Bristol Just Living is a directory of socially responsible organisations doing proper positive stuff in Bristol. What does this mean? Good question; read our principles for some idea of where we're coming from and what we want to promote.
We hope that the guide will make it easier for people new to Bristol to find their way around; that long-term residents will find new stuff of interest; that anyone searching on the internet for organisations will easily find complete details; and that organisations listed will find out about, collaborate with, and support each other. We've heard of examples of this happening, which makes us feel warm and fuzzy, unless that was the whisky.
The guide is open to submissions from the public through the form on the website; these are checked and included in the guide as appropriate.
Anything that happens on the guide, e.g. revisions, maintenance, promotion, printing etc. is done on-and-off by a group of volunteers, making decisions by consensus. We don't sell advertising in the guide and any donations go towards costs of production - everyone involved does it for the love of it. There's lot of ways to get involved or contact us if you have any questions.
Just Living Bristol is part of Bristol IndyMedia, an independent and democratic media project that brings you the latest news from Bristol and the South West. See bristol.indymedia.org for more information. The Bristol IndyMedia Collective are always in need of more help, and more money!
The Bristol Just Living site came into being thanks to the hard work of a lot of people: thanks to the Cambridge Just Living crew for the idea, the code and for just being; thanks to nickleberry for building the Bristol version; thanks to the Bristol Indymedia Collective for setting up and administering the site; and thanks to Lisa for the great logo.
A development server is set-up. Debugging starts. Computer skills are shared. Collaboration, inspiration, expectation...
The Bristol IndyMedia Collective hear about the Just Living project. And they think "What a Good Idea!".
Some splendid young people in Cambridge have a bright idea: their city needs some kind of an ethical guide. Fortunately there are a couple of geeks in their grouping and, lo, the original Just Living site is born.
