Using little money but a lot of ingenuity, they built their homes from the earth itself with hyperadobe (open-weave bags packed with clay-rich soil). About $200 per year in total bills, thanks to solar energy and captured rainwater.
Kenny Quinn - Veterans Off-Grid
Kirsten Dirksen
@faircompanies.com
A lovely interview with some one envisioning and spelling out the world she is stepping into through art. Palate cleanser of changing focus.
Peter Diamandis is the top dog there at XPrize. He's awesome. His book 'Abundance' and talks about postcapitalism are great.. his next book is also inspired by the Whole Earth Catalog's "We are as gods and might as well get good at it". Balaji is libertarian, but still supports solarpunk.
Welcome to Solarpunk 2050 Europe ☀️
Here we imagine and build a regenerative future for Europe.
We will share ideas, projects, and stories imagining a Solarpunk future and the steps to build it together.
What would you most like to see change by 2050?
Artwork by Karl Schulschenk
#solarpunk
NEW VIDEO: What exactly is “religion?” How has it affected the way we relate to nature and each other? And for people fighting for the present and future, what role might it play in our lives?
Tap in for the full video:
youtu.be/C-mER19j3-4
Hey folks, just wanted to share that I got to be part of this webseries called "Futures in Draft" by Storythings to talk about library economies! Here's the link to my episode. Other explorations of our possibilities are coming soon! 👇🏽
futuresindraft.com/a-library-of...
partiful - partiful.com/e/XMCy9DRvQO...
eventbrite - www.eventbrite.com/e/solarpunki...
facebook - www.facebook.com/events/85504...
website - www.solarpunkification.art/about-4
Solarpunkification 2026!
March 6-8, San Francisco, CA USA
Solarpunks, artists, musicians, regenerative futurists, systems thinkers, designers, creatives, technologists, & community builders come together to explore a working laboratory for the futures we actually want to live in. 🌱🌈🌞
#solarpunk #sf
Definitely absolutely possible! Some tech-positive artists have also been creating custom Stable Diffusion models from their own work, like Kirsten Zirngibl and Android Jones. www.kirstenzirngibl.com/projects/K3k...
Stable Diffusion & other open source AI can be run locally on a laptop. Each model & LORA has different training data, can also do custom. We stopped using Midjourney when revealed they were aggressively nonconsensually training on (+ not crediting) tons of working artists (some I know personally!).
Fresh off the wire: a toolkit for speculative fiction writers interested in imagining hopeful climate futures: climatefictionwritersleague.substack.com/p/imagining-...
The critiques & explorations of AI ethics are definitely good. AI can be localized, ecological, low impact. Models ideally don't train on artists' work without consent, + they should be able to opt in/out. I do think AI can help visualize, actualize, & tend vibrant solarpunk postcapitalist futures!🌱
The Living Array - by Athena IV
Systems don't disappear because they are criticized; they disappear when they are no longer necessary. 🦋
In the age of AI, building a working prototype is the most effective form of protest. Let’s move from demands to system design.
mutualhorizons.manifoldclub.com/posts/from-p... #Solarpunk #DAOs
Imagine a future shaped by optimism. A place where clean energy, open space, and thoughtful design coexist in peaceful harmony. "A Brighter Age" is a meditation on the futures we once imagined, and perhaps still can.
@dreamfibre.bsky.social
Arco fucking whips. One of my favorites of last year. Definitely see it if it’s playing near you.
www.cinelinx.com/movie-news/m...
Just saw it.. it's wonderful!🌈
Just saw it.. it's wonderful!
In this video, Solarpunk Alana counters some criticisms of solarpunk - such as that it is just 'greenwashing' - and puts forwards her case for what a solarpunk world might look like across different categories.
@solarpunkalana.bsky.social
Once, unions shook nations and promised a better future. But today, their once booming voice has felt more like a whisper. Their mass mobilisation retreated into bureaucracy. Their gains rolled back by the most powerful ruling class in history.
Still, are unions our best hope?
youtu.be/RqtzjoY36W8
NEW VIDEO: Thanks to our anti-social social order, many people are struggling with a lack of community in their lives. I believe we can change that. Let's revisit the village of the past, then sketch out a radical vision for the future of community.
youtu.be/1-Xl6dhDV3Q
This new album is so pleasant, like lounging in a forest amidst gentle rainfall, or enjoying a comforting meal in solace.
Automation scales efficiency. Mutualism scales cooperation.
If Post-Labor Economics is the why, Mutualism is the how.
The architecture of the future is cooperative. 🌞
Full essay: mutualhorizons.manifoldclub.com/posts/introd...
#PostLabor #Mutualism #AI #Cooperation
It's all up to you.
#solarpunk #indiegame #namethatgame
Have you heard about https://grist.org/fix/grist-50/2025/ ?
"The 2025 Grist 50 list highlights the work of 50 such people who are making a real difference and moving the needle. The impact they’re having in their communities and sectors shows that progress is still possible."
It's a shame […]
Jane Goodall was not only a pioneering primatologist, she also campaigned more relentlessly and selflessly for the natural world than anyone I know.
A great soul if ever there was one
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
☀️ “Everybody has sun and everybody has wind and nobody can hoard it. Nobody can hold it in reserves. It’s there for all of us to use.” @billmckibben.bsky.social for The Light Won’t Dim documentary, now streaming on Youtube ⏯️ youtu.be/IDK-3RC5SgY
So exciting to have Bright Saver & Plug-in Solar featured in today's @nytimes.com: "Plug-in solar, also known as balcony solar, refers to small-scale solar systems that can be installed without an electrician or without permission from a local utility." ☀️ 🎉
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/c...
A futuristic white UFO-looking structure peeks out from a lush green forest jungle.
Hiroo Isono
