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BOOK LAUNCH — How to make books more sustainable?

→ How to make books more sustainable? Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the article catalog of their three-volume book series into just one book. Compressing the content — an editorial and design choice — produces a larger reduction in resource use than printing on recycled paper could ever do.

→ During this book launch event, we present our "Compressed Book Edition", followed by a public discussion on sustainability in the book publishing business. We also have a number of copies for sale during the event.
18:45 Doors open
19:00 Book launch
19:30 Q&A
19:45 Book sale / snacks & drinks / networking / low-tech showcase ;)

📌 Barcelona — Akasha HUB, Carrer de la Verneda 19 (El Clot)

📝 sign-up on meetup! (meetup.com/akashabarcelona/eve)
🗯 poster by our intern Hugo Lopez

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@dobody
pour moi la solution decap + ssg est trés pratique mais ca demande d'utiliser netlify et ça c'est pas ouf. @doriane a fait des choses avec un nextcloud domaine public et pelican, ça avait l'air intéressant.
pour #lowtechmagazine on utilise direct l'interface gitlab, mais c'est sur qu'il y a du temps pour corriger les petites erreurs qui cassent tt

"There is hope, there is hope - so let's go!"

Really inspiring video with a lot of low-tech and solarpunk ideas. It has alot of biosphere 2 and whole earth catalogue vibe - but on a small scale. Really nice and cozy.

youtube.com/watch?v=_QGqcv28cU

Alot of the thinking and ideas are along the lines of Low Tech Magazine. For instance the mistshowers (solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2019)

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@kim thanks for the links (I love #lowtechmagazine ) - this is for my garage back room which houses all my various solar based projects, currently it's sitting at 5degC. It would be nicer if it was a little bit warmer to work in (but it's not urgent).

I'm not allowed to modify our house or my partner will be furious!

Hi folks / Bonjour toustes!

[fr] Petit message pour vous faire savoir que notre collection thématique en maintenant disponible en français, en + de l'anglais!

Toutes les infos sur nos livres ici: solar.lowtechmagazine.com/fr/o

C'est un bon moyen de faire plaisir à Noël et de soutenir #lowtechmagazine car la vente de livre est notre source de revenu principale!

[en] Our thematic book collection is now available both in english and french!

All the infos on our books here: solar.lowtechmagazine.com/offl

It's also a great way to support our work, as its our main income source!

N'hésitez pas à partager ! Boosts welcome!

Just spent 2 days in Strasbourg at the latest @prepostprint event with the kindest people :)

Huge thanks >> @timotheegoguely + Victor H. for organizing and generally everyone the generosity of contributions and warmth of conversations I felt!

This PPPerma-publishing was accompanied in spirits by the important words of @320x320 + @automatist on permacomputing. We also had to talk about #lowtechmagazine website.

Leaving Strasbourg full of Bretzels (literally) and inspiration
a+++ merci <3

Interessanter Gedanke von Kris vom #lowtechmagazine im Podcast von @PlanetCritical: #Lowtech funktioniert nur in kleinen, regionalen politischen Einheiten. Starke große Staatsgebilde und #Globalisierung sind die Voraussetzung von #Hightech und sie können Probleme auch nur mit noch mehr Technologie lösen. Ohne einen fundamentalen #Systemchange wird es keine echten nachhaltigen Lösungen geben können (ab ca. min. 36:00):
youtube.com/watch?v=vl2trYiLxq

In May #lowtechmagazine was invited by the Folkwang design school in Essen, DE to give a workshop on #smallscale #energy #systems. Together with a team of students, we spent 5 days experimenting with solar and human power.
Using PV panels and simple electronics, we created direct-drive solar power installations. We hacked several broken devices to make them run on solar energy and even had time to build a new bike generator!

Workshop by Kris De Decker and @marie_verdeil from #lowtech magazine

Photos by Dominik-Antoni Krolikowski