🗞️ Microsolidarity Network September Update

‘Belonging on Purpose’ card deck - now for sale!

There’s something magical about watching a seed burst into life and eventually bear fruit. Earlier this year, in the Spanish spring, an idea set root to co-create a card deck that would put Microsolidarity into playable, actionable moves. An in-your-hand answer to ‘how do you DO Microsolidarity?’. This week, as the autumn winds arrive in Berlin, so have the first shipment of 168 freshly printed decks and handmade pouches. And they are, quite literally, a work of art (thank you Sílvia Bastos). In this month’s newsletter we’re excited to announce that you can now order a deck into your very own hands! We can’t wait to hear what you think of them and how you’ve put them to use. Read on for more info, as well as a sprinkling of other highlight events and podcasts from practitioners in the Network this month.

Community Highlights

🎴 ‘Belonging on Purpose’ - the Microsolidarity Card Deck

Last May, 18 Microsolidarity practitioners came together to put 7 years of Microsolidarity research and experience into a pocket-sized playable card deck.

And… as of TODAY it’s for sale!

Purchase the ‘Belonging on Purpose’ deck for yourself, a friend, your team or community!

‘Belonging on Purpose’ the Microsolidarity Card Deck in their lovely handmade colorful pouches

The deck is perfect for introducing Microsolidarity to others and/or help you bring out the best of any group as a host, event participant or community co-resident.

Those who’ve already had a sneak peek have called it “a transdimensional object of joy. A psychoactive card deck.”

“The illustrations are gorgeous, the whole card design is beautiful. Perfect size, well printed, really well done.”

It’s even had its first mention in the Twittersphere 🥳

In the video below, Jocelyn explains a bit more about the deck and how to play it:

Upcoming Events

🤙 October Network Call: Navigating Conflict Collaboratively

Join Jocelyn this Thursday in an exploration of how conflict shows up in our Microsolidarity experiments. What does it mean to address conflict from a Microsolidarity perspective? We’ll be sharing stories and inspiring each other to find more effective and collaborative conflict approaches.

When? 2nd October, 19:30 - 21:00 CET / 10:30 - 12:00 PDT

Register on Open Collective for €3/month and you’ll receive a calendar invite with the Zoom link for these calls.

🌱 Growing Communities of Mutual Support - A Microsolidarity practice journey

Join Nicki and Jocelyn Endres for a 6-week in-person journey into the art of mutual support and community-building in Berlin!
In this Being Lab workshop series we’ll explore how to create group spaces rooted in safety, trust and care, how to surface our needs and gifts and help each other grow.

📅 Tuesdays, 21 October – 25 November, 7–9pm at the Gemeindesaal in Schillerkiez, Berlin Neukölln

For more info and to register go here

Growing Communities of Mutual Support - A Microsolidarity practice journey in Berlin

✨ Notacoliving TWO! Community focused pop-up

Kathrin David from our network is organizing another NoCo experience and would love to have more of us join:

Following our first experiment in February, when we met some of you in Andalusia, we are organising another round of #notacoliving.

We learnt a lot and want to go even deeper with the topic of: How do we want to live?

We are renting a dedicated community space in the French Pyrenees (Pyren’Escape). Between cozy fireplaces vibes and fresh mountain air, we will explore the role of nature, space and the next steps to build our dream life ✨

We already have someone from the network joining us and we would love more of you to do the same.

📅 From 1st Nov to 15th Dec, in the French Pyrenees - find more info on our page.

Picture from Pyren’Escape, our chosen home for Noco 2, in a mesmerizing inspiring landscape

Resources

📹 A conversation about ‘Taking Risk and Building Trust’

In this episode, Jonas and Jesse take a moment during a recent outdoor adventure, to reflect on what they’ve been learning from going on high stakes outdoor adventures with friends.

You can reach out to them at hello@jonasgroener.com or jesse@jesseevers.com if you are curious about this topic or would be interested in participating in an event based on the intersection between outdoors experience and community building.

Jonas and Jesse reflecting on outdoors experience and community building

More learnings from EU Summer Camp 2025 🏕️

On our last issue we shared a collection of inspiring reflections and insights from participants after summer camp. But the learning didn’t end there, since then, there have been juicy writings and conversations that continue to dive deep into the summer camp experience.

🎥 The Blind Chef Returns: Creating a Stress-free Kitchen System
In this conversation, Sam explores with Pietro and Gui how the kitchen crew transformed meal preparation at summer camp through decentralised coordination - and which Microsolidarity principles made it all work.

🪶 “Choosing my Own Adventure” by Ondrej Krizan
In this rich piece, Ondrej reflects on his experience co-hosting the Microsolidarity Summer Camp and what he’s learned about bringing out the best in a group of wonderful, beautiful, and somewhat unhinged humans.

🖋️ “Microsolidarity Summercamp 2025: It’s about connection, stupid!” by Chillja
In this honest reflection, Ilja takes us through his journey from initial resistance to (re)discovering the beautiful emergence that happens when semi-strangers transform into temporary family.

Get involved!

👋 Stay Connected — Join the Telegram group
Our Telegram channel is full of Microsolidarity connections: crew invitations, local meetups, peer support, and ongoing conversations that keep us linked.

Come say hello and see what’s happening 👉 Join here and don’t forget to check the pinned Welcome Message to introduce yourself.

✏️ Share what's alive for you
Got something Microsolidarity-related to share with the network? An invitation, reflection, update, or creative piece?

Submit here by October 28th, or reach out with questions at microsolidarity@gmail.com.

That’s all for this issue! See you next time!
Jocelyn & Gui

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