DWeb is a movement of folks aiming to build our tech into the hands of our communities - decentralizing, distributing, making the web a decent place.

This website is home base for the official DWeb node for Vancouver. DWeb Nodes act as local hubs for conversations and networking around DWeb projects. They serve to educate, share knowledge, and connect people of diverse backgrounds interested in building a better web. You can browse the other regional nodes on the DWeb website.

DWeb Vancouver's current focus is to connect folks interested in DWeb both within Vancouver and our larger bioregion. We do this by managing a Community Calendar on Lu.ma and hosting invigorating community activities around town.

"DWebYVR" is the nickname for DWeb Vancouver, so named because of our airport's IATA code. Nothing to do with virtual reality!

DWeb Principles

This is a diverse and interdisciplinary movement, bridging people coming from fields across science, art, agriculture, music and more. What we share is a belief in and desire to align our tech with the five core DWeb Principles:

Technology for Human Agency
Distributed Benefits
Mutual Respect
Humanity
Ecological Awareness

Read more about the Principles on the DWeb website »

Origins

Global in scope, the DWeb moniker comes from the recurring series of DWeb Camps run out of California since 2018, sparked and upported by the Internet Archive.

Get Involved

This is a volunteer initiative which collaborates on a variety of projects. We welcome additional people, protocols, and projects to get involved and organize more events and activities as we build shared platforms.

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If you have questions about DWeb Camp Cascadia, or just want to hang with others interested specifically in our regional Camp, please join us in the DWeb Discord #dwebcamp-cascadia channel. The contacts below are for the Vancouver node.

Contact

All are welcome!

  • Join the DWebYVR Signal group --> to prevent spam and bots, clicking this link will issue a request to join the group. Our volunteer mods will message you on Signal to verify your humanity.

    Please check for messages from new contacts after you request to join. If we don't receive a reply within a week, the request will be denied.
  • Enter the DWeb Global Discord chat, and find us in #dweb-vancouver channel