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We host classes that would otherwise be extortionately expensive or prohibitive. Sometimes with industry speakers, other times members will hold events or classes they have a keen knowledge of.

These include for example:

Repair cafes - where members of the public can come to help the environment, their own knowledge, and fellow hackers and makers - by repairing items from home instead of throwing them away or buying new.

Robotics lessons and workshops, involving the youth from local schools and other members of the public, where they're given the chance to work on actual robots while learning about machine processes, safety, and electronics.

Game programming, using open source, free to access software, people can easily create their own programs, games, and utilities with guidance from existing members!

Industry standard machines, periodically we also run classes on CNC Routers, Mills, and Lathes! Including the safety factors involved, the code to run these machines, and the materials capable of being worked.

This and much, much more.

All of this is done with the benefit of having people leave more knowledgeable, more conscientious, and able to live in a more sustainable manner.

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Our Ethos - Solid State Depot, Boulder Hackerspace

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We host classes that would otherwise be extortionately expensive or prohibitive. Sometimes with industry speakers, other times members will hold events or classes they have a keen knowledge of. These include for example: Repair cafes - where members of the public can come to help the environment, their own knowledge, and fellow hackers and makers - by repairing items from home instead of throwing them away or buying new.

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—Alejandra Abad

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— Alejandra Abad

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— Alejandra  Abad

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFb7BOI_QFc

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https://www.samsung.com/us/collections/eco-innovation/
https://www.unilever.com/planet-and-society/
https://www2.hm.com/en_us/hm-sustainability/lets-change.html

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Use sites for community art making and educational workshops
https://slowfactory.foundation/landfills-as-museums

Sites to drop off /partner with organizations that reuse electronics on campus
http://www.sociometry.com/wpsb/?p=3267

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Tech experts are calling it "the most driverless car to date". Yesterday's fatal Tesla crash in Texas is only a small part of the $700 million marketing blitz that has brought the new Tesla Model S into the spotlight. The crowning jewel of Tesla's newest software overhaul is the Full Driverless Experience (FDE), which promises to not only replace, but completely remove any and all human drivers.

The visionary company is famous for disrupting the tech space with their unconventional marketing approach. Yesterday's iconic crash comes right on the heels of Tesla's 2020 campaign, when they brought all of central London to a halt with the world's first fully-unmanned traffic jam.

"When we say we want a fully driverless future, we mean it" said Tesla CEO, Elon Musk at a press conference on Monday. Musk harked back to his childhood days as the heir of a Zambian blood-diamond empire "this tactical disdain for human life is crucial for any entrepreneur looking to really embrace change". Part entrepreneur, part activist, Musk wasn't shy when he lauded the new Tesla Model S's impacts on human-induced climate change; "We have a mission here at Tesla, and we won't rest until we completely remove the 'human' from 'human-induced climate change'".

As the dust settles on this captivating, fatal crash, Tesla sets its sights on the most unmanned parts of the universe. Fans are eagerly awaiting the next SpaceX launch, where a 12 person crew is being sent to the fiery surface of Venus, and returning in October as a slightly-charred but fully driverless spaceship.

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Tesla cars start killing their own drivers in bold next step towards fully driverless cars

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Tech experts are calling it "the most driverless car to date". Yesterday's fatal Tesla crash in Texas is only a small part of the $700 million marketing blitz that has brought the new Tesla Model S into the spotlight.

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Happy Earth Day! Here's some greenwashing in technology to celebrate :)

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Happy Earth Day! Here's some greenwashing in technology to celebrate :)

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Join the world's top companies-and take action now to reach net-zero carbon by 2040.

Be the
planet's

turning point

Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis.

Implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through business change and innovations, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, materials reductions, and other carbon emission elimination strategies.

Neutralize any remaining emissions with additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially beneficial offsets to achieve net-zero annual carbon emissions by 2040.

Meet the lineup

Co-founded by Global Optimism and Amazon, The Climate Pledge is powered by 445 companies in 38 countries around the globe.

Global Optimism is an organization that catalyzes transformative actions. It's led by Christiana Figueres and Tom Rivett-Carnac, who together oversaw the delivery of the Paris Agreement (the first global accord on climate change).

"To me, air travel is very dear. It connects people and allows them to explore the world-and it doesn't have to be a liability."

Pratik Chandroke Technical Manager, Neste

"If we lose our sourcing regions, that's a very big problem. Collectively, we can get a lot further than if we continue [to try to find solutions] by ourselves."

Stefani Millie Grant Senior Manager, Sustainability, Unilever

"What motivates me is my kids and thinking about the future they'll have. I'm gonna do everything I can so more generations can carry on this beautiful life."

Jennifer Wagner Former CEO, CarbonCure

Navigate planet-first teamwork

Passport is our virtual destination for climate action-part round table, part global cohort, part niche resource. Join the Pledge to get access and start connecting with other signatories.

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Founded in 2019, The Climate Pledge is a cross-sector community of companies, organizations, individuals, and partners, working together to crack the climate crisis and solve the challenges of decarbonizing our economy.

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https://www.harun-farocki-institut.org/en/2020/04/16/streaming-video-a-link-between-pandemic-and-climate-crisis-journal-of-visual-culture-hafi-2/

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beginnings of a weaving made of scraps from textile projects and old power cords

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More info on circuitBoard PhD project

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We acknowledge that this workshop is taking place through the connected devices and infrastructures of the internet, which is a material network that is built through natural resource mining and global labor exploitation, depends on vast and constant energy consumption, generates greenhouse gases that cause climate change, and produces e-waste that is part of a global chain of imperialism and inequality.

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The University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Center, with support from a number of campus departments and private sources, is expanding "Computers To Youth," its innovative approach to both protect the environment and benefit disadvantaged communities in Colorado. It is now an ongoing, year-round program with its formal launch set for Saturday, May 15, on the CU-Boulder campus.

Computers To Youth provides middle and high school students from low-income communities around Colorado with upgraded computers and basic computing programs. Surplus computers are donated by CU's Property Services department, whose staff will test components and securely remove data. The high school students then bundle these components into an upgraded computer and load the latest software to assist with academic achievement when they take the computer home at the end of the event.

On-site instruction and follow-up mentoring is provided by CU students from the state-wide MESA program (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement). CU-Boulder's MESA Center is administratively located within the Department of Pre-College Outreach Services in the Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE).

"Since an important goal is to enhance high school students' academic skills to enable their enrollment at universities like CU, these CU student mentors also provide ongoing assistance and encouragement throughout the year," said Gale Day, MESA Center director for CU. "For those high school students who choose to enroll at CU-Boulder, ODECE further supports the academic and personal success through academic retention programs like the CU LEAD Alliance."

Ten MESA high school students are recommended for the program by MESA advisers (teachers) in school districts throughout Colorado. A total of 40 students from four school districts are participating this year. The 10 students from each district then visit the CU-Boulder campus on one of four Saturdays. On May 15, students from the Denver Public Schools will come to campus to work with five CU engineering students.

"The university students felt that it was an inspiring learning experience. The fact that CU put together this program that saves resources, prevents waste and enables future scientists and engineers is completely brilliant, " said engineering student Rebecca Miller.

Computers to Youth addresses two pressing issues: the growing amount of waste from computers and the "digital divide" -- the relative inaccessibility to computing and communication technology.

As technology increasingly becomes a part of daily life, those without computer access fall further and further behind. This consequence, known as the "digital divide," mainly affects under-privileged populations, especially youth. With such a great amount of computer equipment being discarded by a technologically advanced campus and community, it only makes sense that some of this equipment be restored and redistributed in an effort to bridge the digital divide.

The Environmental Center has demonstrated success in this area, receiving funding from Dell for CU's first computer roundup in 2005 when over 50 working systems were collected from the community over the three-day event. In 2006, EPA funding allowed CU to expand its efforts statewide. With this experience, CU can more fully facilitate connecting CU students with disadvantaged middle and high school students year-round.

"This project is unique and exciting because it connects CU's commitment to diversity with our experience protecting the environment," said Jack DeBell from CU's Environmental Center. "It is designed to remind us that these two efforts can complement one another." The CU Environmental Center's newly expanded mission strengthens this link between environmental preservation and social equity.

In addition to CU's Property Services, Office of Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement (ODECE), and Environmental Center, other important contributors to date include the CU Parents Association and the Microsoft Corporation. "Hopefully, this project will create additional collaboration with community groups and corporate sponsors in Colorado," said Karen Hunter, MESA Coordinator with the St. Vrain School District, whose high school students were participants in a warm-up event at CU last month. "The students' new-found confidence as a result of the amazing folks at CU tell it all."

For more information, contact Jack DeBell at 303-492-8733 or debell@colorado.edu.

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CU-Boulder Bridges Digital Divide With 'Computers To Youth' Program

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The University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Center, with support from a number of campus departments and private sources, is expanding "Computers To Youth," its innovative approach to both protect the environment and benefit disadvantaged communities in Colorado. It is now an ongoing, year-round program with its formal launch set for Saturday, May 15, on the CU-Boulder campus.

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What if we pay attention to tending and wearing garments? What if we favour their use as much as their creation? The Craft of Use - the satisfying and resourceful ideas and practices associated with using clothes - changes the way we think about care for the future in unprecedented, profound ways. For what the craft of use represents is compelling possibilities and practicalities for fashion mainly within the clothes we already have. Use is not dependent on producing and consuming more. It takes its bearings from the skills, practices and ideas of tending and wearing, in the context of real lives. The craft of use is a glimpse of fashion not dependent on a growth economy or rising consumption alone.

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What if we pay attention to tending and wearing garments? What if we favour their use as much as their creation? The Craft of Use - the satisfying and resourceful ideas and practices associated with using clothes - changes the way we think about care for the future in unprecedented, profound ways.

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Weird and obscure DIY music and audio art.

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Useless de-stabilized but stable camera spinner

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Dismantled geometric laser projector to use the motors and speed knobs

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abstract scan art with wire sprinkles, old encyclopedias and mail advertisements

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Taking apart my old laptop, trying to fix it

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Taking apart my old laptop, trying to fix it

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CU Boulder is built on traditional territories of the Arapaho, Cheyenne, and Ute Nations

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https://forms.gle/suvXj2Dtxj4FPCFH9

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- Introduction

- Get to know each other

- Gather things

- Describe what we have and the stories behind those artifacts

- What do we want to make
- Make!

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futuresBoard 2051 is a two-part maker workshop for repurposing technology sourced from objects found at home or a digital file to create ‘artifacts from the future’. We can also help source materials for you.

To celebrate Earthday 2021, we are asking- What would the things we have or make look like in 2051? What kind of future do we want to contribute to?

We will be meeting on Zoom. Participants can attend one or both. At the end of the workshops, we will upload our work here. After the second workshop on Earth Day, April 22, there will be an optional exhibition of our works on Mozilla Hubs.

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tag your work with:
#futures2051

Twitter pages
@EcenterCU
@circuit_Board_

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What do we know about electronic waste?

What do we know about who is disproportionately affected from resource exploitation?

What do we need to assure, rather than degrade, our individual and collective futures?

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Thurs 3/11,  3:11pm to 5:21pm

Thurs 4/22, 4:22pm to 5:51pm

Timezone converter: https://bit.ly/3qwSNrq

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What do we know about electronic waste?

What do we know about who is disproportionately affected from resource exploitation?

What do we need to assure, rather than degrade, our individual and collective futures?