#SolarPunkSunday musings...

So, in contemplating my own vision of a #SolarPunk community, there are some *jobs* that imho are crucial to running any type of close-knit community /society...

1. People trained in #FirstAid / #MedicalArts -- for both humans and non-humans
2. #Plumbers
3. #Carpenters
4. #Masons
5. #Blacksmiths / #Metalworkers
6. #Architects / #Planners
7. #Foresters / #Foragers
8. #Gardeners / #Farmers / #FoodProducers
9. #Menders / #Cobblers / #Clothiers / #Seamsters / #Tailors
10. #Chemists / #Alchemists
11. #Herbalists / #Compounders
12. #CitizenScientists / #Observers
13. #Potters / #Ceramics experts
14. #Computer / #Technology fixers (especially #electrical and #solar)
15. #Mothers / #Caregivers
16. #Teachers / #Librarians
17. #Cooks
18. #Cleaners
19. #Weavers / #Spinners / #FiberArtists

Other suggestions?

5 Things You Should Always Do Before #Professional #Cleaners Come To Your #House

https://www.southernliving.com/things-you-should-always-do-before-professional-cleaners-come-11887923

Which do you buy or prefer?

#cleaning #cleaners

Professional #Cleaners Share Their Best #Cleaning Tips

https://www.manmadediy.com/professional-cleaners-share-their-best-cleaning-tips

Cleaning Workers Union members sit-in at Hong Kong Baptist University forced the outsourcing contractor to concede, winning cleaners a monthly allowance of between HK$300 and HK$500.

https://hklabourrights.org/news/small-victories-big-defiance-cleaning-workers-push-back-in-hong-kong/

#cleaners #HongKong #LabourMovement #organize #solidarity #unions

New York Subway cleaners (Covid) settlement for back wages and danger.
https://inthesetimes.com/article/new-york-subway-cleaners-settlement-covid

Chronology Minimum Wage
https://dol.ny.gov/history-minimum-wage-new-york-state

#cleaners #Covid #laborMovement #minimumwage #NewYork #Organize #workingpoor #SEIU

@gemlog @darkstar @publius @pizza_pal @pizzapal @RJF @linm@cyrix.matto.nl @jirka @stug @kelbot @snowdusk @claudiom @lopta @normandc @ParadeGrotesque Long time since my last #biking #cycling toot but I'll let one rip here about #bike #cleaners and #cleaning #bikes - https://youtu.be/pW0NKbMbjjA

Cresskill, NJ, US #photography #suburbanstreetphotography #suburbanstreetscape #blackandwhitephotography #cleaners

Sky Cleaners • Austin, Texas, USA

Rolleiflex 2.8 D • Kodak Tri-X 400 • 2025

#FilmPhotography #Kodak #TriX #Camera #Film120 #MediumFormat #Rolleiflex #BWfilm #Monochrome #Photography #ATX #TX #Downtown #Austin #Texas #Outdoors #Sky #Cleaners #Vintage #Singage #Cloud #April_22_2025

This is a well designed piece of research. It finds, unsurprisingly, that better cleaning = fewer hospital acquired infections = reduced costs.

How astonishing that such an argument needs to be made!

If we had more #respect for the #work done by #cleaners the connection between how well resourced they are to do their work, & outcomes for patients & costs to the hospital, would be obvious to all of us. Even hospital administrators.

When cleaning is contracted out & budgeted through line items that are separate from those used for clinical services, perverse incentives are created to ‘economise’ on non-clinical functions to improve a notional bottom line. I would guess something like this is at play here.

As is so often the case, the funding model is the problem. #health #hospitals #cleaning

https://theconversation.com/better-cleaning-of-hospital-equipment-could-cut-patient-infections-by-one-third-and-save-money-251917

https://jacobin.com/2025/03/liberated-broom-documentary-cleaners-belgium

#workingclasshistory #Belgium #Cleaners #educationworkers #cooperatives

For restaurants and #kitchens, efficient #cleaners #trolleys may be smaller in size but compact enough to quickly go through narrow passages 🚪 while offering big storage capacity 📦 for all #cleaning requirements 🧽 https://www.righttimetobuy.com.au/must-have-tools-to-make-easier-cleaning-tasks-easier/

Several brands of over the rim toilet #cleaners have #recycling marks.

Please don’t.

Outsourcing Struggles Of Hospital Cleaners At Prospect Park Hospital
https://notesfrombelow.org/article/outsourcing-struggles-of-hospital-cleaners-at-pros

#VitalSigns #healthworkers #cleaners #hospitals #organize #solidarity #frombelow
#labormovement #unions vs #outsourcing #privatisation #ProspectPark

A #mural advertising a local #Seattle #cleaners. #Rosie #TheJetsons

Garden Place, Hamilton. From the series: Notes on the country I live in

#GardenPlace #Hamilton #third #moe_tahurangi #Kōtuia #cleaners #Couples #silver #photographicgelatin #photographicpaper #workprints #gelatinsilverprints #Refusedisposal #undefined

http://api.digitalnz.org/records/40737048/source

A #quality #cleaners #trolley is designed for rigorous everyday use and can last for years. 🧹✨

Basic Cleaning Carts:

These are the most straightforward models, designed with simplicity in mind and suitable for light-duty environments where #cleaning demands are lower. 🛒🧽 https://www.purposeof.com.au/maximise-efficiency-the-purpose-of-cleaning-trolleys-and-carts/

“I am not unreasonable” – how Irshaad Kariman funds his luxurious lifestyle on the backs of refugee workers
https://www.doorbraak.eu/i-am-not-unreasonable-how-irshaad-kariman-funds-his-luxurious-lifestyle-on-the-backs-of-refugee-workers/

"Ukrainian workers do not always speak English or Dutch, are often ill-informed about labor rights, and do not always know how to find their way to solidarity networks. Unfortunately, this leads to a lot of exploitation because employers like Irshaad Kariman take advantage of this precariousness."

#WorkersStruggle #Cleaners #Union #Refugees