Open burdens

Connected Roots

A large-format ink illustration showing tree roots forming a network under a city grid. Each root system connects to a different neighbourhood, each neighbourhood has a different colour.

Daily Practice

The minimum viable program. One morning tradition, one evening reflection. For people who want to start somewhere without committing to a full canon.

• Morning Gratitude daily

Earth Keeper

A program for living closer to the land. Combines seasonal awareness, community meals from local produce, and regular skill-building around food systems.

• Seasonal Check-In solstice
• Community Meal weekly
• Skill Share Circle quarterly

Bearing the Weight

An acoustic folk song about the weight of knowing what needs to change and choosing to carry it anyway. Written after the first community meal in Kibera.

Nairobi Kibera Water Hub

Community rainwater collection and filtration point at the edge of Kibera. Gravity-fed distribution to reduce reliance on trucked water. Maintenance funded by a micro-cooperative model with transparent ledger.

Skill Share Circle

Monthly gathering where one person teaches a practical skill to the group. No slides, no theory — hands on. Past sessions: water filtration, basic electrical wiring, seed saving, first aid.

Shelter Kit Documentation

Step-by-step documentation for building modular emergency shelters from locally available materials. Follows the Solar Grid Standard for optional electrical integration.

Berlin S-Bahn Solar Corridor

Install solar canopies along the elevated S-Bahn ring between Ostkreuz and Treptower Park. The railway owns the airspace rights; the panels shade platforms in summer and feed surplus into the neighbourhood grid.

Community Meal

A weekly shared meal where each participant brings one dish. No money changes hands. The only rule: you eat what others bring before your own. Builds trust faster than any meeting.

Osaka Vertical Farm Proposal

Convert the abandoned Tsurumi warehouse district into a community-run vertical farming complex. The existing concrete structures provide thermal mass for year-round growing. Revenue model: 70% community, 30% open market.

Open Harvest

An open dataset mapping crop yields, soil conditions, and climate variables across 40+ regions. Designed for small-scale farmers who lack access to proprietary agri-data platforms.

Seasonal Check-In

At each solstice and equinox, gather to review what the community accomplished in the past quarter, what fell through, and what the next season demands. Honesty over optimism.

Morning Gratitude

Start each day by naming three specific things you are grateful for. Not abstract concepts — concrete, recent, particular. The practice trains attention toward what already works.

Solar Grid Standard

An open standard for connecting residential solar panels into cooperative micro-grids. Defines the communication protocol, safety thresholds, and load-balancing rules so any neighbourhood can pool surplus energy without a central utility.