Do you want to start a permacomputing collective?

In the past months, and with support from @Error417 we have developed a small score/guide/recipe that can hopefully inspire you to get started with this topic.

https://brewing.permacomputing.net

The text of the guide was written by anna andrejew (https://annaandrejew.com), @praxeology and @latentspace based on interviews with @anmeisel (London Permacomputing Club), https://archipielago.uno, @colm (Wilderland permacomputing group), @cmos4040 and @decentral1se (rotterdam.permacomputing.net), @praxeology (Berlin Permacomputing Meet Up), @michal (Node9), @sister0 (Autoluminescence Institute), @freebliss (permacomputing Vienna), and Steve McLaughlin (Philly permacomputing + solar punk meetups at @iffybooks hosted together with Dave Slinger).

Copy editing and advice by @l03s and myself. Design for the dedicated website and PDF by @doriane with illustrations from @raquelmeyers

#permacomputing #community #collective #organisation

The #PermaComputing Meet-Up in Berlin is tonight: https://post.lurk.org/@computersandblues/115969026349107816

The next #permacomputing #berlin Meet-Up is on Tuesday 3.2.2026 at 19:00.

The meeting is at /rosa in Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin:

https://www.panke.gallery/rosa/ ( @netzkunst)

This time we are excited to be joined by and learn from @Codeberg.

Codeberg is a forge website for hosting the development of free and open source software. Unlike other major forge websites, Codeberg is run as a non-profit association and is administered democratically by over 1,000 members worldwide. Andreas Shimokawa, one of the founders of Codeberg, will be joined by Daphne Preston-Kendal, current presidium member, to discuss the history of the site and its future: the idea, how the site was founded, what our goals are, and where we see challenges and problems.

There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.

Non-nerd-identified, newbies and perma-curious are always welcome! Please join us for an informal discussion of ideas and real-world practices around Permacomputing.

Please boost and spread the word!

The #PermaComputing Meet-Up in Berlin is tonight: https://post.lurk.org/@computersandblues/115969026349107816

https://criticalclimatecomputing.com/projects.html

give me dirty computing (computer powered by dirt)

#permacomputing

https://criticalclimatecomputing.com/projects.html

give me dirty computing (computer powered by dirt)

#permacomputing

The next #permacomputing #berlin Meet-Up is on Tuesday 3.2.2026 at 19:00.

The meeting is at /rosa in Heidelberger Str. 28, 12059 Berlin:

https://www.panke.gallery/rosa/ ( @netzkunst)

This time we are excited to be joined by and learn from @Codeberg.

Codeberg is a forge website for hosting the development of free and open source software. Unlike other major forge websites, Codeberg is run as a non-profit association and is administered democratically by over 1,000 members worldwide. Andreas Shimokawa, one of the founders of Codeberg, will be joined by Daphne Preston-Kendal, current presidium member, to discuss the history of the site and its future: the idea, how the site was founded, what our goals are, and where we see challenges and problems.

There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions.

Non-nerd-identified, newbies and perma-curious are always welcome! Please join us for an informal discussion of ideas and real-world practices around Permacomputing.

Please boost and spread the word!

"...to move forward sustainably, progress must be re-framed as an abundance of ideas rather than an abandoning of the old in favor of the new. To this end, in the permacomputing space, limitations are considered liberating, and a source of creativity, the abandoning of maximalism is viewed as positive, and coarseness is associated with quality, not sacrifice."

A re-upload of my #permacomputing primer:

https://quinnmaclay.com/texts/permacomputing

Gonna use this thread to linkdump some resources, sites, and "stuff" linked on the subject of #permacomputing.

What is permacomputing? In short, it's a community of practice based on permaculture that envisions and promotes a more sustainable tech culture. As far as I'm aware, the term has its origins in a 2020 essay by "Viznut":

http://viznut.fi/texts-en/permacomputing.html

#tech #climate

Gonna use this thread to linkdump some resources, sites, and "stuff" linked on the subject of #permacomputing.

What is permacomputing? In short, it's a community of practice based on permaculture that envisions and promotes a more sustainable tech culture. As far as I'm aware, the term has its origins in a 2020 essay by "Viznut":

http://viznut.fi/texts-en/permacomputing.html

#tech #climate

This project is, and always has been looking for collaborators.

It has not been advertised enough that we are looking for people to contribute to the project.

You can 'join the committee', and set out your own research plan, and use the resources the project has at its disposal.

If you are interested in participating in the project, you can be:

- granted access to the BASIC archive through SFTP,

- given read-write access to the project's got repository,

- allowed to publish in the name of the people's permacomputer project.

Please reach out if you are interested.

You do not have to deal with BASIC to contribute.

#permacomputing #solarpunk #retrocomputing

This project is, and always has been looking for collaborators.

It has not been advertised enough that we are looking for people to contribute to the project.

You can 'join the committee', and set out your own research plan, and use the resources the project has at its disposal.

If you are interested in participating in the project, you can be:

- granted access to the BASIC archive through SFTP,

- given read-write access to the project's got repository,

- allowed to publish in the name of the people's permacomputer project.

Please reach out if you are interested.

You do not have to deal with BASIC to contribute.

#permacomputing #solarpunk #retrocomputing

"...to move forward sustainably, progress must be re-framed as an abundance of ideas rather than an abandoning of the old in favor of the new. To this end, in the permacomputing space, limitations are considered liberating, and a source of creativity, the abandoning of maximalism is viewed as positive, and coarseness is associated with quality, not sacrifice."

A re-upload of my #permacomputing primer:

https://quinnmaclay.com/texts/permacomputing