# About

## This digital journal documents the process of community weaving in Pico Island, by practicing Microsolidarity.

[Microsolidarity](https://www.microsolidarity.cc/) is a community building practice focused on **creating structures for belonging and supporting people into meaningful work.**

> ***Belonging is a superpower**: we’re more courageous & creative when we "find our people"*.

In Pico, a fortnightly sharing circle evolved into bi-annual Gatherings, from where numerous projects are constantly emerging. Some of them manifest life-long dreams of their co-creators, others fail due to conflict or lack of energy. That's okay - **we are learning by doing**.

**Finding our people, a sense of belonging, and co-creating magic, comes along with practicing being together in groups of different sizes, regularly and intentionally.**

Here's the story of making it happen in a tiny island, not too far from one of the hypothetical locations of the *Atlantis*.

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## Long Term Vision ✨

Our long term vision is to co-create **Azores Regenerative Network**, connecting regenerative projects, communities and practitioners in the archipelago. Plus a **fleet of sailboats** crossing in between the islands and the Mainland.

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## Open Source Documentation

The intention of this documentation is to **learn by doing** and **work in public**. We're documenting our progress as it happens, with the intention to **clarify what is happening**, **inspire other community weavers**, and **attract meaningful feedback**.

We also have an intention of creating a **magnetic pull bringing more Microsolidarity practitioners into the archipelago**.

## Author

This documentation is compiled by [Michał Korzonek](https://michalkorzonek.com), a community weaver and catalyst. Important disclaimer: this is only my perspective on what is happening, and I'm not trying to be *perfect*.

## Contribute

You can **contribute with your suggestions to this documentation** by contacting me or suggesting an edit directly in [github repository](https://github.com/heymichal/pico).

On a different note: **community weaving and documenting is an important work, but it's tricky to get paid for it**. If you'd like to contribute financially, you can:

* **make a small regular contribution** via my [Patreon page](https://www.patreon.com/michalkorzonek)
* contribute with **cryptocurrency** at michalroots.eth
* **hire me to work with your organisation**. I create [experiences](https://michalkorzonek.com/experiences) and [documentation](https://michalkorzonek.com/documentation)

## Contact

You can contact Michał via [twitter](https://twitter.com/michalkorzonek) or email: michalroots {at} protonmail.com

I always get back to kind humans ✨

## Updates

**The best way to receive the most significant updates to this documentation is to** [**subscribe to our newsletter**](https://picomicrosolidarity.substack.com)**.**

## Copyrights

All the content on this site is published with a [CC-BY-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) license. So please use it however you like without asking permission: just give credit, and use the same license for derivative works.