Can we get a solarpunk rival to burning man, where people congregate to permanently upgrade civic infrastructure somewhere instead? Like a convention of hippy nerds going door to door offering to install free insulation, guerilla gardening on empty lots, repairing derelict houses, running volunteer transit, hosting pop-up pay-what-you-can grocers and restaurants.. something that revels in _mattering_ instead of "leaving no trace" (but at exorbitant cost)

Welp, that "Solarpunk Infra Buildathon Festival" notion has blown up, glad to know that resonates with other people and not just me :)

Ye should know that I'm far too Executively Defunct to organise anything resembling this so it's absolutely something one of ye will have to arrange. Pick somewhere in the EU with a no-fly route from Ireland and I might even join in 😅

@seachaint an alternate option is maybe an art festival that happens on an illegal dumping ground where people use the trash to build art and garden installations. Not as fun as planting your own stuff in the middle of the city, but it would make for much better outrage if anyone tried to send the police and stop the festivities