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'''Curating shared calendar of Climate Justice in Tech events'''
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==Summary==
 
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This project proposal is about establishing temporary role of a curator of the events calendar focused on Climate Justice in Tech.
 
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Contemporary computing research, network operations & Internet Governance are intertwined with human rights, ecological limits & climate justice. There are many events working on these crossroads: academic, technical, hacking, civil rights, social sciences, engineering... and they would all benefit from knowing about each others' content, and being cross-connected.
 
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My short-term goals are to populate existing calendars with Climate Justice events, cross-connect the communities, and make the sharing of information easier - by spotting the opportunities cooperation and fixing the bugs.
 
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My longer-term goal is to improve the existing solutions in such a way that my role becomes un-necessary; or, failing that, to make this role & project  so successful, that it will attract further funding  to keep it running.
 
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I am already involved in doing this, in multiple ways, for several years. However, to do it properly requires dedicated time & effort, so I decided to ask for help. By granting me the funds, you would give me the means to take a sabbatical from my regular work, and focus mainly on this project.
 
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I am a Community Builder by vocation, and this is my passion too; therefore, I am perfectly suitable for this role and for this project.
 
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There is a technical side of the project too, but this proposal is about the human side: personal dedication, (re)using existing technology & giving life energy to what maters for the future of the Internet - within planetary limits and with Climate Justice.
 
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==Personal Prior Experience==
 
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Experience  : I have been involved in many ways:
 
  
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- maintaining collections of events on wiki pages : https://wiki.techinc.nl/Sustainability#Events
 
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& https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/events2023
 
  
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- sharing the information on many mailing lists, in the communities I am involved with ; e.g. https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/e-impact/OpFhaw08aEkmZ4jeqcyKkIDHSAU/
 
  
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- organising events to try to establish the =E2=80=9Cfederated calendar=E2=
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==Shared calendar of events==
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=80=9D platform: https://wiki.techinc.nl/Open_Data_AI_Climate_Justice_Calendar
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- reporting back from the relevant events : https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/computing-within-limits-2023/
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Background story: at the DRxCJ workshop in Berlin in November 2022, "we" realised that a shared calendar of events would help us to facilitate cooperation between movements & organisations -- we could learn from each other, exchange experiences, and meet more often.
  
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- speaking at events as part of my work : The Environmental Impact of Internet: Urgency, Degrowth, Rebellion https://ripe86.ripe.net/archives/video/1001/
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==Challenges==
  
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- in general, maintaining a community called UnCiv since 2014, both as a mailing list & as series of events: https://lists.puscii.nl/wws/arc/uncivilization/2024-01/msg00015.html
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This is not an easy problem to solve, because...  
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* coordinating humans is a hard job
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* "search" technology is a multibillion $ business...  
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* multiplication of standards -> https://xkcd.com/927/  
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* Not-invented-here factor
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=History=
 
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* November 2022, DRxCJ workshop in Berlin in: "we" realised that a shared calendar of events would help us to facilitate cooperation between movements & organisations -- we could learn from each other, exchange experiences, and meet more often: https://labs.ripe.net/author/becha/towards-climate-justice-in-tech/
 
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* March 2023, TechInc / Open Data https://wiki.techinc.nl/Open_Data_AI_Climate_Justice_Calendar
 
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* July 2023, NotACamp TBD: : https://OpenMeetup.org Signal Group https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/edit/2ky-MS-kYiGm26dHUjm1derA/
 
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* November 2023, catalyst fund [[:File:november 2023 - federated events calendar for climate justice events  grant funding proposal.pdf]]
 
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=Ideas=
 
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==Edithon==
 
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* Place: Technologia Incognita hackerspace, Amsterdam (Louwesweg 1)
 
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* collaborative meetup / hackathon / discussion about events calendars & Climate Justice in Tech
 
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==Possible Grants==
 
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* https://greenscreen.network/en/catalyst-fund/
 
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* https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Funding
 
  
 
==Example Calendars==
 
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  - https://mobilize.berlin/
 
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==Platform Requirements==
 
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  - https://joinmobilizon.org/en/
 
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===Potential Particpants===
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==Participants==
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===Potential===
 
* DRxCJ mailing list;  
 
* DRxCJ mailing list;  
 
* E-impact list
 
* E-impact list
 
* HSNL
 
* HSNL
 
* UnCiv
 
* UnCiv
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==Edithon==
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* Place: Technologia Incognita hackerspace, Amsterdam (Louwesweg 1)
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* collaborative meetup / hackathon / discussion about events calendars & Climate Justice in Tech
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=OpenMeetup.org=
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Goal: Federated Events Calendar
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July 2023:
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* https://OpenMeetup.org
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* Signal Group after NotACamp TBD: https://cryptpad.fr/code/#/2/code/edit/2ky-MS-kYiGm26dHUjm1derA/
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=Possible Grants=
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* https://greenscreen.network/en/catalyst-fund/
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* https://wiki.techinc.nl/MeshNet#Funding
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[[:File:november 2023 - federated events calendar for climate justice events  grant funding proposal.pdf]]

Revision as of 10:53, 1 February 2024

curating and creating shared calendar of Climate Justice events

Shared calendar of events

Background story: at the DRxCJ workshop in Berlin in November 2022, "we" realised that a shared calendar of events would help us to facilitate cooperation between movements & organisations -- we could learn from each other, exchange experiences, and meet more often.

Challenges

This is not an easy problem to solve, because...

  • coordinating humans is a hard job
  • "search" technology is a multibillion $ business...
  • multiplication of standards -> https://xkcd.com/927/
  • Not-invented-here factor

Example Calendars

Existing calendars : global 

- ripe.net/events (& https://www.ripe.net/participate/meetings/calendar) 
- nsrc.net/calendar (Education Outreach and Training (EOT) Calendar for Internet Development) 
- pch.net/calendar (Calendar of Internet Governance Meetings in 2023) 
- https://radar.squat.net 
- https://events.rebellion.global  
- https://foss.events/
- https://gettogether.community 
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Local: 

- https://amsterdamalternative.nl/agenda
- https://amsterdam.jekuntmeer.nl/sociale-kaart?s-kaart=1&s-answer%5B7%5D=0&s-search=satirius&admin-limit=
- https://buurtgroen020.nl
- https://extinctionrebellion.nl/events/page/2/
- https://mobilize.berlin/

Projected

Platform Requirements

- funded by ethical sources (to be agreed later on what does that mean) 
- FLOSS Free/Libre Software, Open Source  (not proprietary)
 * that means other groups can also use this software!  
- Open Data  
 * there's no need to log in or have an account to read the calendar 
- global 
- federated! 
 * information is added once, then automatically shared with multiple other calendars
 * hosted on multiple "instances" (like Mastodon) 
- searchable 
- sortable 
- open for contributions AND moderated 
- easy to "parse" / export by API / RSS / (nnn?) 
- show past events 
- add review? 
- show all this on the (OpenStreet) map 
- find a way to ensure maintenance in the future 
- if possible: extend existing software, instead of "reinventing the wheel" 
- nice to have: export to ISC calendar entries 
- nice to have: subscribe to it by mailing list (for specific categories / tags) 
- --nice to have: hosted on a memorable (short) URL  =>  - isoc.org?   apc.net?--

Open Data Sources

- radar.squat.net
- ccc events 
- meetup.org
- eventbrite
- Wikipedia
- personal collections , e.g. https://wiki.techinc.nl/User:Becha/events2023
- https://climatecultures.net/get-involved/receive-updates/ 
- https://www.digitalrights.community/events

Existing software

- https://framagit.org/framasoft/mobilizon
- LibrEvents https://libr.events/
- https://libr.events/mobilizon-poster/ 
- https://github.com/GetTogetherComm/GetTogether
- FRAB?

Federated


Possible platforms

- wikipedia
- Fediverse? 
- https://joinmobilizon.org/en/

Participants

Potential

  • DRxCJ mailing list;
  • E-impact list
  • HSNL
  • UnCiv

Project

Ideas

Edithon

  • Place: Technologia Incognita hackerspace, Amsterdam (Louwesweg 1)
  • collaborative meetup / hackathon / discussion about events calendars & Climate Justice in Tech

OpenMeetup.org

Goal: Federated Events Calendar

July 2023:

Possible Grants

File:november 2023 - federated events calendar for climate justice events grant funding proposal.pdf

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