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Co-counselling (CCI UK) Co-counselling is a grassroots method of personal change based on reciprocal peer counselling. It uses simple methods. https://www.co-counselling.org.uk/

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Ecofriendly Homestead Integrate Permaculture Design with Regenerative Gardening: a complete guide https://ecofriendlyhomestead.com/integrate-permaculture-design-with-regenerative-gardening-a-complete-guide/
Enshittification a process in which two-sided online products and services decline in quality over time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification

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What is a Food Forest? A food forest, also called a forest garden, is a diverse planting of edible plants that attempts to mimic the ecosystems and patterns found in nature. Food forests are three dimensional designs, with life extending in all directions – up, down, and out. https://projectfoodforest.org/what-is-a-food-forest/
Forest Gardening A Forest Garden is a designed agronomic system based on trees, shrubs and perennial plants. These are mixed in such a way as to mimic the structure of a natural forest – the most stable and sustainable type of ecosystem in this climate. https://www.agroforestry.co.uk/about-agroforestry/forest-gardening/

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Games, gaming, gamer culture, pastimes, enjoyable pursuits...

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Online chess lichess.org is a free/libre, open-source chess server powered by volunteers and donations. https://lichess.org/

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Map of Gender Diverse Cultures Throughout recorded history and since time immemorial, thriving cultures have recognized, revered, and integrated more than two genders. Terms such as transgender, gay, or bisexual are Western constructs that often assume three things: that there are only two sexes (male/female), as many as three sexualities (gay/straight/bisexual), and only two genders (man/woman). https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/

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Homebrew Website Club Homebrew Website Club is a growing world-wide network of meetups for everyone who wants to take back their web experience from social media silos, and own their online identities & content, or just want support with blogging! https://indieweb.org/Homebrew_Website_Club

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The IndieWeb is a people-focused alternative to the “corporate web”. We are a community of independent and personal websites based on the principles of: owning your domain and using it as your primary online identity, publishing on your own site first (optionally elsewhere), and owning your content. https://indieweb.org/
Indigenous Farming Practices Over the course of human history, Indigenous people around the globe have developed sustainable farming practices that have nourished their communities for generations. These practices prioritize health in its many different forms: the health of the soil, the nutrient content of the crops, and the physical health of the community. https://populationeducation.org/four-indigenous-farming-practices-for-a-sustainable-future-today/

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Some of my favourite music sites, that I think the world might benefit from knowing about.

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Slack Radio & Shop Discover Unique Slack Radio and SubGenius Merchandise—Handcrafted by Local Artisans! https://slackradio.shop/
Concertzender Thirty-nine years ago a group of music lovers shared a strongly felt need to create a sanctuary where everything revolves around music... https://www.concertzender.nl/en/
Radio Garden Radio Garden is a non-profit Dutch radio and digital research project developed from 2013 to 2016 by the Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision (under the supervision of Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg's Golo Föllmer), by the Transnational Radio Knowledge Platform and five other European universities. https://radio.garden
Soma FM Listener-supported, commercial-free internet-only radio station. https://somafm.com/
CKUA Canadian donor-supported broadcaster that inspires and connects through the power of music, arts, culture, and story. https://ckua.com/
Silver Lake Chorus 'Easy to Die' (written by Aimee Mann) One of many personal favourites. Section to be constructed https://vimeo.com/201078820

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Neocities Neocities is a social network of 1,503,700 web sites that are bringing back the lost individual creativity of the web. (as at March 2026) https://neocities.org/
The Neocities Blog - Making the Web Fun Again "... The web we have today is a sad, pathetic, consumption-oriented digital iron curtain, and we need to change that. ..." https://blog.neocities.org/blog/2013/05/28/making-the-web-fun-again
Nonviolent Communication Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is a communication process developed by clinical psychologist Marshall Rosenberg in the 1960s and 1970s based on the principles of nonviolence and humanistic psychology. It aims to increase empathic understanding and reduce conflict in everyday interactions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonviolent_Communication

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Permaculture Association home page Permaculture is more than just a different way to garden. It’s a fresh perspective to help us make better-informed choices which give the planet and its people the best chance at flourishing. https://www.permaculture.org.uk/
p5.js p5.js is a friendly tool for learning to code and make art. It is a free and open-source JavaScript library built by an inclusive, nurturing community. p5.js welcomes artists, designers, beginners, educators, and anyone else! https://p5js.org/

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Regenerative Agriculture Regenerative agriculture is a conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems. It focuses on topsoil regeneration, increasing biodiversity, improving the water cycle, enhancing ecosystem services, supporting biosequestration, increasing resilience to climate change, and strengthening the health and vitality of farm soil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regenerative_agriculture
Repair Café Repair Café is an organisation with venues set up to provide people with a place to work on repairing objects of everyday life, such as electronics, mechanical devices, computers, bicycles, and clothing. General description
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repair_Caf%C3%A9

Wrexham RC
https://repaircafewales.org/location/wrexham/

Llangollen RC
https://repaircafewales.org/location/llangollen/
Rewilding Rewilding is a form of ecological restoration aimed at increasing biodiversity and restoring natural processes. It differs from other forms of ecological restoration in that rewilding aspires to reduce human influence on ecosystems. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rewilding

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The Stone Soup Story a European folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Soup
SadGrl.Online A personal website of writings, guides and resources https://sadgrl.online/
Software Defined Radio Software-defined radio (SDR) is a radio communication system where components that conventionally have been implemented in analog hardware (e.g. mixers, filters, amplifiers, modulators/demodulators, detectors, etc.) are instead implemented by means of software on a computer or embedded system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software-defined_radio

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Wireless Mesh Network A wireless mesh network (WMN) is a communications network made up of radio nodes organized in a mesh topology. It can also be a form of wireless ad hoc network. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_mesh_network

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Yesterweb A visionary approach to independent web organisation that clearly appealed, but may have imploded or stalled due to various factors. Worth cross referencing, like everything. https://yesterweb.org/

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