NODE+CODE #13 – Permacomputing & Sustainability Meetup

Our upcoming NODE+CODE #13 meetup will focus on the question of how to deal with technology in a sustainable way. A growing community is reflecting on the impact of technology, soft- and hardware on our environment – also known as permacomputing. How can we scale down, reduce waste, and use technology in our design and artistic work in a more sustainable way? Join our evening for discussions on low-res – with a hi-res soup.

📌 Due to the ongoing DB strike, we’ve had to reschedule the meetup and the following workshop to February. New dates are 8th of February 2024 for the meetup and 9th of February 2024 for the workshop!

Permacomputing?
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. (https://permacomputing.net/)

This time again, we invited some guests to our meetup. Ola Bonati and Brendan Howell will report directly from the permacomputing community and their activities around sustainability in design and computation. Next to that we will have Felix Große-Lohmann tell us something about the local initiative „MFA – Material für Alle“ from Frankfurt. The initiative is committed to enabling more sustainable circulation of materials in the Frankfurt cultural production.

NODE+CODE is made possible in cooperation with the Cultural and Creative Industries Hesse office at HA Hessen Agentur, Mainz University of Applied Sciences, the Crespo Foundation, MESO Digital Interiors and Wirtschaftsförderung Frankfurt. The project is funded by the Hessian Ministry of Economics, Energy, Transport and Housing as part of the measure "Promotion of cultural and creative industry institutions“.