Solarpunk

A well overdue introduction to one of the biggest Solarpunk writing podcasts on the English-speaking internet! I've been postponing writing a comprehensive post about this project for well over a year - and suddenly, we are in the middle of the second season!

The ruling class wants you to be literate enough to understand their written orders. And nothing more. True literacy is punk. True literacy is revolutionary.

If you look at this article and think "this is too long to read" you're part of the target audience. Make the time.

It's a cross-post from lemmy.world. Hope I'm doing it right.

The year is 2080, we solved the climate crisis, we solved the poverty crisis. You live in a pretty chill solarpunk utopia that is considerate, sustainably, just and generally safe. The few dangerous places out there are clearly labelled.

Choose one of those signs and explain why it is displayed where it is.

EDIT: for some reasons up/downvotes do not work for me here. Is anyone having similar problems?

New TTT just dropped. Sorry I know I keep sharing Youtube videos I'm probably just Basic like that.

I'm voting green because if democracy is 'on the ballot' then I figure it's the choice I actually believe in and not just the slightly lesser of two evils. And so recently I feel targeted by democrats and its getting kind of weird and I was wondering if any other greens are experiencing the same thing in the US. I'm very open about my party preference and intentions for 2024.

Hey Solarpunk people! We are a small community of readers, writers, and activists that is dedicated to exploring Solarpunk and adjacent literature. Every week, we discuss one chapter of a book that we choose together. So far, we have read four books, including most recently The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin. If you want to join our book club just in time to pick our next read, please swing by. We’d be happy to have more people to share thoughts and insights with!

https://discord.gg/wFsXhs3MDG

Alice Cappelle generally tackles social issues, and here she shares the idea that school under capitalism is seen as transactional, and therefore this results in teachers being disrespected, which stymies education.

I think this has to be the first time someone has linked to LinkedIn from this community. But this guy, Brian Rivera, is really repping Oakland CA and the wildly underecognized Bay Area rap scene in this video.

This cover was painted by Sean Bodley for our open-source solarpunk tabletop game. The goal is to try and create something that isn't just representative of a specific narrow version of solarpunk, but can act as a starting point for writers and game masters to create stories that fit their tastes. We want this to be to solarpunk what D&D is to fantasy: whatever you want to make of it.

The default setting is a high-density, high tech, urban, version of solarpunk with a mix of hard science, optimism, radical politics, and an everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach to world building.

If you want to know more, check out our new website, http://fullyautomatedrpg.com, and if you've got more questions head over to our Lemmy community: https://slrpnk.net/c/fullyautomatedrpg !

We're in beta, and running games on Discord, so if you want to actually plan, follow the link on the website.

You can find more of Sean's work at http://seanbodley.com and https://patreon.com/seanbodley .

I am working on the sequel to Murder in the Tool Library, a solarpunk mystery novel I published recently. In the next book, the clues lead to the Yucatan, and I would love to improve my representation of native people from that region. If you identify in any way as Maya (Yucatec, Mopan, or Q'eqchi') please do message me.

I heard about this pre-release last year, but just remembered to check, and it came out three weeks ago!

Description

A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain in a drought-ridden world. A murder of crows disrupts production on a solar farm, and a young woman communes with a telepathic fungal network to protect a forest. A suspicious cat follows bees across the rooftops of a solarpunk city, and a rabbit hitches a ride to the Grand Canyon to fulfil a prophecy. The path toward better futures is one we must walk alongside other creatures, negotiating the challenges of multispecies justice. Solarpunk Creatures introduces a whole new cast of more-than-human protagonists: organic and digital, alien and fantastic, tiny and boundlessly large.

Stories:

• “Threadloom” by N. R. M. Roshak
• “Sonora’s Journey” by Kai Holmwood
• “The Colorful Crow Of Web-Of-Life Park” by Sandra Ulbrich Almazan
• “The Business Of Bees” by Andrew Knighton
• “Night Fowls” by Ana Sun
• “Water Cycle” by Lauren C. Teffeau
• “Microbia” by Center For Militant Futurology
• “Rabbits, Rivers, And Prickly Pears” by Justine Norton-Kertson
• “Hunting For Rain” by Lyndsey Croal
• “AI Dreams Of Real Sheep—More At 8” by Commando Jugendstil and Tales from the EV Studio
• “An Inconvenient Unicorn” by Geraldine Briony Hunt
• “Quorum Sensing” by Calliope Papas
• “Flyby” by Priya Sarukkai Chabria
• “Quarropts Can’t Dance” by Rodrigo Culagovski
• “Thank Geo” by BrightFlame
• “Our Minds Share A City” by Catherine Yeates
• “Hopdog” by Rimi B. Chatterjee
• “Solar Murder” by A.E. Marling
• “The Wetlands Versus The Mayor” by Jerri Jerreat
• “Leaf Whispers, Ocean Song” by Tashan Mehta

In this thought-provoking YouTube video, join us for the talk "From Capitalist Realism to a Solarpunk Reality: Building the Infrastructures of a Better Future." We're diving deep into the intersection of technology, social change, and ecological restoration.

Meet our esteemed panelists:

🌿 André Rosario (he/him) - A hacker, writer, and gardener crafting DIY articles and weaving solarpunk fiction.

🌿 Ariel Kroon (she/her) - An independent settler scholar with a PhD in English, exploring crisis narratives in Canadian post-apocalyptic science fiction.

🌿 Luka Dowell (they/them) - The force behind the Solarpunk Now! podcast, challenging capitalist realism by spotlighting hopeful, radical initiatives.

🌿 Joey Ayoub (he/him) - An activist, writer, and scholar navigating political landscapes during climate collapse.

As solarpunks, we challenge the narrative that change is impossible. Through the insights of our diverse panelists, we explore pathways from capitalist realism to a solarpunk reality, envisioning infrastructures for a sustainable and equitable future.

A break from the usual in this community, but I trust it'll be appreciated. I think this is very solarpunk: using technology to improve the lives of all creatures.