Title: about
Date: 2017-04-09
Category: about
Slug: about
lang: en
# initiative
*varia* is a Rotterdam based initiative focused on working with, about and through technology. At its core the initiative aims to be a social infrastructure from which to collaboratively facillitate critical understandings on the technologies that surround us. The initiative is a membership-based organisation striving to become a space for questions, opinions, modifications, help and action.
# space
Gouwstraat 3
3082 BA, Rotterdam
![floorplan of the space](/images/varia.jpg)
# contact
mail: info@varia.zone
subscribe to mailinglist: [varia@we.lurk.org](https://we.lurk.org/hyperkitty/list/varia@we.lurk.org/)
# resources
* [Rotterdam Electronica Depot](/red-en.html) - a communal depot for electronic parts and workbench
* Printing facilities
## online resources
*varia* hosts [git repositories](https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/), [books](https://books.vvvvvvaria.org/)(accessible w/o login in Varia itself), [etherpad](https://pad.vvvvvvaria.org/) and a [calender](https://cal.vvvvvvaria.org/).
###XMPP
In addition to the above web services *varia* hosts a server for the federated chat protocol XMPP, supporting all the latest features.
###RSS
Subscribe to our RSS feeds, available in [Dutch](http://varia.zone/feeds/all-nl.rss.xml) and [English](http://varia.zone/en/feeds/all-en.rss.xml).