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In neighbors we trust - Commitment Pools
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this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2026
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Solarpunk Urbanism
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A community to discuss solarpunk and other new and alternative urbanisms that seek to break away from our currently ecologically destructive urbanisms.
- Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.
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I love the idea of doing a little local experiment like this! I hope the author publishes the results of their test.
I like the concept of an IOU system. It would also work well for me being disabled - I don't necessarily have the ability to do work (like with time-banking), but I have resources like my home library and collection of instruments/tools that I could see being valuable in this context. I also often offer friends use of my sewing studio (including all my work spaces, tools, and sewing machines) which is valuable to folks who sometimes need to craft things but not often enough to justify having their own studio. My partner also could offer their skills and expertise in exchange for help that I receive.