Mark 🇨🇦
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Dad and husband, cybersecurity/IT infrastructure nerd by occupation, Amateur Radio/Linux/BSD/FOSS enthusiast, brewer of acceptable beer, community volunteer. I enjoy cycling, hiking, camping and reading. Public Libraries advocate. Life is too short for bad coffee. Politically best described as Red Tory, but respectful of non-extremist viewpoints from both sides.
Perth County, Ontario, Canada
Mark 🇨🇦💪@susankayequinn@wandering.shop Are there solarpunk resources/articles for "regular" folks living in suburbia or small-towns that give practical and effective guidance to moving towards more solar power, more self sustainable food (year round) etc.? Especially in more northern climates?
Mark 🇨🇦💪@graymattergrcltd@infosec.exchange In that particular instance, the young people were absolutely aware of the alternative but chose to do the "big haul" shops at the cheaper stores in the towns of their work instead. Tight budget can't blame them. Co-ops really seem to struggle on being cost competitive. Credit unions maybe an exception, and that's where it helps to have a co-op supply chain. That said, ONFC didn't last either, which supplied some smaller stores.
Mark 🇨🇦💪@graymattergrcltd@infosec.exchange I guess I find that there is this sort of co-op paradox; you would "think" a core part of their mission would be to deliver pricing competitive to the other stores to help the working class. The social goals are noble but if the working class can't afford to shop at a co-op store then it just kinda becomes a feel good exercise for the wealthy. Probably a bad take but that's how it comes across to me.