The SolarPunk thing is happening everywhere… Here’s a manifesto in several languages: A Solarpunk Manifesto (English) – ReDes – Regenerative Design ReDes – Regenerative Design – Permacultura, Sociocracia, Solarpunk Ein Solarpunk-Manifest (Deutsch) – ReDes –

At last November’s COP26 meeting, the COP26 House was on display – notable for using Scottish-grown timber: COP26: Scotland’s home-grown house of the future – BBC News The case for home-grown timber homes was made:

A basic idea behind the SolarPunk ethos is that there is actually enough ‘technology’ already available to improve things considerably. One example is this from over twenty years ago: Remote Street Lights Powered by Solar

Soon, there won’t be enough wood – so we need to come up with sustainable options. Here’s an idea: According to a report by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), it is estimated that the amount

Here’s a fine piece from the SolarPunk Anarchists – telling us what it’s all about: Solarpunk is a Revolt of Hope Against Despair Solarpunk is a rebellion against the structural pessimism in our late visions

Here’s a brilliant STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, maths) project just open: A glowing silicone sun measuring 2.3 metres in diameter and a pinhead-size Pluto have been brought down to earth in an extraordinary scale

There is ‘solar’ – which is about realising all those alternative technologies which we already have at hand. And there is ‘punk’ – which is about all those creative and ingenious approaches which we are

Here’s one view of Solarpunk – from an advert for margarine: Dear Alice – YouTube Solarpunk — A Story Of The Tomorrow We Want To Live In | by Matterless Studios | Medium Here are

There’s a lot of ‘eco-anxiety’ which is not doing our mental health much good: Climate anxiety is driving the West into dangerous mass hysteria  As Janet Daley concludes in the Telegraph piece: Enough with crying

Sidmouth has some fine examples of Art Deco: Fat Face on Fore Street – Leisure Wear in Sidmouth EX10 8HU, Devon Or at least it did: sunburst | The deco windows at Knight’s clothing shop