𰅡𰁐R𰄢𰀃C𰅇𰄡𰅡𰆙𰆃𰂐𰄲𰁩.𰄲𰁅𰆆

Permacomputing is both a concept and a community of practice oriented around issues of resilience and regenerativity in computer and network technology inspired by permaculture. Permacomputing is an international collective spread across North-America, Europe and Tasmania, with several satellite groups and communities beyond.

In a time where computing epitomizes industrial waste and exploitation, permacomputing encourages a more sustainable approach, maximizing hardware lifespans, minimizing energy use and focussing on the use of already available computational resources. Permacomputing asks the question whether it is possible to rethink computing in the same way as permaculture rethinks agriculture. Permaculture is the science and practice of creating semi-permanent ecosystems of nature. The resilience of any such ecosystem is equal to its diversity and interconnectedness. Permaculture design is a system of assembling conceptual, material and strategic components in a pattern which functions to benefit life in all its forms. It seeks to provide a sustainable and secure place for living things on this earth.

Permacomputing develop design principles and facilitate IRL and online exchanges to problematise the techno-optimist, techno-solutionist and techno-fascist mess we're in and how to organise a collective response.

Based in: international collective spread across North-America, Europe and Tasmania, with several satellite groups and communities beyond.