We are terribly full of ourselves, but I promise you that nature is far more patient, and can and will take back everything we’ve built in astonishingly little time.
How much longer until the utopic Solarpunk future where Capitalism is dead and we all live in ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities? Asking for a friend.
Until we make those ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities ourselves. It’s going to take a lot of us to do it though, so best to spread the word (and gather native tree seeds).
And, like, get started now. Then our “weirdo houses” will be the only thing functioning when everything falls apart!
The only reason why we don’t live in a solarpunk world right now is because no one has bothered to make it yet.
We’ll have to make it ourselves, and we’ll have to help each other make it. That’s why it is solarpunk.
Some resources to consider creating or joining or doing:
Repair cafes - create or join your local repair cafe! Repair stuff, learn how to repair stuff, teach others how to repair stuff.
Map of Makerspaces - make some things! learn how to make some things! teach others how to make some things!
Community Garden Map (note that this is US-only, and not a complete list) - join a local community garden
Learn some basics on passive solar design - clever use of the sun can create extremely energy efficient homes and buildings. You can use these principles to save on energy bills, even if you’re renting.
Free USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision - cut down on personal food waste! Learn how to safely preserve food. Very useful if you suddenly harvest / purchase for crazy cheap in season / dumpster dive a ton of perishable food.
Donate to One Acre Fund, which provides training and capital to farmers (making them more productive and pulling them out of poverty) in various east African countries
Donate to Bridges to Prosperity, which provides technical expertise, money, and volunteers, to help local people build and maintain their own footbridges in extremely isolated rural areas
joining r/solarpunk, and sharing links/ideas/art/music with the community. Also, upvoting stuff for greater visibility. There’s over 900 members!
Today’s work outfit: black lace-back henley, bone jeans, Cat & Jack black cat hoodie and tragically, the LastDay for my thrifted white Docs. I wore the absolute hell out of them, walked everywhere, danced for hours, stood for many many work shifts. RIP, $3 boots, you served me well! #ootd #fafafafafashionbeepbeep #everydayfashion #cheapasschic #thriftscore #allmyclothesfromthekidssection #clearancefinds #repurposedcosplay #henley #blacklace #catandjack #blackcat #hoodie #bonejeans #docmartens #lastday #punkrockgirl #over45style #mystyle https://www.instagram.com/p/B7Mw3SUjElJ/?igshid=1k5k5w4yj2nwf
New Leæther Strip ⛓⚙️⛓@leaether_strip_official cover album out now on @bandcamp
This time covered #Björk, #KillingJoke, #LaidBack, #NineInchNails, #TheMisfits, #DepecheMode, #Filter, #Leadintogold, #BillyIdol and #GarlandJeffreys. .
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