solarpunk

Urban Infrastructure in Barcelona, Spain.

Video credit: beteve.cat

#solarPunk #transit #publicTransit #publicTransportation #trains

Looking to replace Duolingo?

Your library might provide you free access to Language Learning Apps.

No, not CDs or cassette tapes (when was the last time you were at the library? ).

Actual apps. That you download onto your phone.

My library provides me access to TWO language learning apps that compete directly with Duolingo. Mango Language App and Transparent Language App.

What apps does your library provide?

#duolingo #library #solarPunk

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Welcome to The Loop Farmstead and our new home at Spectra.video #farming #agriculture #permaculture #solarpunk #gardening #sustainability

https://spectra.video/w/whhX6tVmXogXrYL4eJMxQK

Why would I want to be a subsistence farmer?

https://spectra.video/w/34Xr8yHkGVEH4H4rTqN92f

#gardening #growyourownfood #permaculture #solarpunk

Wenn Menschen mitbekommen, dass ich seit Jahren #vegetarisch lebe, schalten manche in den Verteidigungs- & andere in den Angriffsmodus.

Deswegen hier mal eine ruhige Erläuterung, warum ich mich als Wissenschaftler, Christ und #Solarpunk entschieden habe, kein #Fleisch aus industrieller #Massentierhaltung mehr zu essen. Und warum ich mich dabei nicht für einen "besseren Menschen" halte, niemandem etwas verbieten möchte. #Wissenschaft #Tierhaltung #Klimakrise #Wasserkrise https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/alle-koennen-etwas-tun-solarpunk-und-fleischverzicht/

It's #NationalLibraryWeek! I practically grew up in a library, and my love for them is often reflected in my books.

Like in my latest, a solarpunk western called _Echoes Through the Mountains_

I'm self-published and release all my books for free. Try it today! https://books2read.com/b/bOgDKW

#bookstodon @bookstodon #selfpublished #fiction #solarpunk

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I keep seeing a lot of writers and youtubers still using #AI images to illustrate #solarpunk - even Aeon in their latest article did so.

Could I ask you to help spread https://storyseedlibrary.org/ around?

If you know a #sustainability / #climate creator who might want to talk about the movement, could you share the Library with them?

All SSL #art is human-made, Creative Commons (some even for commercial use) and translated to multiple languages!

#illustration #climateChange #futurism #hopepunk

"'A dream technology': Japanese scientists might have unlocked the next generation of solar panels that stay cooler and last longer thanks to 'spin-flip' material that achieves 130% energy conversion efficiency": https://www.techradar.com/pro/a-dream-technology-japanese-scientists-might-have-unlocked-the-next-generation-of-solar-panels-that-stay-cooler-and-last-longer-thanks-to-spin-flip-material-that-achieves-130-percent-energy-conversion-efficiency-and-heres-how-it-works #solarpunk

Hello, Tradeless Earth is a project promoting moneyless society.

We don't accept funds, because it's anti-trade of course.

But we need help:

• First is finding people interested in more just,equal and sustainable world to join the conversation.

• Helping us migrate our website to their own server.
If someone has to spare.

• Helping in research about the content we add on website.

*Doesn't matter if you can spare only half hour per week. Everything counts!

#Donate #Donatetimenotmoney #volunteer #volunteering #mutualaid #contribute
#Freeeconomy #resourcebasedeconomy #rbe #ubi #gifteconomy #openaccesseconomy #freeworld #eattherich #tradelesssociety #moneylesssociety #selfsufficientcommunities #selfsufficiency #diylife #selfreliance #offgrid #ecovillages #ecovillage #anarchism #anarchocommunism #communism #intentionalcommunity
#climatechange #intentionalcommunities
#antiAuthoritarianism #antiauthoritarian #antiwork
#humanity #simpleliving #sustainableliving
#solarpunk

https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith/

Until June 16 - Part 1 of "A New Faith" can be downloaded in #PDF or #EPUB format #drmfree

If you like it, please subscribe for the rest of the story.

#solarpunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #fiction #climatechange #adaptation #migration #novel #amwriting #writingcommunity #bookstodon

I am proud to present you with an interview with an incredible @adapalmer straight from this year #Bazyliszek convention, now available as a #solarpunkPrompts special!

https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts/episodes/special-interview-with-ada-palmer-history-of-ideas-and-our-climate-imaginations

#solarpunk #history #scienceFiction #rome #climate #purity #writing #imagination #hopepunk #apocalypse

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Heute habe ich gute #Solarpunk - Nachrichten! 📰

Die Produktion an #Ökostrom , v.a. an #Solarenergie steigt so schnell, dass es immer öfter #Strom - Überschüsse (!) gibt. Wenn also jetzt noch die bereits bestehenden (!) #Speicher - Technologien wie #bidirektionalesLaden, #RedoxFlowBatterien & grüner #Wasserstoff schneller hochgefahren werden, kann #Deutschland seine #Energiewende mit erneuerbaren #Wohlstandsenergien schaffen! 🇩🇪🇪🇺🔋🙌🌞 https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/zuviel-oekostrom-solarstrom-speicher-in-deutschland-schaffen-erneuerbare-wohlstandsenergien-jetzt/

What's your favourite trilogy? 🤔

Every speculative fiction reader has that one trilogy they can't get over...

For me it's between The Seagulls and Lord of the Rings, Star Wars barely breaks the top 50 😜😂

@bookstodon @books @joinin
@humor @humor @humor@lemmy.world @aiop

#SpeculativeFiction #FantasyBooks
#FantasyMemes #SciFiMemes #Fantasy #SciFi #Meme #Memes #Humor #Humour #Funny
#Low #High #Epic #Science #Opera #Hard #CottageCore #SolarPunk #Comedic
#Book #Books #Novel #Novels #Bookstodon

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Chapters 27 and 28 of "A New Faith" are up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats

#solarpunk #hopepunk #clifi #book #bookstodon #novel #fiction #scifi #climate #adaptation #migration #mystery #thriller #booksky #amwriting #authorsky #WritersCoffeeClub #WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers #PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction #climatefiction

📰 "New research shows that shoreline litter has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans around the U.S. have gone into effect."

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/banning-plastic-bags-really-works-shoreline-litter-slashed-by-47pt-in-us/

#goodnews #environment #solarpunk #possitivenews

Part 3 begins!

Finally, the stakes come into focus.
How does it all end?

Chapter 29 of "A New Faith" is up on the website at https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

Parts 1 and 2 are available to #download (or read online) for #free in #DRMfree #PDF and #EPUB formats

#solarpunk #hopepunk #books #bookstodon #novel #climatechange #adaptation #migration #mystery
#thriller #amwriting #WritersCoffeeClub
#WordWeavers #ScribesAndMakers
#PennedPossibilities #writingcommunity #sciencefiction
#climatefiction

A rant on why I think we need realistic Solarpunk, plus some other things 1/2 ☀️

Felt compelled to make this. It will finally stop floating around in my head 🎉

Podcast over here if you're interested: https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts

#solarPunk #hopePunk #art #myArt #comics #sustainability

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I'm looking to build out the Free Fridge & Community Pantries in my town.

I'll continue to update this thread with my progress.

So, the idea is to have nodes throughout town that allow folks to "Give a Food, Take a Food". Similar to "Little Free Libraries" are to books. Folks who have extra food can drop it off there, folks who need food can grab it there.

The focus here is mutual aid, not charity. So, absolutely, if you are food insecure or hungry, utilize it, right. Beyond that though, this is a great piece of infrastructure to share extra food with your neighbors. I will go down to the free fridge we have in town, drop off some of my extra produce that I have grown, and then pick up a can of black beans if I need it for dinner that night. We're meant to contribute AND utilize the free fridge.

There are many ways to create and maintain free fridges, from something as simple as a small box or outdoor cabinet on up to full stand up refrigerators and freezers with an outdoor pantry.

In general, you want it to be a couple of things:
- Accessible to the public
- 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Unmanned
- No restrictions on who can utilize it or take food from it - it should NOT employ any means-testing
- Receive shelf stable food and/or refrigerated food and/or frozen food

Further, you can break up the different groups that are involved in the free fridge:
- The Host
- The Maintainers
- The Community

The Host - provides a location for the fridge and pantry to be installed and accessed. They also provide electricity to power the fridge/freezer

The Maintainers - this would be my group. We source, install, maintain, repair, and clean the fridge, freezer, and pantry.

The Community - contributes food to and utilizes food from the fridge and pantry. This is important. While the host provides the site and the Maintainers keep it operational, neither one has to stock food or coordinate utilization. The community does it themselves.

Having it split up like this is nice. Can folks from the Host group maintain it? Certainly. But extrapolating it allows for ease of use.

So. Keeping it stocked is up to the community. I've seen it stocked by gardeners who have extra produce (Zucchini turns folks into socialists is the joke! You just grow sooooo much you end up LOSING FRIENDS when you try to push it off on others!). I've seen it stocked through Food Rescue efforts. Some families buy extra from the grocery store and this is a great place to drop it off. I've even seen the local Food Bank drop off extra food when they had left overs from a food distribution.

Keeping it utilized is also easy. You don't want the fridge to stay stocked, right. You want it to stay in the fridge for as short a period of time as possible before someone comes and grabs it. Heck! I've seen a food rescue of fresh produce from a farmer's market vendor be dropped off at a free fridge and then claimed by several families even before it had a chance to be placed physically into the fridge! This is ideal. One fridge and pantry needs to serve the local neighborhood. That's many many families. It can only do so if its filled up and then utilized multiple times a day.

Next post, I'll put some resources on starting your own in your town.

#freeFridge #foodScarcity #foodSecurity #postScarcity #solarPunk #mutualAid

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the starline pass

#scifiart #sciencefiction #solarpunk #procreate #digitalart #illustration #fantasyart #comicart

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For some time I had been wondering what was up with one of my favorite authors - it had been so long since I last heard any news.
So I went to her website - https://www.otherscribbles.com/news/2025/4/25/monk-and-robot-omnibus-and-some-other-tidbits - and read the most delightful news: she's about to publish a new book! This post was from April 25, so it shouldn't be long now🤞🤞🤞

#BeckyChambers #Books #Bookstodon @bookstodon #Boeken @boeken #SolarPunk

"Michael, Du hast doch viel über #Dialog & #Frieden zu #Israel & #Palästina gearbeitet, auch über diesen #Solarpunk. Hast Du echt noch Hoffnung?"

"Manchmal ist es schwer, weil ich das Gefühl habe, dass es viele Leute eher nervt. Deine Frage tut deswegen schon richtig gut."

"Klar nervst Du. Demokratie, Wissenschaft, wir alle haben schon genug Probleme. Aber die meisten von uns wissen Deine Hartnäckigkeit schon auch zu schätzen. Nerve weiter, bitte."

🥲

Danke. Done. https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/ein-neuer-friedensprozess-fuer-israel-palaestina-wer-kann-etwas-fuer-den-frieden-tun/

My first novel, How to Surf a Hurricane, is available today! I'm honored to share two years of challenging, stimulating and creative work with you.

The book is a heist, it's true (if you liked Ocean's Eleven, you'll love this).

It's also a well-researched look at what the future might be like in 2040 (if you liked The Martian, you'll enjoy this).

But most importantly, it's a story of hope and action. If you're tired of stories of doom and gloom, that the future will be a hopeless dystopia... if you want to fan the fire inside of you that we can take the future into our own hands... you'll want to read this!

https://howtosurfahurricane.com/

#booktok #solarpunk #crime #novel #book

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My schedule for Seattle #Worldcon later this month!

Come watch my panels on hopeful fiction and speculative poetry, or check out the research posters (including mine) at any time in the 4th floor Paramount Lounge. Looking forward to talking #solarpunk with other #SF fans!

#seattleworldcon #worldcon2025 #sff #digitalhumanities #climatefiction #poetry

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I'm at a point in life where I crave stories that lack dramatic conflict.

I'm tired of fighting and of struggle. I'm extremely tired of violence and dystopia. And I want to rest in moments of escape and solitude within books and movies to where I can just exist and hold that existence without fear or anxiety.

I want the lofi of a book or movie.

There aren't many examples of that.

Becky Chambers' Monk and Robot Duology is one such example of low to no conflict stories and is a favorite of mine.

Chef (2014) comes close to where all the strife, such as it is, is at the beginning and the rest of the movie is the main character living life and growing closer to those he loves.

There are others. The New World (2005) though showing conflict throughout has a quiet beauty and approach to the story as to be atmospherically aware with a deep stillness.

Tonight I had the wonderful opportunity to watch the movie Perfect Days (2023). Its a moment in time of a man living his life. He has very normal experiences going to work and interacting with the people around him. There is sadness and pain some times. But so much joy and acceptance and stillness.

It is mundane. (How I long for the mundane.)

If you get a chance to watch it, do so. It's available on Kanopy for free with your library card. Its also on other streaming services.

#solarpunk #cozyStories #bookstodon #movies

https://www.kanopy.com/video/14800624

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