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If anyone is willing to share, does anyone have any recommendations on solarpunk essays, articles, books, etc.? I’m doing a school project on it soon, so I’d love to get started early as possible and maybe read some “essential reading” if there is any ^_^
About Solarpunk (an Introduction)
image: one of many different solarpunk flags
Reading time: approx. 3 minutes Solarpunk is not only a literary and artistic genre, somewhere between science fiction and utopia with positive visions of the future, but also a growing social movement worldwide that is not centrally organized. Incidentally, it has this in common with paganism/heathenry and the witchcraft /magickal community, but I digress. I find many solarpunk contributions here on Tumblr and in the Fediverse – at least for the German- and English-speaking world; others are not accessible to me personally due to language barriers. When it comes to fiction and art, but also further information on solarpunk, I can recommend the Story Seed Library. It has been translated into several languages, hopefully including German at a later date: https://storyseedlibrary.org/ There you will find art and ideas for stories. The art is created by human artists, free of AI-generated slop, and may be used for free under certain conditions. More about this here: https://storyseedlibrary.org/pages/about/ An English-language video with many beautiful images that explains well what solarpunk is, from Andrewism (4.5 minutes):
This “Solarpunk Manifesto” is also worth reading: https://storyseedlibrary.org/essays/solarpunk-manifesto/ I quote from it: "Solarpunk embraces a diversity of tactics: there is no single right way to do solarpunk. Instead, diverse communities from around the world adopt the name and the ideas, and build little nests of self-sustaining revolution."
Some examples of ways this can be implemented:
• Food sharing • Swap meets and parties, or bartering in general • Visible mending • Repair cafés • Upcycling and DIY (the latter especially with recycled materials, or not buying everything new) • Guerrilla gardening • Permaculture • Second-hand clothing, sustainable or homemade clothing instead of fast fashion • Anti-capitalist and anti-fascist activities • Lending materials or tools • Living a vegetarian or vegan lifestyle • Self-sufficiency: growing fruit, vegetables, or herbs in your own garden or on your balcony and sharing them with your community (if the harvest is good and there is something left to share) • Solar panels and heat pumps, as well as other forms of renewable energy • Sustainability of all kinds in general • Using alternatives to large corporations (e.g., Meta, Amazon, Spotify, etc.) • Neighborhood meetings to see which neighbors need help or how you can support each other • Environmental and animal welfare activities • Demonstrations and other political activities for social justice, climate and environmental protection Maybe you do some of these things yourself? Who knows, maybe there's a solarpunk slumbering inside you too... Another quote from the manifesto: “Solarpunk culture includes all cultures, religions, abilities, sexes, genders, and sexual identities.” As you can see, solarpunk is a topic of diversity. And all of this gives me hope. Speaking of hope, there are also overlaps between solarpunk and the genre hopepunk (1). On the subject of fiction books: In German-speaking countries, I am currently aware of two anthologies that deal with solarpunk: “Sonnenerwachen – Facetten des Aufbruchs”, edited by Karl-Heinz Zimmer and Saskia Dreßler, and “Sonnenseiten – Streetart trifft Solarpunk” https://muenchnerschreiberlinge.com/anthologie/sonnenseiten/ In English-speaking countries, Susan Kaye Quinn, for example, has written several solarpunk novels, see: https://susankayequinn.com/ Susan is also very active in the Fediverse: @[email protected] --- Footnote: (1) What Hopepunk is is explained here, for example: https://www.vox.com/2018/12/27/18137571/what-is-hopepunk-noblebright-grimdark A quote about Hopepunk that, in my opinion, also fits Solarpunk: “Hopepunk is about fighting for a better future and taking action and doing radical kindness.” (Alexandra Rowland) Examples of Hopepunk novels in German-speaking countries include “Wasteland” by Judith and Christian Vogt, as well as the sequel “LayLayLand.” Feel free to reblog this.
Can I get the solarpubk book recs?
I’ll put them under the cut. If anyone has any other recs, feel free to add them in a reblog or reply! Edit: put in some new books!
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"She’s always there, Koda.” She said, now a motherly warmth under the cold gaze of the moon. “Her eyes are bigger than her face. When the light has dimmed, the love you have with mother Luma stays in you as holy light. She’ll always come back to you, somehow. that’s what mothers do.” A pinkish-hued, luminescent tear rolled down the dry cracks of her cheeks. It leapt for the desert ground below, lighting its own descent into nourishing the unquenchable thirst of soil. It was poetic to Koda to see the same ambition in the glowing face she thirsted to kiss under the forbidden moon.
Mary Woodbury of eco-fiction.com lists her favourite books about climate change.
I think we should have braille, audiobooks, and e-books options for our Solarpunk stories. I think it would be really cool if for the anthologies they were read by their authors.
