Hickel makes the case for degrowth politics embracing focused technological innovation. To my mind this sort of tech-forward, eco-socialist political articulation is needed to achieve a solar punk future and stave off the worst effects of climate change. Curious others’ thoughts!
Based on the excerpt from this Discworld book, what other items do you use regularly that would fit in this theory? (Boots and shoes are fair game!)...
Wanting to add high value content to this community consistently to keep it alive and interesting for new subscribers. Am excited for the future of this Lemmy community
Since there was some complains about a country like Singapore controlling the narrative of Solarpink design, I thought I share an intressting project from Hamburg. The main structure is a massive WW2 era bunker. The walls are 3.5m thick concrete and steel, so demolition is not easy nor cheap. But it also means putting trees on...
It’s the season for steam’s summer sale, so here’s some solarpunk-y games I’ve been eyeing, for anyone who’s looking for something new to try this summer! (I haven’t played most of these, they are just things that I’ve seen around that give me solarpunk vibes.)...
A while ago I set myself a task, to build out a vision for the future that I have been slowly crafting within my imagination. Through this process I’ve found many similarities with my own path and that of the solarpunk community. In so, I decided to start a blog where I can compile my worldbuilding notes, encourage myself to...
In this episode we explore a relatively new subgenre of science fiction called Solarpunk, which aims to imagine better, more ecologically harmonious, futures on earth. In many ways Solarpunk is a reaction to both the real-world climate crisis and to the many apocalyptic visions of collapse filling our screens. Andrew Sage from...
Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question “what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?”...
I’m still experimenting with what is the easiest way to crosspost things I see on Reddit here. I’m currently just linking to reddit’s server for the image. Let me know if this creates any problems....