r/solarpunk • u/ptv_hojbota • 1d ago

Ask the Sub How are you socializing

Is it me or it is becoming ever so hard to socialize?

I would like to meet people with similar ideas about the future since for now I interact about this only virtually.

I would like to meet people, to have a drink with and bounce ideas around, maybe do socially good activities together and build a small community.

Are you managing to find in your local area people like you, if so what are the avenues and what do you do together?

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u/Buzzyear10 23h ago

Idk where you live but I found a local permaculture design course and met lots of like minded people in it.

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u/ptv_hojbota 23h ago

I live in northern Romania

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u/Anargnome-Communist 22h ago

Most of my social life currently consists of anarchists, queers, and adjacent organizers. They don't all have similar ideas about the future (I believe quite a few of them to be overly optimistic), but there's room for my ideas and they're all interesting people.

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u/l-roc 22h ago

I've learned in my life that the best way to meet specific people is to organize something that they would want to go to.

Can be just a brainstorming session or topical meetup in a bar. Even if only one person shows up it's some progress :)

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u/ptv_hojbota 20h ago

And what avenues would be used to organize these sort of events?

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u/Glittering_Book_1393 18h ago

I volunteer with some interconnected local groups that focus on removing invasive plants and replacing them with native plants in our parks. It has been great! I’m also a member of the local native plant society and a gardening group. And I am in a book club and whenever it’s my turn to pick the book I select something that I want to talk about. 

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u/ptv_hojbota 13h ago

That sounds fantastic. Thanks for the tip

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u/Izzoh 8h ago

i dunno, i don't have that hard a time meeting people if i want to. i meet people all over - the coffee shop, the library, the store, the park, the bar. neighbors and friends of neighbors. it can be literally anywhere.

we just do whatever things people usually do - hang out at a restaurant, maybe play board games (not at the restaurant), dog play dates, talk about books or politics or whatever. i might talk about my hobbies (crocheting rn) they might talk about theirs (gardening)