#FabCity is an initiative challenging cities around the world to produce everything they consume by 2054.🙌✨⏳ Over the past year, #Oakland Fab City has cast a wide net aimed at capturing the city’s history of #SocialJustice, #inclusivity and #innovation, and Oakland Fab City organizers are working with everyone from #formerlyincarcerated youth to business associations to #college students to #architecture firms to start a conversation about what Oakland 2054 looks like. @collegealameda College of Alameda student and #maker Asia Tamaoki stumbled across a posting by COA's Fab Lab (@coafablab )to be a maker-in-residence. The position sounded intriguing, and Tamaoki was hired. Since January, he’s learned how to operate high-tech machinery, expensive tools and cutting-edge computer programs.😄 "This is the coolest place," Tamaoki said. "I’m learning all the time, and without the Fab Lab, I wouldn’t have the chance to access this stuff...2054 is far in the future for Tamaoki, the 18-year-old #CollegeofAlameda student. However, knowingly or not, Tamaoki is helping to push Oakland Fab City toward its 2054 goal each and every time he steps into the Fab Lab. That’s because he’s doing his part to bring more people into the larger conversation. In the past nine months, Tamaoki has welcomed his entire family and many of his friends into the College of Alameda’s Fab Lab so they can see the machines, the makerspace and the community for themselves. "Part of it is finding this awesome thing and wanting to share it with people," Tamaoki said. "The more people that come in the better." https://www.greenbiz.com/article/fab-city-global-circular-economy-movement-centered-around-local-makers?fbclid=IwAR2jr3xBBsAZAvIL-UGTcf8U9Utt3gyISRGgAK2ufYcT95ne8PID3LTyOmA @goelevatorworks @coafablab @laneyfablab @laneycollege @collegealameda https://www.instagram.com/p/B2kU-M0BDMK/?igshid=m85vmx17enb1
