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Solarpunk Presents8.7 Revisiting Solar and Lunarpunk MusicIn this episode, Aleya and Ariel discuss the musical highlights of the post-punk and post-punk revival music scenes, and their influences on Aleya's teenage years and musical growth as well as whether they qualify not only as punk/post punk/revival but also solid Solarpunk or Lunarpunk. The music playlist can be found on the Solarpunk Presents Patreon where we share monthly playlist suggestions for all members including free members!There is a mistake where the lyrics for "Reptilia" by The Strokes is misquoted and it is actually from "Whatever Happened" still. Oops!...
2026-06-171h 22
Solarpunk Presents8.6 Solarpunk Presents: The Protopian PrizeThis episode, Ariel talks to Ruthanna Emrys and Gideon Lichfield, two of the judges of the inaugural Protopian Prize. Ruthanna will be judging the Democratic Futures prize, and Gideon will be judging the Public AI prize. We discuss just what each of those means, how they got involved with the Protopian Prize in the first place, and ideas and concepts that they would like to see submitted. The winners of each category will be published in a forthcoming MIT press anthology, which will be edited by Ruthanna and Gideon.Aleya and Ariel then discuss the results of...
2026-06-081h 26
Solarpunk Presents8.4 Solarpunk Presents: Lunarpunk ConversationsThis episode, Ariel questions Aleya about lunarpunk, how she got into it, why it attracts her, and even some things that she doesn't like about it. Aleya then turns the interview around to ask Ariel about solarpunk, how she got involved, and its application in her everyday life. This episode also serves to announce changes at Solarpunk Presents; Christina has stepped back for personal reasons, and Aleya is stepping forward into the role of cohost, and we're pretty excited about it.Links:Andrewism's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/AndrewismSundown Town definition: https://en...
2026-05-2652 min
Solarpunk PresentsSolarpunk Presents: The Solarpunk Research ProjectFor today's episode, Ariel talks to Luka Dowell, host of Solarpunk Now! about their current research project, which is specifically on the solarpunk community. Tune in for all the details!Sign up to participate in the solarpunk research project: https://forms.gle/YxWENCc47WoYAqkq6Luka's podcast: https://solarpunkcast.carrd.co/Luka's newsletter: https://www.patreon.com/c/SolarpunkNowInstitute for Social Ecology: http://social-ecology.org/wp/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2026-05-1420 min
Solarpunk PresentsMay 8 2026 Hunger Strike UpdateThis is day 3 of 8 planned days of hunger striking to opt out of the broken food cycle. During this time, I have laid out quests to fulfill, doable quests, so we have more brainpower working on the problems qe face, together, education and information to get us out of this world and into the Solarpunk Present!Website: https://fastfrwrd.infoMay 2026 Hunger Strike Game Plan: https://fastfrwrd.info/may-2026-hunger-strike-game-plan/Solarpunk Presents Patreon (free transcripts): https://www.patreon.com/cw/solarpunkpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2026-05-0802 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 22: Apr 2026This are the updates from one missed day in March 2026 about the Cannabis Licensing Authority in Jamaica essentially criminalizing Jamaican cannabis growers with exclusive pricing, and April updates from the countryside where I can cook and the city where I cannot.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as my musings about the world as it is now....
2026-05-0715 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 21: Mar 2026 and May Hunger StrikeHey all. Special episode as we catch up to the present with some notes from March 2026 and commencement of my May Hunger Strike fill Carbon Neutral Hunger Striking for 8 days then halfway until we make headway.Hurricane season is incoming in Jamaica. We have not done enough. I am taking this stand and your invitation to take action is on the way. Lots of love.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I...
2026-05-0624 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 20: Feb 2026Hi! This is the summary from February 2026 where we discuss applying for grants, possible ecofascists amongst data center people, quite neurospicy material touching on unaliving, violence and seeming paranoia, what really happened with my dog, and a new house.CW: Unaliving, violence, seeming paranoiaI’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as we...
2026-05-0325 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 18: Dec 21 2025 to Jan 1 2026Hi! This is the summary of December 21, 2025 to January 1, 2026 where we discuss taking my music off Pandora and other music streaming sites when I was younger, new years setting the tone for the year, virality, schizo-affective bipolar (lacking dopamine and serotonin), a raw Christmas spread, a year of a swollen lymph node, Drumpf pirates in the Caribbean and yummy gummy fruit spring rolls for Solarpunk group kitchens!I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I...
2026-04-3033 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 17: Nov to Dec 19 2025Hi! This is the summary of November to December 19, 2025 where we discuss boys at airports, shooting your shot, some people wanting things to be free or moneyless, airplane movies, being tired of working, new year meanings, and a post-publishing edit to correct a date and celebrate 1 year of Carbon Neutral Striking.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as my...
2026-04-2333 min
Solarpunk PresentsSpecial Episode: The Stellar Pollination Campaign 4/20 2026Hey everyone, special episode update from the world of 'The Stellar', an institution dedicated to mental health, traditions, spirituality and lunarpunk ideals! This world is an imagining of what the future can be. However it also imagines the present too. Take a trip through time and please, know that we try to handle these topics as respectfully as we can while also telling a compelling story. We mean no offence! More sound effects added post-publishing. Music by Aleya Jobson et al.Website: https://fastfrwrd.infoMusic (also on Fastfrwrd): https://aleya.bandcamp.comSolarpunk Presents Patreon: https...
2026-04-2119 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 16: Oct 10 to 31, 2025Hi! This is the summary of Oct 10, 2025 to Oct 31, 2015 where we discuss saline aquifers, chatting too much, Hurricane Melissa, a rat in the house due to unprocessed plastic bricks and more.Small post-publishing edit for clarity.CW: UnalivingI’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as my musings about the world as it is no...
2026-04-1631 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 15: Days 161 to Oct 10 2025Hi! This is the summary of days 161 to Oct 10, 2025 where we discuss buying game assets, working with AI, compensating education which of course has a footprint, money as a wildcard, witnessing earth's damage during travel, the kids are alright, and boycotting companies that support fascist creep.CW: UnalivingI’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as my...
2026-04-1511 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 14: Days 131 to 160Hi! This is the summary of days 131 to 160 where we discuss tentacle tech for water perfomances, island french toast, psychic?, AI servitude and the new abortion debate, chatting too much, short break, reuniting with a friend, 666 as a sign of excess, and trying to program games. And an edit on 13 April 2026 to add the missing day 143 about Putin's war.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Da...
2026-04-1324 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 13: Days 121 to 130Hi! This is the summary of days 121 to 130 where we discuss nukes on the moon or whitehouse pretty much being unacceptable so get that guy out of office please. That's the most relevant thing.CW: 'R' word.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as my musings about the world as it is now.
2026-04-1031 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 12: Days 111 to 120Hi! This is the summary of days 111 to 120 where we discuss inventions and archive footprints, wind-powered stop-sign flags that capture wind from passing cars, weed and hypocrisy, communal benefits at work, levels of reason, desire to break out full Carbon Neutral mode, the repo man/person, CW: suicidal ideation, songs to say goodbye, quitting university, Tuvalu going under water, friends racism and buried memories while sorting my trash for like literally 2 minutes.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as...
2026-04-0941 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 11: Days 101 to 110Hi! This is the summary of days 101 to 110 where we discuss wasps, process, the world not having to make sense, my manifesto, debt, Jamaican industries mostly being care related and servitude, the more you pollute the more you earn, video games not being accessible, neurodiversity and feelings of telepathy, body feeding my cake to ants, climate change is murder just like meat is murder, no wooden/bamboo toothbrushes at the stores in Jamaica (could be wrong), heartbreak and mental health, and Elon Musk saying 'Auswitz' at a Trump rally leading up to the election. Was it a mistake or...
2026-04-0836 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 10: Days 91 to 100Hi! This is the summary of days 91 to 100 where we discuss respecting those killing us all, leading by example, embarrassment, now not later, omens, earth and ecofeminism, labour theory of value LTV, illegal to leak trade secrets up to 10 years but perfectly legal to render someone homeless or watch someone starve and 100 days of striking!I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this pr...
2026-04-0717 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 9: Days 81 to 90Hi! This is the summary of days 81 to 90 where we discuss jam sessions, mondegreens, philosophers, body positivity and how our past can shape our physical form, stories of a world without war for a time, music that revives and more.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as my musings about the world as it is now.
2026-04-0647 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 8: Days 71 to 80Hi! This is the summary of days 71 to 80 where we discuss sweatsuits of the future, flat hierarchies, my workplace playing with my money, going to jam sessions, earnestness and issues even on the left, anti-environmentalists and the punishment for putting an entire planet in peril, Direct Democracy, Americans (US) negotiating with their homegrown terrorists (bigots and racial separatists), needing sunglasses (but plastic, so...), brains and lunch sucking due to always having to search out food permitted by the strike.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike wh...
2026-04-0515 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 7: Days 61 to 70Hi! This is the summary of days 61 to 70 where we discuss critters and critter control, coding games, spinning plates, missing my pet, performing badly on TV, the expenses of modern life, looks versus real, saying 'lol' and trying not to cringe when I hear it loool, solarpunk answers to the polycrisis, and more.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on th...
2026-04-0421 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 6: Days 51 to 60Hi! This is the summary of days 51 to 60 where we discuss plastic-free shopping, tasty salad tests, performing on TV (and not being good at it), the true cost, protesting but still serving the system by driving with fossil fuels to get there, manifestos and omens, sentencing the exploiters of the planet, 666 in my payslip and the way watermelon should be.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Ea...
2026-04-0214 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 5: Days 41 to 50Hi! This is the summary of days 41 to 50 where we discuss not wanting to worship nature, natural remedies and skepticism, self promo or pride? Speaking life through stories, being the Avatar, Freudian Slips, ants trying to keep me from cheating on the strike, Instinct Trust, trying my hand at programming, textiles having memory and traumatic experiences, the illusion of choice and the need for a Climate Commons to save our lives by revealing how to make and thereby render sustainable the materials and products we use everyday.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I ha...
2026-03-3133 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 4: Days 31 to 40Hi! This is the summary of days 31 to 40 where we discuss the right to land, access to food and water, fair wages, self-censorship and cancel culture, billionaire bosses, my swollen lymph node, reputation economies, alternative currencies and bubbles, rights to life, solar generators, blood, National Housing Trust, Permaculture’s slave problem, weird rituals, and 1.5 to Stay Alive.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on t...
2026-03-2949 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 3: Days 21 to 30This is the summary of days 21 to 30 of my Carbon Neutral Strike where we discuss eco porn, socialist mental healthcare, becoming someone who can go to work everyday (ish), Climate Sins, and Parseltongue.I’m Aleya, and I founded Fastfrwrd.info. I have been carrying out a Carbon Neutral Strike where I avoid oil, gas and plastic as much as I can. I have been posting daily updates since Earth Day, April 22, 2025 on this process as well as with my musings about the world as it is now.Website: https://fastfrwrd.infoMusic: ht...
2026-03-2714 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Neutral Strike Update 1: Days 1-10Hey Solarpunk Presents listeners, my name is Aleya Jobson. While your regular listening material is on hiatus, I thought I would pop in and provide some material of my own that have accumulated since April 22, 2025. Starting Earth Day 2025 I commenced or recommenced, rather, my Carbon Neutral Strike and Challenge, where at least one choice per day avoids needless oil, gas or plastic. During the process I began to share musings, emotions, opinions, and findings around the central tenet of what is essentially a 'clean' lifestyle. One that is truly aware of its wastes and excesses. This process, I believe...
2026-03-2313 min
Solarpunk Presents8.3: Fastfrwrd to the Solarpunk FutureWe’re back! (Kind of…) In this episode, Ariel interviews Aleya Jobson about gamifying climate action with the Fastfrwrd website, where people can be rewarded for positive climate actions in their own lives. They also discuss Aleya’s Carbon Neutral Strike: how Aleya started it, how it’s going, and its pros and cons. Starting next week, Aleya will be taking over the feed with reflections on her Carbon Neutral living; Christina and Ariel are still s t r u g g l i n g but Aleya is willing and able to keep the solarpunk content going in the mean...
2026-03-0933 min
Solarpunk Presents8.2: Solarpunk in the Library with Joseph BrannanIn today’s episode, Ariel chats with Joseph Brannan about sustainability workshop series at the Kitchener Public Library, unionizing library workers, and bringing solarpunk into the sustainability conversation.Links:Everyday Permaculture by Anna MatildaWaterloo Region NatureBuilding for people : designing livable, affordable, low-carbon communities by Michael EliasonLow Tech Magazine articleReep Green Solutions Article on the neighbourhood effect and solar panels Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2025-10-0726 min
Solarpunk Presents8.1: Ariel & Christina Discuss: What History Says About What It Takes to Level InequalityWe like to think that a rising tide lifts all boats. But, according to Stanford University historian Dr. Walter Scheidel, wealth and income inequality have almost always only grown drastically toward the maximum level a society can sustain in times of peace and prosperity. Instead, as he outlined in his book The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century, true leveling of inequality between, for example, the rich and the poor, has almost always happened as a result of exceptionally catastrophically violent events that take the lives of a good...
2025-09-081h 13
Solarpunk Presents7.10: Ariel & Christina Discuss the Merits of "Walkaway" by Cory DoctorowCory Doctorow’s 2017 novel Walkaway has a reputation in solarpunk circles as a great example of a solarpunk lifestyle, and a must-read book for everyone from the individual who lives and breathes solarpunk to the solarpunk-curious to general science fiction fans. But what is it about Walkaway that gives it solarpunk cred? Ariel and Christina ponder this, discussing features of the novel that could be considered solarpunk, and some that might be more post-cyberpunk than anything, and how some of the ideologies and technologies are or have been applied in our present world. Is the world of Walkaway an ac...
2025-08-111h 02
Solarpunk Presents7.9: Writing (and Doing!) Magical Activism Through Solarpunk Fiction With BrightFlameIn this episode, Ariel talks with BrightFlame: witch, workshop leader, co-founder of the Center for Sustainable Design at Columbia University, and author of solarpunk witchcraft short stories and now a new novel, called The Working. They discuss what solarpunk witchcraft looks like and how, though witchcraft’s manipulation of energy on the astral plane is extremely important, magic is only one half of the equation: the other is activism - actually getting out there and doing the thing, whether it’s attending a protest, contributing to a potluck to strengthen community bonds, or making something with a specific intent in m...
2025-07-2151 min
2025-07-1716 minRjukan Solarpunk AcademyHILDE WIDVEY_MED FINGERN I JORDA PÅ TINN MUSEUMHILDE WIDVEY_MED FINGERN I JORDA PÅ TINN MUSEUM by Rjukan Solarpunk Academy
2025-07-1112 minRjukan Solarpunk AcademyAIR OUROBOROS: Yanina ZaichankaAIR OUROBOROS: Yanina Zaichanka by Rjukan Solarpunk Academy
2025-07-0909 minRjukan Solarpunk AcademyAIR OUROBOROS: Oda Balke FjellangAIR OUROBOROS: Oda Balke Fjellang by Rjukan Solarpunk Academy
2025-07-0810 min
Rjukan Solarpunk AcademyStefan Lange Moen// CAMP RENNEHØLPå gården Rennehøl i i Austbygde er Vipassana-meditatør Stefan Lange Moen i gang med å utvikle en ny type festival.
Her vil Solarpunk, Nekhama(1), meditasjon, kontemplasjon, land-art, generell kreativitet og andre elementer smelte sammen i et helhetlig program, hvor arrangører og deltagere samarbeider i unike kunst- og kulturopplevelser, på en gård med adresse i hjertet av det tradisjonsrike kulturlandskapet i Tinn Kommune.
(1) nekhama er ikke meditasjon. Det er et buddhistisk begrep for gavmildhet og generøsitet. En måte å gi på.
Programmet sommeren 2025 blir produsert med støtte fra Telemark Fylkeskommune, merkevare UNESCO -
i samarbeid med Norsk Ind...
2025-07-0620 min
Solarpunk Presents7.7: Ariel & Christina Discuss Living with a Disability as a SolarpunkToday Christina talks to Ariel about what it's been like to live as a solarpunk with a visible - and then invisible - disability. Science fiction has spent decades dreaming of how future tech will make disabled people able to function as if they were fully abled. Now solarpunk has arrived on the scene to ask why should disabled bodies have to always be the ones to adapt? It can be uncomfortable, intrusive - not to mention expensive. Solarpunk wonders why can't cities, society, workplaces, and the like be the ones to use the tech to make themselves more...
2025-06-0958 min
Solarpunk Presents7.6: Abundance, Inclusion, Resilience: The One Million Neighbours Project with Sam NabiThis episode, Ariel speaks to Sam Nabi about One Million Neighbours, a project bringing together the voices of local non-profits that envisions the future of Waterloo Region once the population has reached one million. Sam discusses the impetus for the project, providing a voice for the voiceless, the issue with grant applications, funding the future, being proactive instead of reactive to harsh policies, and much more. What might an abundant, inclusive, resilient (Ariel says: solarpunk) city look like on the human level? Who lives there, what do they value, and what are their daily lives like? And what does...
2025-05-1941 min
Solarpunk PresentsAriel & Christina Discuss: Why Must Utopia Be Cruel?In this episode, Ariel and Christina try to get to the bottom of why our fictional visions of utopia are so negative. They often involve mindless acquiescence to an authoritarian nanny state, the oppression and labor of an underclass, or both. It’s as if we can’t imagine a situation in which we all voluntarily treat each other (reasonably) decently and life can be good for everyone. We discuss the literary origins of utopia, how it has evolved (or not) as a concept, and Ariel gives a few examples of sci-fi futures that are about as close to her...
2025-02-2455 min
Solarpunk PresentsThe Dilemma of Utopian Joy: Ariel & Christina DiscussS6E10: The Dilemma of Utopian JoyWhile solarpunks often choose to stand in direct opposition to selfishness, greed, and systemic problems, the choice to be kind and to prioritize joy, sympathy, and understanding is also central to solarpunk in fiction and in real life. As Christina and Ariel discuss, while acts of kindness occur in all sorts of fictions, even cyberpunk and dystopian fictions, acts of kindness in solarpunk stories tend to be transformative, especially for the person or group on the receiving end. They then explore the sacrifices that it takes (and who has...
2025-01-1347 min
Solarpunk PresentsThere's More to Explore: Diving Deeper Into Fully Automated! a Solarpunk RPG, With Andy GrossDue to personal issues, Christina couldn't take part in the original interview with Andy Gross about the solarpunk role playing game Fully Automated! that made up S6E2. But she had questions. In this episode, she had a chance to ask them. Before you grab your dice and download the game (for free!) at https://fullyautomatedrpg.com/ have a listen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-12-3058 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 4/norsk/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 4 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)
Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden.
Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``
Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.
Fremtidsscenariene Samset beskriver:
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
Ble publisert i den sjette rapporten fra FN`s klimapanel i 2021,
og var først utviklet på 2010-tallet av et internasjonalt team av klimaforskere, økonomer og energisystemmodellere for å utforske hvordan sosiale, økonomiske og miljømessige trender kan u...
2024-11-1206 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 5/norsk/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 5 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)
Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden.
Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``
Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.
Fremtidsscenariene Samset beskriver:
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
Ble publisert i den sjette rapporten fra FN`s klimapanel i 2021,
og var først utviklet på 2010-tallet av et internasjonalt team av klimaforskere, økonomer og energisystemmodellere for å utforske hvordan sosiale, økonomiske og miljømessige trender kan u...
2024-11-1206 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 1/english/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 1 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to explore how social, economic, and environmental trends might evolve in the future. They serve as tools for scientists and policymakers to envision various global futures, each marked by different challenges related to sustainability, inequality, and economic growth. The five SSPs outline a range of possibilities, from a highly sus...
2024-11-1211 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 2/english/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 2 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to explore how social, economic, and environmental trends might evolve in the future. They serve as tools for scientists and policymakers to envision various global futures, each marked by different challenges related to sustainability, inequality, and economic growth. The five SSPs outline a range of possibilities, from a highly sus...
2024-11-1207 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 3/english/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 3 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to explore how social, economic, and environmental trends might evolve in the future. They serve as tools for scientists and policymakers to envision various global futures, each marked by different challenges related to sustainability, inequality, and economic growth. The five SSPs outline a range of possibilities, from a highly sus...
2024-11-1208 minRjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 4/english/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 4 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to explore how social, economic, and environmental trends might evolve in the future. They serve as tools for scientists and policymakers to envision various global futures, each marked by different challenges related to sustainability, inequality, and economic growth. The five SSPs outline a range of possibilities, from a highly sus...
2024-11-1206 minRjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 5/english/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 5 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa and Hilde Hasselberg (english)
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
– published in the 6th report from the international panel on climate change in 2021, were first developed in the 2010s as a community effort by an international team of climate scientists, economists, and energy systems modelers as scenarios to explore how social, economic, and environmental trends might evolve in the future. They serve as tools for scientists and policymakers to envision various global futures, each marked by different challenges related to sustainability, inequality, and economic growth. The five SSPs outline a range of possibilities, from a highly sus...
2024-11-1207 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 3/ norsk/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 3 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)
Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden.
Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``
Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.
Fremtidsscenariene Samset beskriver:
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
Ble publisert i den sjette rapporten fra FN`s klimapanel i 2021,
og var først utviklet på 2010-tallet av et internasjonalt team av klimaforskere, økonomer og energisystemmodellere for å utforske hvordan sosiale, økonomiske og miljømessige trender kan u...
2024-11-1208 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 2/norsk/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 2 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)
Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden.
Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``
Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.
Fremtidsscenariene Samset beskriver:
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
Ble publisert i den sjette rapporten fra FN`s klimapanel i 2021,
og var først utviklet på 2010-tallet av et internasjonalt team av klimaforskere, økonomer og energisystemmodellere for å utforske hvordan sosiale, økonomiske og miljømessige trender kan u...
2024-11-1206 min
Rjukan Solarpunk Academyssp 1 /norsk/ SOLAR MAXIMUM DIORAMAssp 1 Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa og Hilde Hasselberg (norsk)
Du har hørt Kristin Guldbrandsen Frøysa, energidirektør ved Universitetet i Bergen sine refleksjoner om fremtiden.
Og Hilde Annine Hasselberg lese fra Bjørn Samset sin bok ``2070 alt du lurer på om klimakrisen, og hvordan vi kan komme oss forbi den.``
Utgitt på Cappelen Damm, I 2021.
Fremtidsscenariene Samset beskriver:
The Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSPs)
Ble publisert i den sjette rapporten fra FN`s klimapanel i 2021,
og var først utviklet på 2010-tallet av et internasjonalt team av klimaforskere, økonomer og energisystemmodellere for å utforske hvordan sosiale, økonomiske og miljømessige trender kan u...
2024-11-1209 min
Solarpunk Presents6.3: Fully Automated! A Solarpunk RPG, with Andy GrossThis week on Solarpunk Presents, we’re bringing you an interview with Andy Gross, one of the brilliant minds behind Fully Automated! A Solarpunk TableTop RPG (Role-Playing Game). Don’t worry, you don’t need to know game jargon to follow along for this one - solarpunk storytelling comes in a lot of different forms, and this is yet another kind for people to use to imagine a kinder, greener future that strives towards a utopia … of sorts.RPGs get a reputation for being all about fighting. How does that work if the RPG is solarpunk? Or utopi...
2024-10-0758 min
Solarpunk Presents6.2: Publishing Eco-horror & Solarpunk with Selena Middleton of Stelliform PressThis week on Solarpunk Presents Podcast, Ariel chats with Selena Middleton, Publisher and Editor of Stelliform Press, all about publishing eco-fiction. What is eco-horror, and how does it relate to solarpunk fiction? What are the hallmarks of a good solarpunk story, according to Selena? How does history fit into visions of the future, and what does character have to do with it? Join us as we discuss all this and more.Links: Stelliform Press websiteDepart! Depart! by Sim KernAnother Life by Sarena UlibarriGreen Fuse B...
2024-09-2348 min
Solarpunk PresentsHow Dare Solarpunks Do OUTRAGE?!!! Ariel & Christina DiscussNow streaming: some hot takes from your solarpunk aunties. Ariel and Christina consider why wallowing in negative feelings is just so delicious ... as opposed to wallowing in, you know, acts of kindness and feelings of compassion, which are just a bit more solarpunk. We live in an age of outrage, it seems: cancelling, social media mobbing, cyberbullying ... but also drawing attention to human rights violations, or dodgy political happenings, or just straight-up illegal goings-on! How can we tell whether our outrage is justified or not? How can we avoid emotional manipulation? Can we think of outrage as a solarpunk...
2024-09-0958 min
Solarpunk PresentsThe Us vs Them of Community: Ariel & Christina DiscussOn some very serious level, it’s just not solarpunk if it’s not about a community taking action to make the world a better place. Individualism: it’s just so wrong. It’s fair to say that, not just in solarpunk, but in our cultures, “community” is right up there with “children” as an idea of something inherently good, moral, and wonderful. Community is worshiped as an answer to our problems. But Christina gets a sinking feeling every time she reads a solarpunk story that idolizes community.In this episode, Christina tries to figure out why she’s so suspici...
2024-08-0543 min
XR EcotopiasBeatriz del Sol - LunarpunkInvitada: Beatriz del Sol - Tfno, wtspp y telegram: 659841787- Instagram: @beatrizdelsol64- web: beatrizdelsol.net
Intro: Magnolia Medard
Música: Spiritual & Lunar Calendarhttps://www.fiftysounds.com/es
Cuando hablamos de solarpunk, o ecotopias como preferimos llamarlo en este programa, hablamos por lo general de un genero que desarrolla tecnología pura y dura, centrada en una realidad material.
¿Pero que pasa en estas ecocomunidades cuando cae la noche? ¿como se relacionan con la espiritualidad y la celebración?
Para hablarnos de todo ello nace el lunarpunk, mucho menos conocido que su gemelo solar y que explora estos aspectos que la te...
2024-08-0350 min
Solarpunk PresentsBuilding Dual Power, with Andre Rosario [aka HydroponicTrash]André Rosario (aka HydroponicTrash) joins us this week on the podcast to tell Ariel all about dual power - what it is, how it fits in with solarpunk, and how people can mobilize it in their daily lives. Their conversation ranges from the history of the term dual power, to examples from André’s own life, to the concept of mutual aid, the importance of imagining a better world, how to build relationships as an introvert, and even includes a discussion of human nature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-06-2449 min
Solarpunk PresentsTech and the Power of Solarpunk Narratives, with Paweł NgeiIn this episode, Christina talks with hacker and enthusiastic solarpunk Paweł Ngei about the power of solarpunk narratives to open our eyes to the ways in which we do things and invite us to critically examine them. Why is tech built this way? Who are we disenfranchising by not having more or different designs for things? Who are we handing over too much power over our lives to mindlessly letting them thrust their tech into our lives without us knowing how it works? For more info about and thoughts from Paweł, can check out his blo...
2024-05-2759 min
Solarpunk PresentsBehind the Scenes with the Solarpunk Conference OrganizersIn 2023, the inaugural Solarpunk Conference was held in virtual space, bringing together over 150 attendees, 18 presenters, and creating a palpable sense of the solarpunk community. This episode, Ariel chats with conference organizers Charles Valsechi, Lindsay Jane, and Kees Schuller about the genesis of the conference, the inspiration for its theme, as well as a little preview of what they are hoping to see at the 2024 Solarpunk Conference: Rays of Resilience.You can go to https://www.solarpunkconference.com/ to check out The Solarpunk Conference, access The Solarpunk Conference Journal, and buy tickets. You can also check out t...
2024-05-1341 min
XR EcotopiasLen XR- Deconstrucciones y eutopiasBienvenidas, bienvenidos y bienvenides a un nuevo episodio de XR Solarpunk!!
Cuando nos proyectamos hacia el futuro, es muy fácil imaginarnos un fin del mundo e incluso un mundo después de ese supuesto gran final, en el cual la humanidad se ve amenazada y solamente sobreviven quienes son más fuertes. Tenemos una gran diversidad de historias que nos muestran estos escenarios en varios formatos como libros, películas y series. Las distopías proliferan en la imaginación colectiva, dándonos una visión del futuro muy poco esperanzadora. Nuestro destino parece escrito y estamos pavimentando el camino h...
2024-05-0400 min
Solarpunk PresentsSolarpunk, Lunarpunk, Crypto, & Web3In Season 5 Episode 3 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina chats with transdisciplinary technologist Stephen Reid about relationship solarpunk and lunarpunk have to crypto and web3. If lunarpunk is what solarpunk gets up to in the shadows of a moonlit night, that suggests that lunarpunk is inherently more interested in privacy, security, and anonymity, especially from the watchful eye of the state. That would further mean that where solarpunk is interested in renewable energy, sustainability, appropriate technology, and social justice, lunarpunk is interested in the tools, like cryptography, cryptocurrencies, and web3, that safeguard our privacy and anonymity and potentially protect us from...
2024-04-2949 min
Solarpunk PresentsPodcasting Dreams of the SolaceneIn this podcast, host Ariel has a chat with Aaron and Alicia, the team behind Solacene podcast in Montreal, Canada. They talk about the meaning of “Solacene”, their goals, the semester-structure of their show, zines, community, upcycled clothing, embodied reality, environmental positivity, and a sneak peek at what is next for Solacene in the future… just to name a few topics. Tune in on your favourite podcatcher or streaming service today!Links:Solacene YouTube: https://youtube.com/@solacene?si=iyP9ae71VypNQ-SZWebsite: https://solacene.bigcartel.com/S...
2024-04-1537 min
Solarpunk PresentsLet's Talk Tech, Solarpunks! With Ariel & ChristinaIf tech wasn’t such a central aspect of solarpunk, we’d all just be hippies redux. Yet not all tech, right? Because solarpunk is also about living the good life while building a just, inclusive, and sustainable society. So, what is solarpunk’s attitude toward and relationship with tech? How do solarpunks decide what’s worth it and what’s beyond the pale? And what’s all this about appropriate technology?Support Solarpunk Presents on Patreon or make a one-time donation via PayPal. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2024-04-0154 min
Solarpunk PresentsWhat Does the Punk in Solarpunk Even Mean? Ariel & Christina DiscussWhy is solarpunk called solarPUNK? What is so punk about it, and does it have anything to do with the original meaning of punk… or cyberpunk, or steampunk, or any -punk for that matter? In this episode, Christina and Ariel dive into the thorny question of what exactly it is that they are talking about when they say “solarpunk” … because as it turns out, they both have very different points of reference. Neither Christina’s Gen-Xer ideas of the ‘80s punk-rocker or Ariel’s Millennial idea of the Hot Topic pop-punk fit in with solarpunk… or do they? Tune in...
2024-03-1841 min
Solarpunk PresentsThe Fantasies of Post-apocalyptic Dystopian Fiction, with Ariel KroonClassic, post-apocalyptic, dystopian fiction is a type of fantasy where we’re dreaming of starting over in an empty landscape from a societal and cultural slate wiped clean by some devastating event that we don’t have to feel guilty about having happened—at least, it is according to our very own Ariel Kroon, who does, yes, have a PhD in it.* Yet, at the same time, these fantasies generally suffer from a strange lack of imagination, wherein the characters use the “fresh new start” to recreate the same old society, albeit with themselves at the top, with the same old s...
2024-03-0443 min
XR EcotopiasRevolucion integral¿Sabías que unos meses antes del 15M se puso en marcha lo que podemos considerar la experiencia más revolucionaria de los últimos tiempos en España?
Fue "La revolución integral" cuyo impulso en 2014 partió de Enric Duran y su decisión de expropiar a los bancos para dar el dinero a movimientos sociales. y la posterior puesta en marcha, por parte de un grupo de comprometido activistas. de una serie de herramientas que aún siguen dando frutos
¿Crees que una eutopia solarpunk puede ser real ahora mismo?
En esta episodio hablamos con Pau y Kapis de Komun.org...
2024-02-2400 min
Solarpunk PresentsEasing the Housing Crisis By Saying Yes, in My BackyardYou’ve heard of NIMBYs and NIMBYism, and you probably are living with the consequences of neighbourhood planning or city policies influenced by landowners who say “Not in My Backyard” to new developments planned in their area. But what about YIMBYs? The name might be strange, but the homeowners who make up these groups say “Yes In My Backyard” to normalize the goals of affordable housing advocates, transit planning, tenants’ rights organizations and others who are working towards making the city a more liveable place to be for everyone. Today on the podcast, Ariel talks to Melissa Bowma...
2024-02-1939 min
Solarpunk PresentsCreating Community While Regenerating Soil, with Nick Schwanz of Solarpunk FarmsTaking action on their solarpunk dreams, Nick Schwanz and Spencer Scott bought a degraded agricultural plot and have been turning it into a food forest, an explosion of flowers, and a demonstration of regenerative farming that brings the local community together and creates a network of prosperity and opportunities for other farmers, creatives, and makers. Join us as we talk soils, how their project is going, and what they mean by their intention to queer the agricultural endeavor.For all the fun and their latest news, follow Solarpunk Farms on their Instagram @solarpunkfarms....
2024-02-0549 min
Solarpunk PresentsOn Solarpunk Spirituality (& Humanity's Intangible Squishy Bits) with Navarre BartzToday Ariel sits down with Navarre Bartz to talk about solarpunk spirituality. Solarpunk’s emphasis on respecting and valuing human and non-human life includes the totality of a being’s existence, and that includes the “squishy bits” of the experience that we can’t quite quantify. Navarre recently hosted a series of guest posts on his blog, Solarpunk Station, all about the spiritual angle of solarpunk, and what a solarpunk style of spirituality might look like.Read more:Solarpunk Station Episode 1.1 “Must Solarpunk Should?”artisans.coop Etsy alternative!Support Solarpunk Presents on Patreon or m...
2024-01-2239 min
Solarpunk PresentsScientists Tell Stories Too (and That's a Good Thing), with Prof. Jenni BarclayIn this episode, Prof. Jenni Barclay explains the importance of storytelling by scientists to themselves, other scientists, and the general public. Has that got you thinking, hey, wait, WHAT?! Everyone knows that scientists should never tell stories! If we expect them to show up like Back off man, I’m a scientist! and guide us through difficulties, then they’d best stick strictly and dryly to the facts, because everyone knows that scientists should never tell stories, right? But scientists even need to tell stories to themselves and to each other to more effectively process the...
2024-01-0842 min
Solarpunk PresentsThe Radical Democratizing Power of a Better Way to Make Things, With Sarah HuttonHave the inhumanity and environmental destructiveness of global supply chains got you down? What about the rapaciousness of multinational corporations who have twisted globalization into a nightmare for so many people on Earth? Here’s one thing you can do about it: you can support the growing movement known as distributed production. In Episode 3 of Season 4, researcher Sarah Hutton of the Internet of Production Alliance explains what distributed production is, why it’s all about people power, and exactly why it is a completely radical and powerfully democratizing activity that is also better for local jobs, local communities, and the env...
2023-12-1140 min
Solarpunk PresentsSolarpunk Considers Cohousing, With Hermina JoldersmaIn this episode, Ariel talks to Hermina Joldersma, professor emerita at University of Calgary, about alternative housing arrangements, focusing on co-housing. They discuss not only Hermina’s experiences living in different types of housing, but the mindset necessary to co-housing and communal life, and the way that community often has to be intentionally created. Tune in now!Links:Hermina Joldersma’s profile page at University of CalgaryHermina Joldersma at Fibre Art NetworkUrban Green CohousingCBC article on Urban Green and co-housing in CanadaCoHo BC official websiteSupport Solarpunk Presents on Patreon or make...
2023-11-2742 min
Solarpunk PresentsSolarpunking Housing, With Ariel & ChristinaIn this kick-off of Season 4, Ariel and Christina tackle the topic of housing. It is one of the central imaginings of solarpunk, after all. And it’s something we’re not doing very well in the present. How could solarpunk expand its dreams of housing beyond the aesthetic and into the realm of the practical? Can solarpunk envision not just greenery and solar-panel-draped dwellings, but housing that would meet people’s needs, not just for shelter, but comfort, mental health, emotional and physical support, ease of access, friendship and community, and culture, while also being affordable to ever...
2023-11-1336 min
Solarpunk PresentsHow to Change Cultural Norms: Ariel and Christina DiscussSolarpunk’s envisioning of a future that we’d like to live in isn’t just about providing a vision for us to aim for, it’s also about changing cultural norms in the present so that we can actually get to that future. Solarpunk storytelling is in no small part about normalizing the things we want to support and develop, such as sustainability, wild and productive gardens, social justice, and cohesive, supportive communities. On the flip side, solarpunk strives to make taboo or erase completely the attitudes and entire industries that are anti-human and anti-planet; we’re thinking about raci...
2023-10-3046 min
Solarpunk PresentsBri Castagnozzi of Solarpunk Magazine on Solarpunk, Art, and AIIn this episode, Brianna Castagnozzi, one of the editors-in-chief of Solarpunk Magazine, is here to give up the solarpunk artist’s eye view on solarpunk art and AI; a very different take than the solarpunk hacker’s view given to us by John Threat in season three episode seven. As much as I (Christina) was convinced by John’s advice not to stick your head in the sand but to master the tools of your capitalist overlords, Bri has equally compelling points about not joining into an activity that exploits the work of artists without their consent and without compen...
2023-10-1642 min
Solarpunk PresentsCome Play in Solarpunk’s Future Garden, With John ThreatBetween September 15 to 24, 2023, you can go be a part of renowned hacktivist, writer/director, and creative futurist John Threat’s Zukunft Garden—a solarpunk future garden—that’s part of Vision2030’s Earth Edition festival at CalArts, in Santa Clarita, near Los Angeles. Join us for this episode, where John talks to Christina about this social art installation, what it means and can signify for participants, and the inspiration behind it. They discuss John's background as a hacker, an activist, a cyberpunk and, most recently, a solarpunk dedicated to thinking outside of the systems of this world.Stay tun...
2023-09-1848 min
Solarpunk PresentsPropaganda and Petroturfing with Dr Jordan KinderWhat is petroturfing? What is an energy imaginary? If, as Thomas King says, we are all stories, how can we make sense of which stories are leading us to an understanding of things as they are, rather than misrepresenting reality or persuading us to take a biased view? And what can we do when we learn to critically interpret the world around us? What are some concrete actions we can take as regular folks if we decide that we want to push back against this narrative of “ethical oil” and intervene in the reactionary oil culture war?Dr J...
2023-09-0447 min
Solarpunk PresentsBirdwatching as a Gateway to Environmental Activism: A Conversation With Prof. Cin-Ty LeeBirdwatchers. They’re both easy to envy (They know so much!) and laugh at (What nerds!). Yet birdwatching is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to connect with nature. Yes, as we discuss with Cin-Ty Lee, professor of geology at Rice University in Texas and author of the Field Guide to North American Flycatchers: Empidonax and Pewees, you could go buy all the books and gear and then book trips all over the world to start checking off boxes on your life list. Or you could just sit and watch out the window at whatever birds are out th...
2023-08-2144 min
Solarpunk PresentsCapitalism, Community, and Friendship with Joey AyoubWhy is it easier to imagine a zombie apocalypse than it is a generative, sustainable future? This question drives Joey Ayoub, host of The Fire These Times: in fact, this season of his pod is partially about solarpunk and generative futures. Tune in today to listen to Ariel and Joey discussing imaginative expansion of solarpunk, the “realist” impulse, climate anxiety and grief, and community building in a crisis. Also The Office. Trust us, it’s an important part of this whole conversation. In this episode, Ariel speaks with Joey Ayoub, host of The Fire These Times podcast...
2023-08-0747 min
Solarpunk PresentsCarbon Capture and Storage with Prof Mike BickleConquering climate change for our survival and that of much of the rest of the biosphere calls for more than attaining net zero emissions of greenhouse gasses to the atmosphere. We also need to actively remove much of the 140 extra parts per million of carbon dioxide currently up there in the atmosphere thanks to our burning of fossil fuels and destruction of so much of Earth’s biosphere. Both attaining net zero and going beyond it will take carbon capture and storage. This means capturing carbon dioxide from power plants and other point sources and from our agricultural activities be...
2023-07-2447 min
Solarpunk PresentsThinking About How We Think About Animals with Dr Chloë TaylorToday’s episode is all about animal ethics—or do we mean critical animal studies? Ariel discusses this linguistic nuance and the difference between them (and much, much more!) with Dr Chloë Taylor, professor of women and gender studies at the University of Alberta. Dr Taylor has been involved in a five-year-long project researching the “Intersections of Animality” and is a trained philosopher who works in gender studies, and sees a lot of intersections between the way that we think about and treat animals and the way that we think about and treat minoritized subjects. Come join us for a thought...
2023-07-1041 min
Solarpunk Presents50 Shades of SolarpunkAriel and Christina open Season 3 with a chat about what solarpunk, or, at least this solarpunk podcast, is setting out to achieve… according to how Ariel sees it. With her occasionally curmudgeonly devil’s advocacy, Christina provides the nuance we need as we push through topics, including the definition of solarpunk in a time of slippery postmodern language (that, in true solarpunk fashion, changes according to cultural context and locale), the Anthropocene and its multiple issues, mix-tape metaphors, Ursula K LeGuin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction, aesthetics (of course), infrastructure as resistance, and a liiiiittle bit of academic theory...
2023-06-1928 min
Antropologia SolarpunkCos'è il solarpunk e cosa c'entra con l'antropologia?Saluti gente! Nei lunghi mesi trascorsi dall'ultimo episodio, mi sono arrivate alcune email da ascoltatori che mi chiedono di parlare di più del podcast, di solarpunk, e di me. In questo episodio ho fatto del mio meglio per provare a rispondere :) Link al manifesto del solarpunk: http://www.re-des.org/a-solarpunk-manifesto/ Se questo episodio vi è piaciuto, ricordatevi di iscrivervi al canale di Antropologia Solarpunk e di condividerlo! Antropologia Solarpunk è anche su Facebook https://www.facebook.com/antrosolar Per mettervi in contatto con me, non esitat...
2023-05-3048 min
Solarpunk PresentsReframing Narratives With Ecocriticism, With Dr Jenny KerberIn this episode, Ariel discusses the topic of ecocriticism with Dr Jenny Kerber, Associate Professor of English at Wilfrid Laurier University.What is ecocriticism? Why is it important, especially for environmental activists and solarpunks, as a narrative reframing device? Solarpunks work very closely with speculation and imagination and as architects of the narratives by which we live our lives, it helps to have tools like ecocriticism at our disposal. Join Ariel and Dr. Kerber to think through terms like “wilderness” and “nature” and “the Anthropocene”. How do we hold on to hope, despite criti...
2023-05-0832 min
Solarpunk PresentsGentle Gardening on Limited Spoons with Erin AlladinErin Alladin’s new e-book “Gentle Gardening: A Guide for Uncooperative Bodies” is transformative, specifically covering the issues of gardening with chronic fatigue and the other complex disabilities that can accompany it, and reframing gardening as an accessible and fun activity. Ariel talks to Erin in this episode about her journey with gardening to where she is now, the book, a bit about gardening on Turtle Island as a settler, and tackling the gardener’s mindset and impostor syndrome that may come with it. References:Native Land’s resource on what land acknowledge...
2023-03-2741 min
Solarpunk PresentsCreating a Solarpunk Society in the Big City with Lindsay JaneOn today’s episode, Ariel talks to Lindsay Jane of The Solarpunk Scene, where she showcases her solarpunk life in Toronto, as well as shining a spotlight on solarpunk projects locally and internationally. Lindsay tells us about how she discovered solarpunk and the ways that she lives a solarpunk life in the city - both the upsides (gardens! architecture! effective transit!) and the downsides (sky-high rent, expensive food, difficulty cultivating outdoor gardens). She also emphasizes the importance of getting involved in your local community and politics as a city-dweller, and lets listeners in on the behind-the-scenes inspiration for The So...
2023-03-1330 min
Solarpunk PresentsSolarpunk Music to Inspire Action with Thomas CannonOn today’s episode, Ariel talks with Thomas Cannon about solarpunk music and his new album MESH NETWORK. What was the inspiration behind this work of solarpunk ambient music? What is solarpunk music, anyway, and how can it help us today to create the just, sustainable, and equitable future that we all want to live in? Join us for a discussion of the album tracks, artwork, instruments, the process of collaborative music-making, and more.References:AlexisNicole / @blackforager on Instagram’s post on culturally-specific consumption of meat and veganism:Food prices in Canadian nort...
2023-02-2042 min
Solarpunk PresentsBeirut: Finding Your Future in a Nearly Failed State, With JD HarlockThe situation in Lebanon today is bleak. Carved out of the remains of the Ottoman Empire and subjected to years of colonialism-lite administration by France, its economy and infrastructure have been devastated by a long civil war, overlapping occupations by Syria and Israel, and corruption on a massive scale. Since 2019, Lebanon has been in the midst of a severe financial crisis, with widespread unemployment and hyperinflation. Now 80% of the population is poor and Lebanon is on the brink of becoming a failed state.And yet, JD Harlock, Poetry Editor at Solarpunk Magazine, who lives in Beirut...
2023-02-1344 min
Solarpunk PresentsLibraries: A Community Endeavor, With Don GardnerIs there anything more solarpunk than public libraries? Serving at the heart of communities, they’re a place where anyone regardless of income, ability, race, class, or gender can go to read books, listen to music, use the internet, learn things, hear story hour, get out of the weather for a while, and ask librarians for information on just about anything, including what organizations to turn to for additional support in your life or endeavor. In Episode 2 of Season 2 of Solarpunk Presents, Christina talks to Don Gardner, a librarian for many years for the Salinas Public Libraries in Monterey Co...
2023-01-3039 min
Solarpunk PresentsUrban Versus Rural Solarpunk: Ariel & Christina DiscussDoes solarpunk dream utopic dreams of clean, just, green cities that are great places to live in vibrant communities with other people? Or is solarpunk about getting back to the land, having your own chickens, being self-sufficient, and helping out your neighbors? City dweller Ariel, who dreams of life in the countryside, and countryside dweller Christina, who sees the advantages of city life, consider the pros and cons of trying to live urban versus rural solarpunk lives.Here are links to some of the literature we discussed:https://www.williamcronon.net/writing/Trouble_with...
2023-01-1648 min
Solarpunk PresentsLet's Talk Solstice, Solarpunks! -- with Ariel & ChristinaIn the finale of Solarpunk Presents' first-ever season, Ariel and Christina sit down to chat together about the Winter Solstice - Christina brings the scientific knowledge, Ariel brings a few book recommendations, and we discuss traditions of celebrating the return of the sun (as we've experienced them in the northern hemisphere). What are your favourite solstice traditions? Do you have recommendations of good solarpunk solstice stories to cozy up with? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-12-1943 min
Solarpunk PresentsBioluminescence: The Soft Glow of the Deep Sea, With Dr Steve HaddockYou don't have to be a solarpunk—or a lunarpunk—to dream of bioluminescence, from twinkling phytoplankton to glowing lamps, phosphorescent fungi, and jellyfish lit up like space ships. To honor those dreams, we talked to Dr. Steve Haddock, Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and leading expert on the things that glow, flash, and train headlights through the dark waters of the deep sea. Join us for this conversation about how bioluminescence works, what critters are capable of it and what they use it for, and whether or not our visions of bioluminescent street lamps...
2022-11-1439 min
Solarpunk PresentsTalking About "Bioluminescent: A Lunarpunk Anthology", With Justine Norton-KertsonOn this episode, Ariel sits down with Justine Norton-Kertson, editor of the forthcoming BIOLUMINESCENT: A LUNARPUNK ANTHOLOGY. They discuss what lunarpunk is in contrast to solarpunk, what inspired Justine to put together an anthology of lunarpunk fiction, and a sneak peek at some of the participating authors and the content that fans can expect to encounter! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-10-3133 min
Solarpunk PresentsDefending Democracy Via Urban Planning, With Dr Jayde Lin RobertsSolarpunk is all about vibrant, beautiful, livable cities filled with plants, public transportation, and solar panels—in other words, nothing like the congested, polluted, inhospitable messes we live in today. How do we start making the great transformation? Simply by starting. Join us for a conversation with Dr Jayde Lin Roberts about having a voice in the development (or redevelopment) of your neighborhood or city. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2022-10-2437 min
Solarpunk PresentsCoping With Climate Grief, With Chaplain Gabrielle GeldermanIn this episode of Solarpunk Presents, nonfiction co-editor Ariel Kroon sits down for a virtual chat with Gabrielle Gelderman, an Edmonton, Alberta-based climate grief chaplain and climate justice organizer. They talk about what climate grief chaplaincy even is, the necessity of holding communal safe spaces for grieving especially for organizers, the necessity of feeling grief in order to feel more positive emotions, and climate despair as a corollary of solarpunk hope.Links:Gabrielle's Instagram: @theclimatechaplainGabrielle’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/gabthechaplainClimate Justice Edmonton (CA)Faith Ma...
2022-10-1036 min
Solarpunk Presents1.2: Interview With John Okhiulu From the Decolonizing Wealth ProjectIn this episode of Solarpunk Presents, Ariel sits down with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project to talk about the role of philanthropy in addressing racial capitalism and reparations, and how the DWP is working to change the narrative around charitable giving and wealth-transfer. Also, John tells us about how he personally found himself in the world of philanthropy, as well as his vision of a solarpunk future.To learn more, visit decolonizingwealth.com, read about its founder Edgar Villanueva on his site, or follow the organization for updates on their Twitter @decolonizwealth.
2022-09-0546 min
Solarpunk Futures"Must Solarpunk Should?" - Our Nonfiction Editors DiscussIn this soft-launch of Solarpunk Presents, the companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures, hosts and Solarpunk Magazine nonfiction editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha tackle the question of “Must Solarpunk Should”? This is a dilemma that unconsciously or consciously comes through in a lot of the nonfiction submissions that we receive in our slush pile, and we have Thoughts about it. So many thoughts! Possibly controversial one! But one of the best things about solarpunk is the space that it gives us to explore and think through new paradigms, new systems thinking, new ideas – some of which maybe we don...
2022-08-2944 min
Solarpunk PresentsMust Solarpunk Should?In this soft-launch of Solarpunk Presents, the companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures, hosts and Solarpunk Magazine nonfiction editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha tackle the question of “Must Solarpunk Should”? This is a dilemma that unconsciously or consciously comes through in a lot of the nonfiction submissions that we receive in our slush pile, and we have Thoughts about it. So many thoughts! Possibly controversial one! But one of the best things about solarpunk is the space that it gives us to explore and think through new paradigms, new systems thinking, new ideas – some of which maybe we don...
2022-08-2945 min
Solarpunk FuturesAmazofuturism and SolarpunkIn our first episode, we talk with Brazilian lawyer and author Yasmin Moita, who has a short story titled, "Taming the Sea and the Wind," in the forthcoming anthology, Amazofuturo. We read from and talk about Yasmin's story as well, what amazofuturism is, and it's relationship and similarities to solarpunk. Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
2021-09-1233 min
Antropologia SolarpunkIntro: cos'è (o cosa vorrebbe essere) Antropologia SolarpunkSaluti, gente! In questo episodio introduttivo cercherò di tracciare un po’ le coordinate di questo podcast, così che possiate farvi un’idea di cosa aspettarvi in futuro. Il primo, vero episodio arriverà a breve, quindi, se vi va, ricordatevi di iscrivervi ad Antropologia Solarpunk per non perdervi i prossimi, sugosi sviluppi! Antropologia Solarpunk è anche su Facebook > https://www.facebook.com/antrosolar Per mettervi in contatto con me, non esitate a scrivermi ad antropologiasolarpunk@gmail.com Alla prossima!
2021-02-0407 min