Wigglet

joined 3 years ago
[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

We have a list of green light jobs for immigration but please be mindful our country is in need of collective minded people, not a flood of individualistic Americans with a warped political view and black-and-white thinking. I know several Americans immigrants who are incredible assets to Aotearoa. We know it's not all of you!

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

This is a really great idea. Thanks for making it happen 😊

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

So like a fully plastic Pickman?

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you looked at the green list jobs? A lot of companies pay for your move and with an offer dependents isn't a problem. Pets can be tricky though. Definitely not easy!

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Not easy outside of high-skills or wealth.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I live in Aotearoa New Zealand so we are lucky enough to still have a lot of local owned brands and i live rural so I have neighbours farmstalls and my own produce options.

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

No worries 😊 i hope they work for you too!

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These are honestly really really good. Like a fudgier oreo

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I'm doing a full boycott of all American or American owned Mega corps. Pride themed cookies isn't enough for me, I want to a fair pay structure at all levels of their supply chain, more accountability on their environmental impacts, and a stance against facisim. Until then, I'll just buy as local as I can and bake my own 🫤

 

HOT TIP: when boycotting, try dupe recipes at home to share with friends. Sometimes there isn't a local alternative brand available but there is always someone with a recipe blog on the internet. I can still have doublestuffed mint chocolate sandwich cookies without funding the capitalist machine crushing my American friends ☺️

This recipe I used 1 cup butter substitute (i used a canola spread) 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ cup cocoa powder (i use trade aid or donovans) ½ cup golden syrup 1 teaspoon baking powder ¼ teaspoon salt 1 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mix in a food processor then set in the fridge for 25 minutes

Filling: ½ cup vegetable shortening 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 cup powdered sugar 1/4 cup flour Mint extract to taste

Or just do a small spoonful of peanutbutter as a filling

Roll out the dough to about 5mm thickness. Stamp and cut.

My oven is a joke so not sure the temp but i turn it on and bake for about 8-10 minutes. It will be a low temperature, probably like 170c. They are still soft when i pull them out so I let them sit on the pan to cool before filling and stacking

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is there a way to add brands i want to avoid that aren't on their list? I live in Aotearoa so I'm not sure if the list will have everything included

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

You hurt their donors. You strike at your regular job but it only works if the majority do it or in key industries. It's why the US has worked so hard to dismantle and discourage unions. Unions give the people power they can leverage.

Hard boycott is to stop consuming products from companies that donate to the administration. Dont buy them. Find alternatives where you can and go without when its not a necessity. It's really really hard but its the most powerful non violent method available

[–] Wigglet@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Strikes and hard boycotts are incredibly effective. There are other less favourable options too, but you should probably start with the strikes and boycotts.

 

Kia ora! I'm just another solarpunk in Aotearoa looking for other like-minded friends, inspiration, and advice on other ways I can green up my life.

I live in an off-grid tiny home I built with my partner in 2016 out of wood and second-hand windows/doors/appliances. We run off solar power, rain water, a composting toilet, and try to repair, mend, make, borrow, and buy 2nd hand or local. Our meat is all hunted, which here in Aotearoa is a huge help for our environment as our only native mammals are seals and bats. Everything else is a pest. We also grow a lot of our own fruit and veggies, but the garden is still a work in progress.

I'm looking at irrigating the garden and automating the process. I saw something about https://www.home-assistant.io/ online but would love any advice you might have. I'd like to automate and chart my watering as well as integrate moisture monitors and a weather monitoring system.

I have an electric bike and an old 1996 honda crv. I'd like to switch to an electric vehicle, something like a Pickman 4x4 or another small farm vehicle, as I only need to get to the village bus stop, neighbouring farms, and the occasional trip into town via back roads.

Clothes are me-made with 2nd hand materials, mostly from the dump shop. I've helped start a collection point for alternative recycling like bottle lids and tetrapaks, a library of things, and a community workshop. We are working towards a bike repair hub and time bank but it might be a couple years before they are operational.

Please share all your inspiration, book recommendations, and thoughts around other ways I can make an impact in my community 😊

 

Kia ora 😊 We are replacing the software for our community library of things are looking for options. We live in a village so it would be a max of 300 accounts and probably 2000-3000 items in the inventory. I'm having a hard time finding anything open source.

I know it's very niche so no worries if nobody knows of anything 😊

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