My first solarpunk novel releases today. You can discover Murder in the Tool Library at eBook retailers. For a paperback like I’m holding, you’ll have to wait until next week. (Barnes and Noble did me dirty.)
Russia would not be able to wage war in the first place if European countries had enough renewables for energy independence. Then they would be able to better pressure Russia, which is a petrostate.
I’m dancing-on-photons happy to reveal the cover by Rita Fei for my upcoming solarpunk novel, Murder in the Tool Library. You can pre-order it on this site as well as on some more mainstream ones. The paperbook will be available on Barnes and Noble closer to the release date on Dec 8th.
The ebook is DRM free everywhere. I hear you about hating Amazon. You’ll be able to get it off this indie site after the release date. www.smashwords.com/books/view/1476498
I don’t think it is true that it is easier for people to agree on action compared to uniting against a common oppressor. Something cutting is often more attention grabbing. But it isn’t an either or. We should use both positive and negative messaging to grow the movement.
For a long while, I’d been picturing a society that handled reuse the way I do IRL - if you have a thing, you make it last as long as possible, fix it if you can, and when it’s finally worn out you find another use for it (even if just as component parts). I’d imagined the transfer of usable items would be handled...
I like the idea of a truck both delivering and picking up items. People would follow it to return items, and it would drive slow enough to enable this. I also like volunteer bicyclists delivering items while exercising.
An Introduction to Library Socialism (librarysocialism.org)
book release: Murder in the Tool Library (slrpnk.net)
My first solarpunk novel releases today. You can discover Murder in the Tool Library at eBook retailers. For a paperback like I’m holding, you’ll have to wait until next week. (Barnes and Noble did me dirty.)
Native Americans are building their own solar farms (www.bbc.com)
Projected in Oakland (slrpnk.net)
One solution to fight climate change? Fewer parking spaces - Grist (grist.org)
Anarchy Row - East Village of NYC (evgrieve.com)
Castle in the Sky - After the Fall (Fanfiction, with references to Elon Musk's Twitter Reign and dezentralized solution) (fungiverse.wordpress.com)
cover reveal for solarpunk mystery novel (slrpnk.net)
I’m dancing-on-photons happy to reveal the cover by Rita Fei for my upcoming solarpunk novel, Murder in the Tool Library. You can pre-order it on this site as well as on some more mainstream ones. The paperbook will be available on Barnes and Noble closer to the release date on Dec 8th.
Capitalists will swarm San Francisco for APEC, but I got there first.
Reuse as a sort of solarpunk societal default and the industry-scale operations that could enable it - worldbuilding question
For a long while, I’d been picturing a society that handled reuse the way I do IRL - if you have a thing, you make it last as long as possible, fix it if you can, and when it’s finally worn out you find another use for it (even if just as component parts). I’d imagined the transfer of usable items would be handled...
Are You An Anarchist? The Answer May Surprise You! (theanarchistlibrary.org)
If there’s a line to get on a crowded bus, do you wait your turn and refrain from elbowing your way past others even in the absence of police?...
Solarpunk YouTube or podcast recommendations?
I was wondering if y’all have some YouTube or podcast recommendations for solarpunk creators.
Texas homeowners with rooftop solar panels and Tesla Powerwalls are making hundreds of dollars a month selling electricity back to the grid. (heatmap.news)
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