Introductions to who we are, what we do and why are often given here at Kanthaus and each person does that differently. Here is a filmed introduction, in order to allow you to prepare, get inspired or just procrastinate :-) and to possibly allow you to ask more detailed questions.

I would say this introduction is best for:

• people who are not entirely new to the topics of saving and sharing
• and for (potential) kanthausians

Doug has written something nice about the values before: what's the real deal with the principles?

I have put down the most important bullet points below. We hope everything is working with d.tube. Feedback via e-mail. Have fun watching :-)

If the video below doesn't work, you can also download it.

Content of the video

History

• wastefulness in the world
• foodsharing - saving and sharing food
• yunity - saving and sharing everything
• more long-term and more sustainable - 2 houses as permanent place for it

Values

• Self-determination
• Equivalence
• Acceptance

Aims

• provide and connect public and common resources.
• give what we can, take what need and facilitate others to do the same.
• develop free and open-source software.
• promote sharing and reduce waste.

what does that mean (in practice)?

• provide infrastructure

• a project house - a house for the realization of projects, one of which is the community/the house, people have own projects

• constitution (decision making, responsibility, who is staying for how long) -> Internet (https://kanthaus.online/en/governance/constitution)

• internally

• locally

• nationally/internationally

• open for people to participate!

• self-organization, personal initiative; important to take an active role in the house with ones own strengths

• giving and taking

About the author: Laurina has been with Kanthaus since its foundation and did especially vision-related, social and emotional work for the project.