about civic.garden

civic.garden is a community for people building public interest technology of all kinds, including projects for governments, nonprofits, activist efforts, and other independent projects, where the goal is to empower people rather than capturing attention and extracting rent.

We aim to create a community that is complementary to many other kinds of communities of practice in the space. While there are some great local meetups and communities for one sub-field or another, there is not a place for a cross-disciplinary mingling of minds within public interest tech's numerous subfields. One of the primary goals of the community is to connect people that would not have otherwise met, which requires a community that is not constrained by specific field or geography. Our primary means of communication is a forum for discussion of projects, sharing relevant blog posts and readings, asking technical questions/sharing experience, and other topics.

projects

forum

At the moment we operate a small forum open to people interested in public interest technology. You are welcome to request access by filling out a short form.

microgrants

We are in the process of piloting a microgrant program aimed at boosting public interest technology projects.