Kate Bowles2h ago

That last boost is the headwaters of a mighty stream of thoughtful raccoon #solarpunk, literally solar panel punk, that is just fantastic. Even if you don’t understand the electronics, the maths, the charts, you’ll be cheering when the panels work, you’ll feel a better world is on its way.

Make a whole pot of tea, settle in with @ifixcoinops. Believe.

Dilman Dila2h ago

I'm set to shoot #windShortFilm a #solarpunk comedy in June, so this last mile campaign is to cover basics like food, transport, etc. We made all costumes, props, and set constructions from scratch and it strained our budget since it is a futuristic story with no central governments, and no #capitalism Everyone participates in running the country. Help me make it!

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Details: https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

#mutualaid #sff #scifi #buyIntoArt #creativetoots #crowdfund #writing #writingcommunity

Wind: A Solarpunk Short Film

I'll shoot this film first week of June. We had to create costumes, props, and construct sets from scratch, since it's set in the future and we can't use everyday items, and it punched a hole in the production budget, so I'm doing this last mile crowdfund to cover basics like food and transport. Thi

Dilman Dila
Freekie3h ago

So #solarpunk ...

https://globalvoices.org/special/positive-action-on-climate/

Global crisis, local solutions · Global Voices

Through this series, we will not just lay out the problems surfacing because of the climate crisis, but also explore the solutions: what is being built, grown, fought for, and imagined from the ground up.

Global Voices
SarahV4h ago
I just finished reading Neon Riders by @AEMarling and what a ride (pun intended)! Imagining a #SolarPunk future is difficult, and one of the most difficult aspects of that future to imagine is how we conceptualize justice and how we treat those who do harm. While there are a lot of positive aspects to the San Francisco in the story, the characters are still human, still flawed, and still wrestle with the conflicts that will arise between those who wish to participate and those who wish to exploit. There's no easy and obvious solution, and I think the story does a good job of reflecting the necessarily messy process of a community and its individuals trying to work that out. I loved the 24-hour library, replacing car infrastructure with gardens, and the description of the NT. The descriptions of violence were difficult for me at times because of my trauma history, and I'm not sure I would have picked this up if I'd known the extent of it; that's not a shortcoming of the book, just a reflection of my experience. Violence and injustice and conflict are things we need to understand, dream about, and talk about if we're going to make a better world, and I think this story is a good step on that journey.
vudu4h ago

Show me your solarpunk bookshelf

https://slrpnk.net/post/37845307

Wendy5h ago
46°C. 115°F. Cities in India and Pakistan hit it in late April and early May. At least 37 dead in India, 10 in Karachi, before the calendar reached summer. A new study from World Weather Attribution, via https://twp.ai/9OWkoS, confirms what the bodies already knew: heat at this scale is three times more likely now than the pre-industrial baseline. Mariam Zachariah of Imperial College London called it plainly — no longer extreme, a "regular reality." The body holds 98.6° through sweat and vasodilation, a slow miracle. Push past it, and the body cooks itself. Street vendors. Construction workers. The unhoused. The incarcerated. The heat finds them first.
Read: https://twp.ai/4hrVcO
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #HeatWave #SouthAsia #Karachi #ClimateEmergency #EnvironmentalJustice #MutualAid #ClimateAction #Solarpunk #India #Pakistan
Show threadwendythedruid6h ago
46°C. 115°F. India and Pakistan hit it in late April. At least 37 dead in India, 10 in Karachi, before the calendar reached summer. World Weather Attribution: this heat is three times more likely now than pre-industrial baseline. Mariam Zachariah called it "regular reality."
https://twp.ai/4hrVa0
#ClimateJustice #ClimateCrisis #HeatWave #SouthAsia #ClimateEmergency #Karachi #EnvironmentalJustice #MutualAid #ClimateAction #Solarpunk
What Survives the Morning: When the Men in Charge Can't Hold Their Liquor or Their Country But Do Hold Their Dicks

Wendy confronts political chaos and bodily autonomy in sharp queer analysis—survival tactics for when those in power fail us. Stay grounded, stay witnessed.

Wendy The Druid
John Breen7h ago

I don't know if I'm doing #SolarPunk right, but I'm really annoyed by the "Generac" approach to home power backup systems.

Because it does nothing to facilitate home energy systems that do not depend on Earth-killing fossil fuels, encourages no adoption of solar or battery backup or efficiency.

You are compensating for a decrepit archaic centralized AC power distribution system by installing a Generac.

Loop Farmer8h ago

Without control of your food, you have no leverage. Period.

You can't strike if you can't feed your family.

You can't protest if you're spending all your waking hours finding enough to eat.

You can't build an alternative economy if you're dependent on the existing one for the most basic requirement of biological existence.

#activism #activists #solarpunk #climatecrisis #capitalism

Freekie10h ago

So #solarpunk ...

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