Here’s a very interesting look at Solarpunk – and how it could be made more ‘ambitious’ with the promise of “a world where energy too cheap to meter unlocks technology that is indistinguishable from magic”:
Some thoughts for this time of year: The Charlie Brown Christmas special, in which Charlie struggles to cope with the rampant commercialization of the season. The Peanuts’ strong consensus is that they need “a great, big,
To realise a sustainable future, do we need big technology and big investment in new directions – or is what we now have enough? We have the technology we need – Sidmouth Solarpunk Here’s a
Here’s a stirring piece from last year looking to a positive, sustainable future – which some would call ‘solarpunk’: Do you believe in climate solutions? You just might be a solarpunk. What started as an
Back in 2021, the Nation magazine looked at “the novel solutions of utopian fiction” – as covered in these pages at the time: Utopian fiction – Sidmouth Solarpunk Back in 2016, they had interviewed an
The SP phenomenon started with a look at how our future visions could be much less doomladen: Sci-Fi, Sustainability And Hope “can offer an aesthetic and a sense of optimism that is actionable” – Sidmouth
A real problem facing young people is that the future stinks. Solarpunk visions offer something tangibly positive for the future – starting with fiction: Sci-Fi, Sustainability And Hope “can offer an aesthetic and a sense
The recent AI event in London seemed to send out contradictory messages – the AI is all about Elon Musk and ChatGPT; that AI is all about extreme scenarios of algorithms causing harm; that AI will mean people
Solarpunk ideas are being shared across the world: solarpunk… français… italiano… deutch… español… – Sidmouth Solarpunk It’s very much a global thing: INDIA: Solar energy | Solarpunk: a brilliant subculture, its solutions and visions –
There are some interesting voices to be heard coming out of Melborne: Award-winning Millennial Australian comedian Tom Ballard: “The world is on fire and we’re all going to die lol.” – Sidmouth Solarpunk Here’s another