I recently started fieldwork on a new research project, and it has me thinking about ethics, ecology, and extraction. So I decided to write a few words about it. (: 1/4)

One of the ways social ecology helps us build a better economy (if you think of economy as the field concerned with thr logistics of meeting people's needs, as everyone should) is the understanding that every form of value extraction has a social and ecological cost that needs to be offset.

For example, you could build an alternative to AirBnB (because people will always be looking for places to sleep) where every space is linked to a local social project that gives power to the people building a more resilient neighbourhood, be it a soup kitchen, a community garden or a queer youth centre, with a sliding scale based on e.g. how vulnerable that neighbourhood is determining how much of the rent gets redistributed to the community to help offset the "AirBnBification" effect or whatever you want to call it.

Hi! I'm Ajay, passionate about #permaculture, #bioregional organizing, and building resilient communities through #technology. I work on tools for community resilience and sustainable living, while exploring ways to integrate ecological design with social innovation. Interested in #OpenSource, #Sustainability, and collaborative approaches to addressing environmental challenges. Looking forward to connecting with like-minded folks here! #SocialEcology #RegenerativeCulture #Community #Introduction

Wrote down some thoughts about exploring the #solarpunk concept as praxis:

https://write.as/benlockwood/exploring-solarpunk

Tried my hand at some solarpunk graphic art design. I have zero design ability but I find the utopian aesthetic to be a good way to stay positive amidst all the shit going on right now. Keep making stuff.

#SpeakingOutOfPlace welcomes #MalcomFerdinand, author of #DecolonialEcology / #UneÉcologieDécoloniale and #SAimerLaTerre, and Prof. #AzucenaCastro, author of #PoeticPostnatures

https://speakingoutofplace.com/2025/01/27/building-worlds-beyond-modernitys-double-fracture-a-discussion-with-azucena-castro-and-malcom-ferdinand/

#DecolonialEcology #SocialEcology #DecolonizingEcology #ecology #DecolonialStudies #DecolonialStruggles #DecolonialLiterature #ecocide #ColonialViolence #capitalocène #EnvironmentalJustice #books @bookstodon

As global warming accelerates, causing food supply issues, we can expect more people around the world to migrate.

We can expect states to take harsher measures to maintain control over their borders.

We can expect surveillance to increase, and more punitive punishments to be doled out, to keep those whose lives will become worse and worse in line.

"Geh' mir weg mit #Klima! Wen kümmert noch die #Erderwärmung" @joschueck und #Aspekte @ZDF suchen Antworten auf die Frage, ob die #Klimakrise wirklich viele Menschen kalt lässt – und warum https://www.zdf.de/kultur/aspekte/klimaschutz-katastrophen-baku-100.html Mehr zu #Verdrängungsgesellschaft und #Klimabewegung, angereichert mit #Systemkritik und #Antikapitalismus, liest Du zum Beispiel bei @muellertadzio #SocialEcology #Ökoanarchismus #Umweltgerechtigkeit

"Gegen das fossile Ganze" In der #Umweltkrise braucht es eine materialistische Analyse und einen aufgeklärten #Ökosozialismus, argumentieren die Autor:innen dieses Artikels im @ndaktuell: Individuelle Lifestyle-Entscheidungen würden die #Klimakatastrophe niemals aufhalten, deshalb könne eine linke Antwort darauf nicht am individuellen Konsum ansetzen. Zersiedelte Städte und versiegelte Flächen, industrielle Landwirtschaft und fossiles Energiesystem, sowie die ungeheure Warenproduktion – all das muss sich ändern, um den Klimawandel wirklich einzudämmen https://www.nd-aktuell.de/artikel/1187173.klimawandel-gegen-das-fossile-ganze.html #Ökosozialismus #SocialEcology #Ökoanarchismus #Antikapitalismus #Klimakrise

Migrating back here from my previous, now-defunct, account @nix@social.stlouist.com. if you know me please boost so I can reconnect with followers.

This is a good time for an #introduction I suppose.

I'm an #educator from #stl that firmly believes in decentralized self organization, such as #anarchism, #socialecology, #solarpunk, or #librarysocialism.

Also I'm a big #urbanism and #foss nerd and #ebike commuter. I'm very involved in the local #freestore and trying to help organize larger #postcapitalist ventures.

"#Bolivien: Verfluchtes #Gold" Die #Arte-Reportage zeigt die Umweltzerstörungen und Vergiftungen mit Quecksilber durch den Goldabbau im bolivianischen #Amazonas https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/120689-000-A/bolivien-verfluchtes-gold #Bolivia #Extraktivismus #Umweltgerechtigkeit #SocialEcology

This is your reminder that if you want to build a world without oppression and domination, you'll have to build your own organizations that are as free from oppression and domination as possible given the world we live in.

This could be a book club, a sewing circle, a bike kitchen, a weekly potluck group, a gardening club, or a host of other groups. Start building them locally and then start confererating them together.

Who Killed the Colorado River?
#PBS #PBSTerra #Documentary #Science #SocialEcology #Policy #SoCal #AZ #NM #CO #Mexico #USA #Environment #Sustainability #Conservation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3Lt58tTYFk

What institution are you building in your local area? Are these institution working with other institutions?

We need local institutions working on a lot of issues, and we need to confederate them together to tackle larger problems.

I'm volunteering at a local bike co-op, and I'm trying to build relationships with a local bookstore and other bike based organizations.

Thinking about all the institutions we should be building, and how far behind we are on the work.

It's silly most neighborhoods don't have a little tool library, with relationships with bigger tool libraries on the town, city, and regional level.

Various types of coops need to be forming and expanding. A lot of work needs to be done on this.

Regardless of who wins this election, (that I hope Dems win) the work we will have to do stays the same. Organize your communities, and learn how to cooperate with each other by practice.

Working together without oppressive systems is a skill you have to develop over time. Find a few people, build small scale examples of a better world, and give advice to those who see what you have done and want to replicate it.

I really want to start a very local reading group, with a focus on #socialecology , and I'm looking for some advice.

I would like to start with an essay rather than a whole book. Would anyone suggest a good, introductory essay? If not, I'll just go with the book "Remaking Society."

Where do you recruit for reading groups? My apartment building is so anti-social.

How do you recruit? Do you put up fliers?