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Our mission (something like that👆)

We humans have developed many incredible things that have become part of our daily lives. But in the last decade we became very aware of the impact that all our development has had on the planet.  Minerals mined,  forest chopped down, oceans over fished and our stable climate is changing. The ecosystem on earth is showing the consequences. 
Many of us are aware of the problems. We are even aware of the painful truth that we personally contribute to them. Just living our daily lives in our developed system, makes us part of the problem. And generally the more developed countries obtain the more resources they need to sustain. It feels nearly impossible to try and find a solution for this complex issue. That said. We have faith in mankind's ability to learn and improve.

We are going to prototype another way of living. Stuff like building houses from natural materials and eating local food. But one core fundamental difference with today's world is that we are going to build life around a community, not an individual. This makes it easier to share utilities and resources. As a result, owning less stuff. It provides stronger social connection, deeper bonds and less depression. And united together in a  community we can take on bigger missions, like regenerating or protecting land.  

We believe the future of mankind is in communities, but we are not sure. That's why we are going to give it a try. We bought a piece of land and are turning it into a big research centre to explore this topic. And now we are documenting everything we learn Open Source. So if we find a model that works, it could scale globally.

It’s a big mission, and we are just getting started. :)

All our electricity is generated off grid

we focus on local food supplies grown in the right way

We prototype new technology in our workspace

we document everything open source. So others can replicate

we build with biodegradable and recycled materials

We live and work together to build a future world

Precious Plastic:

as i have already mentioned it is a project to increase plastic recycling. i don't know how to put it well into words so here are some of the best videos that explain what they do:

This is the launch video for the version 4 of their machines. Basically, the project started in 2013 with Dave Hakkens form the Netherlands designing some machines to recycle plastic "at home" - what i mean is that they're pretty affordable and can be operated by one person meaning that anyone with a relatively small investment can set up a small workshop where they make their own recycled products. The machines were upgraded many times and the last version was version 4, that was announced at the end of 2020.

This one is the video they made for their 10 years anniversary. It contains a better recap of their history (what i just wrote about) and it's a nice introduction to their work i'd say.

BUT! -you will ask me- what do they have that is special? we hear about plastic recycling all the time. why do you think they are worth our attention?? why do you put the solarpunk tag when talking about them?

i think it's the principles and the values that guide the project that make it different, and this is shown in the best part of the precious plastic designs: they are totally OPEN SOURCE!