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Jacket Progress. Still waiting to find something to fill the middle of the back and another band patch for the front. Then I’ll start thinking about studs/spikes.

If you haven’t read the manga, go and do so AS SOON AS YOU CAN.

1. Start a garden! Even if it’s only a small one.You’ll probably save some money on food, eat healtheir, and find that it’s quite calming. Here are some resources to get you started:  Gardening for Beginners You Grow Girl Best Gardening Websites: Online Tools to Guide Your Green Thumb 2. If you're capable and have the time and resources, learn a new language! Solar punk is all about cooperative living and appreciating other cultures, allowing them to thrive. Learning another language is a good, non-appropriative way to show that you respect other cultures and ways of life, and you are willing to invest time to show that.   3. Create! Draw, paint, write, make music. The world needs your art. 4. Educate yourself about social justice issues, about other cultures, about racism and sexism. Make the changes to your lifestyle that are neseccary to support those affected. Here are some great sites to get started:  Everyday Feminism Be Less Racist: 12 Tips for White Dudes, by A White Dude, published by Mash-up Americans| It’s Incredibly Scary to Be a Transgender Woman of Color Right Now The Police Are Killing One Group at a Staggering Rate, and Nobody Is Talking About It Slavery to Mass Incarceration LGBTQ Homeless Youths We Are The Youths Humans of New York  A People’s History of the United States Lies My Teacher Told Me A Year of Reading the World I understand this list is very western-centric, I have some educating of my own to do! If you have any other suggestions, feel free to add them 4. Avoid fast fashion. Shop at thrift shops, swap used clothes with your friends and donate the rest, learn to do small reparis, and (if possible) try to buy from sustainable companies when you do buy new clothes.  5. Again, I recognize that not everyone has the resources and time to do this, but learning to code is very solar punk :) Coding and technology can help make the world a better place for everyone, and there are lots of free online resources that can help you learn to code without ever having to pay for a course. Visit this site for a list of free resources - or do your own google search! Khan Academy is a great place to start. 6. If you can, bike more, drive less!  7. Compost, recycle, use energy efficient light bulbs and try to make your home as energy efficient as possible. We can't all put solar panels on the roof, but we can all cut back on our waste. Check out a great article here I also really love this article On the Political Dimensions of Solar Punk, take a look!

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Update talking about how we'll allocate funds!