What are your all-time favourite Edgeryders stories?

[noemi]

I remember this one fondly, it was a real collective effort and the actionable thing coming out of Edgeryders 1:

Funding 2.0 Edgecamp session: "Dear Funders" letter

This is the output of the Edgecamp session on Funding. I’ve formatted it as a letter to funders from our community. Please feel free to make suggestions and add ideas, one paragraph only per idea please, about possible funding/support mechanisms that you would like to share with funders (any funders, charities, governments or companies) - then add your name at the bottom. Remember it’s a real letter, and a real invitation to a discussion, so please phrase your contributions in that context.d …

For diversity: The many gifts people would contribute to a local community:

What would you bring to the Unmonastery?

[image]Hello all, I am in Matera and have started a discussion on the Unmonastery as summarized by Edwin in this report. The occasion is that Matera is bidding for European City of Culture 2019, and they asked me to help make their bid more cutting edge. They are interested. The facilities seem to be there. Now, would you help me take the discussion a little further? I would need some examples of the projects that a successful Unmonastery could undertake. Urban permaculture? Hardware hacking? S…

For depth: @alex_levene story which really shaped how we think about the hidden burdens of care work and how ‘everybody has a trauma’:

Care on the camp - A Calais story

What follows is a long story documenting some of my experiences working as a caregiver on the Calais camp during March - May 2016. The first thing that strikes you about the Calais camp is the smell. In the beginning you assume it comes from the camp itself. After prolonged exposure to it you realise it comes from the chemical plant next door. It pours a strange chemical tang over the surrounding area. I will never forget that smell. It masks the true nature of the camp. I use this image to em…