Solarpunk Automation

Solarpunk isn't a mood board — it's hands-on, hopeful resilience. This build day teaches you to stand up real, community-owned infrastructure that keeps working when the grid, the cloud, and the corporations don't. You'll turn an old phone into a proper Linux server with postmarketOS, put up a Meshtastic mesh that talks device-to-device over LoRa radio (no SIM, no ISP, no tower to shut off), and host a local info hub — offline maps, emergency dispatch, skill-sharing, and mutual-aid boards that work with the internet down. Build a solar-powered field node sized to run on sun and a battery, and leave with a resilience blueprint that scales from a garden to a neighborhood to a commune. Appropriate tech you own, in service of people and planet.