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Bread and Circuses Jun 12, 2025

All is not lost.

We do still have options, good choices we can make that will lead to a better – or at least less disastrous – future.
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Imagine being surrounded by lush natural landscapes, buildings covered with verdant plants and vegetation complete with rooftop gardens, and cities that are completely powered by clean energy. Imagine having our technologies built in harmony with nature and shared equally with everyone on the planet. This is what our world should look like as envisioned by the solarpunk movement.
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In this thread I will post several excerpts from an inspiring article at Earth.org, together with uplifting images that might raise our spirits as we seek to build a happier and more just world for our children and their children.

LEARN MORE ➡️ https://earth.org/solarpunk/

#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk

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Bread and Circuses Jun 12, 2025

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The ‘punk’ element in solarpunk refers to the movement’s unapologetically optimistic take on the future despite our growing pessimism and even apathy, and passionately calls for radical societal change — abandoning current capitalist markets and infrastructure.

The movement sparks discussion about current systemic problems and the need for societal changes, as seen with the increasing popularity of concepts such as degrowth, which seeks to scale down the resource use of high income nations’ economies by shrinking sectors that are ecologically damaging and offer little social benefit, and pursue growth not by economic expansion, but that is ecologically and socially just for all.
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LEARN MORE ➡️ https://earth.org/solarpunk/

#Economics #Science #Environment #Climate #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #Degrowth #SolarPunk

tiny_m Jun 12, 2025

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alxd of the Story Seed Library

@breadandcircuses let me just add that we created a repository of human-made open-license art at https://storyseedlibrary.org/ - and you can use them instead of just the copyrighted images.

Solarpunk needs a lot of intentional thought when it comes to painting better futures, so that it doesn't default to greenwashing what's imaginable right now :)

Welcome to Story Seed Library!

A library of Solarpunk art and story seeds helping you imagine a better climate future!

Story Seed Library