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What humla is not

Humla is a space for socializing, and a space for working.

These two need not be mutually exclusive, however, to ensure that the space is conducive to these goals:

a) people who are disturbing the productive attitude of the place should be asked to engage their energy elsewhere(probably courtyard).

b) the furnituring of the space is kept as minimal or austere as possible to try to promote an active behaviour (keeping the amount of couches or armchairs or useless stuff to a minimum).

c) the place doesn’t sell alcohol or doesn’t condone people bringing their own booze to simply consume it inside of the space.

Even if de-facto many humlaers have developed an anti-prohibitionist opinion about policy with light drugs (as many think that the only possible policy about drugs is the containment of self-damage), the place doesn’t permit smoking or preparing funny cigarettes stuffed with pot,weed, hash, charas, pollen, oil and thc in general inside Humla. This to avoid attracting flocks of passive, not interested smokerz into our autonomous zone, just because they have no other place to do it in peace. Both drinkers and smokerz can be kindly asked to go elsewhere, as far as it is them who could take responsibility for their actions and consequent altered state, and not us. This doesn’t mean that Humla does not admit people under the effect of substances, the concern is purely about a self-responsible attitude about drugs and an attentive behaviour towards the others. Peace!

For raising funds to finance the different projects, some parties will be held in which alcohol is gonna be sold , but there is a clear difference between more tolerant party time and no-party time. If there is a need to raise money, we sell alcohol at parties, otherwise we avoid it: a.i. during normal opening hours. If you are making a shift at Humla, special rules apply to alcohol-cosumption in the space: discreet, under-the-counter, non-pushing selling of alcohol to people involved will occasionally occur, but the call about wether or not this is ok is left to the person in charge of the shift.

OF COURSE

humla has nice music in the background, a relaxed atmosphere, people are invited to talk and confront, and can also work on their own with their laptops, or read their / our books,there is enough tolerance for everyone. People are supposed to meet and share experiences, foreigner activists or visitors can receive informations and introductions to the house or to the city….but the wish is to be productive and not to be parked in a passive living room.