This Solarpunk Action Week exploded, outnumbering last year’s by at least a factor of ten! I never imagined it’d get this big - I suppose it’s all thanks to @poblacht-na-n-oibrithe‘s knack for spreading information, being a professional meme queen
The actions I’ve seen this week have been fantastic! Tons of people getting food planted, learning new skills, building things, reducing waste, spreading information, taking direct action, and getting organized. I’m unbelievably proud of and inspired by every single one of you. And there have been several people saying they’re going to carry the momentum of last week through for another week, month, or even season of solarpunk activism - that’s outstanding!!! I can’t wait to see what you all accomplish!
If you want to keep up with/support the mods between Action Weeks, here’s our info:
The next Action Week will be happening around 6 months from now (exact dates TBA), to correspond with planting season in the southern hemisphere. Those of you in the northern hemisphere are still encouraged to participate - we’ll have lots of info on how to collect and preserve your harvests, start winter crops, and preserve your soil between growing seasons, as well as tons of non-plant-related actions
Your mission from now until then is to organize. I want to see you show up for the next Action Week with a crew, ready to get stuff done together! Individualistic skillbuilding is great, but we can’t change the world working alone - we need to strengthen our communities!
A great place to start right now is with local COVID-19 response mutual aid networks. There are already hundreds of groups like that popping up all over the world, plus plenty of resources to start your own if there’s not already one in your area. This is vital work, the kind of stuff the state can’t or won’t do - we need all hands on deck to get these networks running and help them build into something even greater when we come out the other side
If that’s not enough for you, though, here’s a list of great initiatives to get involved with (just to get you started):
“The White House has promised millions of tests for weeks now, and they’re just not here,” Pritzker said at yesterday’s daily press briefing. “I’m not going to wait on promises from the federal government that may never be fulfilled. We need this testing capacity now. So, we’re building it ourselves in Illinois.”
Pritzker’s announcement came as new coronavirus cases in Illinois topped 1,000 for the first time.
“It is fair to say that most of the models I’ve seen … show that we’ll be peaking sometime in April,” he said. “We’re not yet close to that.”
This is a free tutorial to go along with the shoulder dragon pattern here: https://bit.ly/2UtYBVR
It ended up insanely long, but this is an advanced pattern so I hope it helps a lot of people.
There’s also a mini tutorial to go along with it about turning long, skinny plush pieces right side out! I use hemostats, but all you need is a straw and a chop stick! https://youtu.be/8t41TeT0uPQ
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