#rural solarpunk

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We're (finally) uploading season two to YouTube, so people can stream it there if that is how they prefer to interact with their podcasts. We're planning to upload an episode of S2 every second Monday (on the off-weeks between new episodes). Check it out!

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Season 2 Has Launched!

Is the solarpunk life all about peaceful living in harmony with your neighbors, your garden, and your chickens away from the thrum of the ci

To kick off Season 2 of Solarpunk Presents, Ariel and I (Christina) laced up our boxing gloves and had a friendly debate about the best place to try to live solarpunk lives: in the city or in the countryside. Is the solarpunk life all about peaceful living in harmony with your neighbors, your garden, and your chickens away from the thrum of the city, or is it all about taking up less space (by living in an apartment), helping out in the community garden, and riding the bus?

Here are links to some of the literature we discussed:

The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature

The influential essay that prompted a lively public conversation about the meaning of wilderness in American culture.

Boston Hearth Project By TJWatson : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Short story The Boston Health Project by TJ Watson from Sunvault: Stories of Solar Punk and Eco-Speculation

Ariel's note: this is a constructed debate, and not necessarily reflective of the opinions of all solarpunks everywhere, but a debate that Christina and I see fairly often in solarpunk spaces, so we wanted to duke it out in a fun and engaging way to provoke thought.

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Smithsonian Showcases Innovation in Rural America in New Traveling Exhibition | Smithsonian Institution

Every invention and innovation is someone’s attempt to turn a problem into a solution. The results: old neighborhoods revitalized, historic

“Spark! Places of Innovation,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s Museum on Main Street (MoMS) program, highlights how innovation has shaped small towns across the country and examines the diversity, ingenuity and tenacity of rural America.

The results: old neighborhoods revitalized, historic business districts rejuvenated, new festivals and cultural attractions generated and much more.

MoMS is traveling four copies of “Spark!” on simultaneous yearlong tours of Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky and Michigan. The exhibition opens May 20 at the West Bonner Library in Priest River, Idaho, and the Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library in Alpena, Michigan. It will be open June 17–July 22 at the Ohio River Scenic Byway Visitors Center in Equality, Illinois, and the Boone County Public Library in Burlington, Kentucky. “Spark!” will travel to up to 144 small towns across 24 states throughout the next six years. The full tour itinerary can be viewed online.