====== Values and Mission Statement ======

===== Values =====

The purpose of the Sunbeam City Cooperative is promote what we believe to be the values of the solarpunk movement. These values include:

  * Post-Capitalism
  * Social, economic and ecological justice
  * Permaculture, green/appropriate tech, and sustainable living
  * Cooperation, community and mutual aid
  * Decentralisation, democracy and self-empowerment
  * Knowledge-sharing

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===== Mission =====

The Sunbeam City cooperative will fulfil these values by:

  * Investing and running technologies which empower users, away from highly centralised structures
  * Educating and spreading awareness of the solarpunk and adjacent movements
  * Providing mutual aid for its members
  * Providing support for other groups who share our values

The Sunbeam City Cooperative aspires to the [[https://www.ica.coop/en/whats-co-op/co-operative-identity-values-principles|values set by the International Cooperative Alliance]].