Our group aspires to be as inclusive as possible. If Permacomputing is to be a part of the global struggle to define a more just, representative and ecological digital culture, we will need to have as many friends and allies as possible. And while Permacomputing has a strong appeal to experienced practitioners of software and electronics work, we want to attract people from backgrounds and communities that are less "nerd-identified". It's often the case that simpler "low-tech" solutions are less energy intensive as well as easier to understand and maintain. So we try to ensure that when the discussions get rather technical, we always try to bring the talk back to real practices that we can explain to anyone with the curiosity to learn.
We also realize that computing has, for far too long, been dominated by a small group of people with a specific cultural background. Less destructive, more locally-situated practices of digital culture will need visions and concepts from outside the typical coding and engineering circles. It is imperative to incorporate methods of craft and technique, forms of knowledge and principles of organizing and social life that come from our own everyday lives.