Solarpunk

I'd really like for it to be hosted on something like workadventure (which is like gather.town or Topia). A custom virtual space for both large announcements/talks and little discussions.

I don't want to be a downer, organizing events is really hard. I think it is worth saying though, the best part of conferences are meeting people. If anything I feel like solarpunk would emphasize member-to-member connections more than other conferences. It being a zoom call it feels a bit, idk, like watching a low quality YouTube video that can't be paused.

Google forms, eventbrite, shop full of “”collectibles”(aka garbage), prices for tickets to pay every part of the event instead of crowdsourcing everything except for the server, not so little price for the tickets, domain squatting for “solarpunk”, presence only on mainstream social medial (Twitter included!!!), very little praxis… At least they do publish some talks on YouTube, even tho it’s stuff that some channel already explain.

I don’t like to be a killjoy because it’s not solarpunk to watch and point mistakes of people who try but this really feels like more trying to earn something out of solarpunk rather than trying to change something out there

I hope I’m wrong :/