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HOLOBIONT LAB

a climate change community impact laboratory

We are a working class, collaborative laboratory created in response to climate change and its many impacts on our communities.

We use a combination of practical strategies, wild experimentation, affordable tools, and creative interventions to enhance community sustainability and local resilience to climate crisis.

We understand ourselves (and others!) to be both grassroots scientists of the imagination and on-the-ground strategists for our collective survival.

PROJECTS

Colobo

A solar installation at Colobo near Norris Square.

Gritty Goes Solar

We made a zine to help Philadelphians navigate getting solar installed on their houses.
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Abolition Plaza

Abolition Plaza is a solar powered, pandemic appropriate outdoor organizing, socializing and gardening space.

KARAKUNG REEF

 

KARAKUNG REEF is our home base.

a small plot of land in West Philly which contains:

  • A tiny house and meeting space.
  • A shipping container housing a lab, power and storage.
  • A latent community garden.
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LAB NOTES

Why Holobiont

Holobiont is a term used in the biological sciences that looks beyond individual, isolated organisms toward the whole network of dynamic, interconnected elements that make life and survivability possible. The term is derived from the Ancient Greek word hólos (for “whole”) and the word biont (for “unit of life”).

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