We are human producers of technology and are committed to thriving natural environments and genuine human connection, built on kindness toward ourselves and others.

Commitment Statement 1.0

People, communities and natural environments have been harmed and are suffering because of capitalism-driven demands on technology for value extraction. As the people that build technology, we have experienced the isolation and sense of emptiness that can arise when our skills and energy are devoted to building evermore meaningless products and systems. We know that antidotes to this include spending time in nature and in genuine human connection with ourselves and others. 

As human producers of technology, we are committed to: 

  • cultivating a friendly and attuned relationship with our own minds

  • venerating nature as powerful, vulnerable and curative

  • understanding that technology is a useful tool not a directive, thereby avoiding the proliferation of technological pollution, debt and junk

  • building technology that furthers positive social transformation and mutualism

  • respecting both users and builders of technology as living human beings, each of whom wishes and deserves to live a healthy and fulfilled life

  • prioritizing opportunities to do purposeful work

  • using the technology we build as a medium for treating each other and ourselves well

  • carefully refraining from causing harm by releasing shoddy code and implementing misguided designs

  • valuing the importance of genuine, human connection and fostering trusting, interdependent and joyful human relationships in our communities

  • having the work we do be informed by integrity, knowledge and humor

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Do you believe that we can and must help restore nature and human connection through producing technology with a greater sense of responsibility, care and awareness of its impact on nature, ourselves and others? This is a declaration of intent, an alignment with others and a commitment to ourselves.

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Community

Shankar Revadala :::

Philippe Drouillon ::: consulting-metamorphosis.com

Suzanne Reed ::: collaborationconnection.org

Erica Purvis ::: technicalnature.org.uk

Madeline Pickering ::: madelinepickering.com

Alyssa Reese :::

Dave Clements :::

Becca Williams ::: thoughtdistillery.com

Ara Howard ::: instagram.com/drawohara

Michael Belanger ::: salusitgroup.com

Alchemists ::: alchemists.io

Shomila Malik ::: recknsense.com

Stacey C Putka ::: defycolorado.org

Spike Ilacqua ::: dojo4.com/team/spike-ilacqua

Peter Welsch :::

Cristiana Costin ::: cristianacostin.com

Gord Kagel ::: trovela.io

Helen Simmons ::: twitter.com/Littlehen33

Ben Almen ::: benalmen.com

Beth Salyers ::: customlearningatelier.com

Faye Cox ::: hourbooks.com

Brenda Wang ::: brandxcel.com

Jetha Marek ::: jethamarek.com

Scott McGee ::: adventurephotography.forest2sea.com

Grow Ensemble ::: growensemble.com

Emily KenCairn ::: apiarystud.io

Maiya Holliday ::: mangrove-web.com

Lacey Ankenman ::: laceydesign.com

Luke Miller ::: dojo4.com/team/luke-miller

Yana Prokopchuk ::: brand-create.com

Akim Adams :::

Jay Frank ::: bsymbiotic.com

Roberta Kowalishin ::: it-innovation-services.com

Jen Kurian ::: linkedin.com/in/jenkurian/

Emily KenCairn ::: apiarystud.io

Eva Sachar :::

Jeremy Hinegardner ::: github.com/copiousfreetime

Ahmid Stovall ::: dojo4.com

Nwosa Emmanuel Abiola ::: linkedin.com/in/nwosa-emmanuel-27b2b098

Noah Larsen ::: oomfactory.com

Kerry Ivan Kurian ::: fastjackson.com

Derek Dunagan ::: dojo4.com/team/derek-dunagan

Corey Kohn ::: dojo4.com/team/corey-kohn

Who We Are

We are Dojo4, a small tech agency co-operative in Boulder, Colorado. Although this topic has been near and dear to us for many years, this initiative is a first iteration. It is part of how we are bringing meaning to our work. We are not experts, but do want to host a conversation.

Resources

Antidote to Tech community members have offered many resources that are listed here.

Below is also a short list of resources that we have in the works, that we hope to share with you here. What could you use most?