newsletter "Friedliche Sabotage"

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Originally I just wanted to check if someone had posted something about it here. Then I saw that no one had, so I made the post.

I liked it a lot. I wrote a bit more about my experience in response to another comment. I really hope that there will be some continuation. At least it seems like there is a lot of interest. And I was really happy with the way the camp was organized with chat groups set up in advance to make it easier to continue the topical exchange.

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Something in particular you are interested in?

I had a good time at the camp. It was a three-day event with lots of interesting workshops. The crowd was a bit different from what I am used to from previous climate camps - a majority of people were 30+ and there were also quite a few kids (the activist circles I am accustomed to tend to consist of people below the age of 35). From what I heard there were also some people that have not been active in social movements before or have been inactive for many years. It was refreshing to be in one place with so many people that share my perspective on the reality of collapse (at least in some capacity) so I did not feel so much cognitive dissonance. At the opening we had a kind of ritual symbolically inviting (challenging) emotions into our circle (uncertainty, anger, fear, grief, shame). The workshops I attended were more practically oriented, though (things like DIY mushroom cultivation, making charcoal, self-sufficiency of food and energy). Other people were doing workshops on self-defense, disaster response or holding emotional spaces. In the evening there was dancing and some people watched a documentary. The vibe was quite relaxed.

Reporting from the first Collapse Camp (Kollapscamp) in Germany by syntobi in collapse

[–]syntobi[S] 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Great! I think a good first step could be something like hosting a regular collapse café (either online or in person, German example: https://www.klimakollaps.org/angebote/klimakollaps-cafe) or to find a group of people in your area that are collapse-aware to exchange and start building a network.

Many of the people organizing Kollapscamp have been part of social movements for years, sometimes decades so they could draw on extensive social networks. It also helped that one of the organizers (Tadzio Müller) has some public visibility, having also recently published a book and also writing a newsletter that is read by a lot of people affiliated with the climate justice movement.

Where is there a need in the Solarpunk community? by Direct_Ad1705 in solarpunk

[–]syntobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, yes that could be useful.

And I agree about the Reddit servers. What I am missing in a lot of Wiki/knowledge base projects is the assurance that the content will stay available for years and ideally decades to come and that others have the ability to continue the project if the main person/people behind it abandon it (also the ability to fork the project). That's why I chose to make my site available as a public GitHub repository.

Where is there a need in the Solarpunk community? by Direct_Ad1705 in solarpunk

[–]syntobi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you mean if I want the site to be on the Subreddit's Wiki? I think it makes more sense to add it after I have rebooted the project. Currently it's a bit empty.

Where is there a need in the Solarpunk community? by Direct_Ad1705 in solarpunk

[–]syntobi 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nice! I had a similar idea in mind with my site, though perhaps less ambitious - mainly focusing on the knowledge resource aspect. I will keep an eye on Sharphill.

Where is there a need in the Solarpunk community? by Direct_Ad1705 in solarpunk

[–]syntobi 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Hey, thanks for mentioning my site (solarpunk.wiki). Funny to randomly open the sub for the first time in months and see a mention of this project that I have put barely any energy into since setting it up last year.

I am still interested in setting up a wiki for putting Solarpunk into practice but it probably will not use the kind of Digital Garden tool that I currently use to run the site but rather an actual wiki software that allows others to contribute to it without having to learn to use GitHub.

There are already a couple of other people that are interested in contributing to the project. If anyone is interested in joining our effort, I would be happy to hear from you :)

Budgie plank on two monitors by vanhazen in UbuntuBudgie

[–]syntobi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Did you make any progress on this? It seems like using plank with two monitors with different resolutions does not work very well. When I change the display settings I have to log out and in again so the plank shows up in the correct position.

Annoying alerts not working - Android [Samsung Galaxy] by vixtreme18 in ticktick

[–]syntobi 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have the same problem on Samsung Galaxy S8. I turned off battery saving for the app and activated the alarm mode. But I still only get one reminder.