@afewbugs @ratika @susankayequinn one of the most important beliefs of the #solarpunk community is that we need to be able to imagine better futures before we can reach them.

(fiction) writing is activism!

There's also a lot of non-fiction writing about what's already out there - with #solarpunkReporting !

If you'd like to explore how to write Solarpunk, I can recommend our podcast, @SolarpunkPrompts , with 15-minute episodes showcasing different communities building a better future.

With that, we could do more with #solarpunkReporting , showing things like the Sierra Leone's emergency infrastructure created by grassroots, gynepunks from Calafou not as "outliers", not as "fleeting" or "whimsical", but as very real things that keep happening around the world DESPITE us refusing to give them place in our popular culture.

These things happen despite being unimaginable for most of us.

What is more #solarpunk than people creating a better world where others see no possibility?

@TheFerridge @varelse @charlesroper I might be not be it's target audience, but for me it's important to say out loud: we do not need to wait until things break, until the status quo concedes or falls apart.

All my #solarpunk activism started not only to educate about the dangers, but to showcase all that is out there now, with #solarpunkReporting. KSR does not do that.

To the contrary, he specifically omits most of the work being done today in refugee camps, in independent infrastructure etc.

@BrightFlame The "pre-solarpunk" is just a differentiation I saw someone use to put the emphasis on "no magical technologies, real communities today", as in: they're flawed, not utopian, and yet very inspiring :)

We have A LOT of #solarpunk activists, educators, makers at https://www.globalinnovationgathering.org/ , about some of whom I've written #solarpunkReporting stories.

Currently it's pretty hard to publish this language further, as especially grant-based orgs require dry, corporate / academic reports.

@BrightFlame thank you! :)

I'm not against the fantastical Solarpunk, as it can exemplify quite a lot of things - especially social models - which are hard to show in realistic settings.

I just want more #solarpunkReporting and this pre-Solarpunk, showing what is already happening in communities around the world, but written in a language which doesn't obsess over innovations and entrepreneurs!

@varelse @guacamayan thank you!

If you're interested in analyzing speculative futures in depth, I gave a talk on how we see technology and communities in popular culture: https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/hope2020/videos/209149752 at the HOPE2020 conference.

Speaking recommendations, I'm on the side of realistic, near-future hope in Solarpunk with A LOT of reporting. I used to write a lot under #solarpunkReporting hashtag. There is a lot of good happening in the Global South that we don't see.

@LightHiker @ginevra I am actually the guy who is all about showing the existing solutions, especially from the Global South! At some point I created #solarpunkReporting to help inspire people with real ideas.

There are organizations like Global Innovation Gathering, networking hackers and activists from the Global South and helping them build sth.

There is #appropedia and a lot of similar projects.

We just dont hear about them in the mainstream.

@gem welcome to Mastodon and thank you for your work! :) Happy to learn about it!

I'm Pawel [read Pavew], here mostly working on bringing solarpunk closer to earth with #solarpunkReporting on real stories and creating and visions of communities facing the climate change with hope.

Together with @tomasino we're working on @SolarpunkPrompts , a podcast full of writing prompts specifically about that!