This article contains some excellent resources at the end!

Towards #Solarpunk Futures

by BrightFlame, Jan 20, 2022

"Solarpunk is a prefigurative, utopian artistic and activist movement that envisions what the future might look like if humanity solved major modern challenges like #ClimateChange, and created more #sustainable and balanced societies. As a genre and cultural aesthetic, it encompasses literature, visual art, fashion, video games, architecture, and more. Solarpunk carries many aspects of punk ideologies such as rebelliousness, #humanitarianism, #egalitarianism, animal rights, #decolonization, #AntiRacism, #AntiSexism, anti-#authoritarianism, anti-#corporatism, and anti-#consumerism. Similar to the cyberpunk genre, the big difference between the two is that in solarpunk technology and nature are in harmony with one another rather than in conflict."

Read more:
https://www.tc.columbia.edu/sustainability/news/stories/solarpunk/

#SolarPunkSunday #Resiliency #FoodJustice #RestorativeAgriculture #FoodSecurity #NatureIsLife #BuildingCommunity #SocialJustice

Solarpunk | News | Sustainability | Teachers College, Columbia University

Teachers College, Columbia University, is the first and largest graduate school of education in the United States, and also perennially ranked among the nation's best.

Teachers College - Columbia University

https://videos.utsukta.org/w/2nSN8U5fwURTGpyrFWxMNq

We should definitely know more about Edward Bernays, Anna Freud, Ewan Cameron, and the relationship between authoritarianism, consumerism, "emotional regulation™️ " as a strategy to manipulate people into some kind of hyperindividual, docile "democracy™️ ."" (which meant to maintain the status quo of (cishetero) patriarchy, anti-Black/Anti-Indigenous settler-colonial capitalism, and ableism. Here is a 💅 #PeerTube 💅 link to an Adam Curtis documentary highlighting some of the relationship there.

#EdwardBernays #AntiAuthoritarian #Autonomy #Consumerism #AdamCurtis

The Century of the Self (2002)

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Albert Camus: A society based on symbols is, in its essence, an artificial society in which the physical truth of humankind becomes a hoax.” | #Books #quote #AlbertCamus #Philosophy #Consumerism #Capitalism

http://contentcatnip.com/2025/08/31/albert-camus-a-society-based-on-symbols-is-an-artificial-society/

Albert Camus: A society based on symbols is an artificial society

“Consumer society can be defined as a society in which objects disappear and are replaced by symbols. When the ruling class no longer measures its wealth in acres of land or gold bars, but ra…

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How the Internet RUINED Hobbies

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Stuff not lasting like it used to? Here's what people are doing about it
Many people are making a conscious choice to spend their dollars on products that will last them a lifetime. But those kinds of items are getting harder to find, and experts say companies are deliberately making products that will need to be replaced, all in the name of profit.
#products #consumerism #business #Radio #WhatOnEarth
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/stuff-not-lasting-1.7614547?cmp=rss
Stuff not lasting like it used to? Here's what people are doing about it
Many people are making a conscious choice to spend their dollars on products that will last them a lifetime. But those kinds of items are getting harder to find, and experts say companies are deliberately making products that will need to be replaced, all in the name of profit.
#products #consumerism #business #Radio #WhatOnEarth
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/stuff-not-lasting-1.7614547?cmp=rss
Stuff not lasting like it used to? Here's what people are doing about it
Many people are making a conscious choice to spend their dollars on products that will last them a lifetime. But those kinds of items are getting harder to find, and experts say companies are deliberately making products that will need to be replaced, all in the name of profit.
#products #consumerism #business #Radio #WhatOnEarth
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/stuff-not-lasting-1.7614547?cmp=rss
Stuff not lasting like it used to? Here's what people are doing about it
Many people are making a conscious choice to spend their dollars on products that will last them a lifetime. But those kinds of items are getting harder to find, and experts say companies are deliberately making products that will need to be replaced, all in the name of profit.
#products #consumerism #business #Radio #WhatOnEarth
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/stuff-not-lasting-1.7614547?cmp=rss

🪤 Disney Adults were all part of the plan

https://youtube.com/watch?v=NbHaKyoHNuY

#disney #consumerism #addiction

Disney Adults were all part of the plan

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Barbara Hocke on Instagram: "#waitinglist The waiting list for the course Eco Balance is now open. You'll find the link in the Bio. Many people I know in the real world or online, hello you!, are really switched on in all things sustainability. Bravo! But if you please could spread the word with your friends who might need more clarity and empowerment in their environmental journey? That would be absolutely lovely. Thank you very much. #ecobalance #ecofriendly #empowerment #agency #sustainability #sustainableaction #bunchofflowers #flowerarrangement #flowerpower"

8 likes, 4 comments - hockebarbara on August 21, 2025: "#waitinglist The waiting list for the course Eco Balance is now open. You'll find the link in the Bio. Many people I know in the real world or online, hello you!, are really switched on in all things sustainability. Bravo! But if you please could spread the word with your friends who might need more clarity and empowerment in their environmental journey? That would be absolutely lovely. Thank you very much. #ecobalance #ecofriendly #empowerment #agency #sustainability #sustainableaction #bunchofflowers #flowerarrangement #flowerpower".

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