Draft invitation for newcomers / organizers:
Fifth annual global OSCEdays - June 7 - 17, 2019
INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE
Who can participate?
Anyone! schools, children, teens, hackers, activists, communities, makers, scientists, engineers. Anyone who believes in sharing sustainable designs.
What does OSCE mean?
OSCE stands for Open Source Circular Economy, We all know that our environment is in a major crisis. Just this month, scientists have announced that carbon dioxide has reached levels in our atmosphere not seen in 3 million years. Society is undergoing seismic shifts towards a different kind of economy that does not ravage nature and gives it time to heal. A Circular Economy is vital to the future of a waste-free society that reduces dependency on scarce virgin resources, while an Open Source one is the most equitable, allowing any community to produce the goods and services they need to survive. OSCEdays is an education event that teaches citizens how to participate in fairest, regenerative economy - an open source circular economy.
When is it?
June 7 - 17, 2019
Where is it?
Everywhere. Anyone can hold a mini-event or share a small design hack. Contribute to a global database of best designs and practices that can allow others to benefit from your brilliant idea.
How do I participate?
Sign up at our global website by clicking on the community forum link and signing up. Chat with other change agents in the forum.
You can create an event or just get together with a small group of friends and create a shareable design that improves the world. If you want to create an event, visit the how to create an event link
What is this year’s theme?
Hack the City
In order to make it easy to share our enthusiasm with each other and the world, we came up with the idea of a PHOTO/ HASHTAG CAMPAIGN focused on solutions with a sense of urgency as humanity continues to accelerate unsustainable trends.
Our response is to STAND UP & HACK OR TRANSFORM OUR CITIES into the physical and virtual spaces from which sustainable solutions will radiate towards regions, countries, the whole planet. The June event motto is The City is Open Source. We invite you to answer questions such as:
- What if the city was a farm to feed us?
- What if the city was a café (or any other social space)?
- What if the city was …?
and document and publish your findings or personal answer/opinion in at least a PICTURE using #OSCEdays and #City.
Of course feel free to choose your own activity to work on and your own dates, if June is not feasible. However please make sure you share and document as much as you can as it is essential to our community’s mission
Need some design inspiration?
Visit some of the solutions our community have developed from past years.
Please continue to use our forum - if you need help, there is always someone ready to answer!
Have fun, do good work and see you all in June.
Maike, Julia, Qing, Silvia, Gien, Mike, Ricardo