How do we help?
In our first founding years, we will primarily be helping through donated funding, and some mentorship + time + energy from our founders helping support projects and partnerships.
As we grow and evolve, we will build a network for supporting solarpunk projects and partnerships, and help connect, mentor, and grow the strength of that community, eventually acting as a venture network funding experiments, projects, and businesses.
The (working) SLLVN Evolution Roadmap:
🧎♀️ Crawl - Year 1 (2025): Establishing the Org, Funding Partners
🚶♀️ Walk - Year 2 (2026): Growing the Network, Funding Partners and Projects
🏃♀️ Run - Years 3–5 (2027–2030): Scaling Impact, Pilot Projects, Funding Partners and Projects
🚵♀️ Bike - Years 6–10 (2031–2035): Long-Term Influence & Ventures, Pilot Projects, Funding Partners and Projects
Each phase builds further reach, impact, and influence as we grow, test, learn, and evolve.
How evaluate and build projects and partnerships:
Always put the user first, and test, iterate, and listen extensively
Build open source and as transparently as possible to create artifacts, share knowledge and empower & democratize resources and tools
Be fiscally & equitably responsible
Focus on community and locally-focused organizations
Find ways to support "Reduce • Reuse • Repurpose • Repair • Recycle" lifecycles
Partner with public institutions, historical, cultural, government, & media organizations
Embrace and experiment with technology, but always using it responsibly