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this is a great example of my biggest issue with the idea of revealed preference or revealed belief: this is a good list of things people should be doing, but it assumes that your average concerned person has any practical clue how to begin doing anything beyond being concerned

Rizoma Field School

@RizomaSchool

this is my biggest hurdle as a communicator/educator. How do I get them from concern -> x -> preparation? What is x?

it has to be communal somehow i think. very few people are going to be capable of prepping if they're the only person in their social circles doing it, it'll just feel too weird. need ways to gather like-minded people together, get them talking, sharing ideas and resources

Rizoma Field School

@RizomaSchool

hmm yeah this is exactly what I was thinking. Maybe like an organized event: vibe camp but for resilience to chaos

invite a couple speakers, maybe people willing to do hands-on workshops of some kind... oh hmm: maybe it could be hosted on a farm or something and you tour the place and maybe people take turns helping out a bit? get their hands dirty

Rizoma Field School

@RizomaSchool

100% we've already been talking behind the scenes about something like this

i would personally be pretty jazzed for something like this! it's a little unfortunate that the amount of money that would have to be spent on plane tickets goes a little against the spirit of the thing... but you gotta start somewhere i guess 😛

Richard D. Bartlett (Berlin Aug 2-10)

in the medium term it'd be nice to have a bunch of local events that people don't have to travel far to get to. that would be better for building local relationships with farmers and other interested locals anyway i guess?

@RichDecibels

we've been talking about a "microsolidarity barnraising": bunch of skilled & enthusiastic people descend on a place and activate the local community there, leaving behind a bunch of energy & skills after we do this a couple times we can make a template for anyone to follow