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About
My name is Danyl Strype. I come from the islands of Aotearoa in the waters of Te-Moana-Nui-A-Kiwa, renamed 'New Zealand' and 'Pacific Ocean' by the European colonisers who built the city of Christchurch where I was born and raised. I recognise the Tāngata Whenua (first people of this land) of this place, whānau (families) and hapū (communities) of the iwi (tribe) Kai Tahu, who know this area as Ōtautahi. I currently live in the capital city of Wellington, built on the harbour known to Tāngata Whenua as Te-Whanganui-a-Tara. I am an environmental and social justice activist, with a specific focus on the area of media and communications. I am currently working on my own project, Disintermedia, which is aims to support groups developing the infostructure of free culture, and defending people's right to privacy, to access knowledge and to participate in cultural exchange. I was one of the founders of Aotearoa.In­dymedia.org. I worked actively as a member of the development network behind the site for 7 years, and I continue to contribute writing to the website. In 2007 I was a core management collective member, and technical co-ordinator, for the Oblong community internet space. Since late 2005, I have volunteered as a community developer on the Aotearoa/ New Zealand localisation of the CreativeCommons.org project. As well as free culture issues I am also interested in sustainable design, renewable energy, organic agriculture, co-operative organisation all of which and more are seen as integrated element in the holistic design philosophy known as permaculture. I recently set up the Permaculture in Aotearoa project for Permaculture in NZ, to provide email lists and wiki spaces to groups working on permaculture projects and issues.
Interests
music, writing, tai chi, fire dancing, journalism, computers, permaculture, natural health, vegan cooking, chess, swimming

Recent activity

Pages last modified by Danyl Strype

Date Page
May 14 Transparent Hardware in Disintermedia
May 14 Some other CC-licensed media on permaculture in permaculture in Aotearoa
May 14 Permaculture Open Educational Resources in permaculture in Aotearoa
May 12 Paper for FreeCulture2010
May 10 Disintermedia Calendar in Disintermedia
May 10 Past Events in Disintermedia
May 8 Shared Transport in permaculture in Aotearoa
May 8 Perma-Geeks in permaculture in Aotearoa
May 6 Intentions Bank in Disintermedia
May 6 Home in te whanau uenuku - rainbow family of Aotearoa/ New Zealand