Animation is turning more to good old positive story telling about the future, as the likes of Disney goes SolarPunk. And looking at what the latest animation has to offer, one commentator says “if it doesn’t
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A future where technology doesn’t eat us up sounds good – which doesn’t need tonnes of resources but actually reduces what we need. Perhaps the difference between a dystopian future and one that’s a little
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Across the world, policy-makers are presenting their ‘eco visions’ – from President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum’s eco-vision to shape Mexico’s future to students from all over Bulgaria presenting visions and eco-ideas for a sustainable future. Quite impressive. Meanwhile in the
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Every few days, there is something in the news looking at this thing called ‘solar punk’. Here are just a few from the last week: Solar Punk Farms Provides a Vision for a More Joyful,
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Solarpunk is about looking to the future but grounded on the technology of the present: We don’t need ‘miracle’ technologies to fix the climate. We have the tools now suggests Mark Z Jacobson from The
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If we are to make EV vehicles more attractive, then the infrastructure needs to be attractive too – and not just on a practical basis. The industry publication Automotive World is saying that EV charging
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Telling stories is a powerful thing to do. Whether it’s “the role of storytelling as a key practice for navigating and steering the transformations that lie ahead” [Storying the future | 8 | Storytelling practice
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Last summer, an inspiring video interview was posted, looking at ‘solarpunk’s vision’: In an era of multiple global crises – from the climate emergency, to rising populism and the existential threats posed by rapid developments
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It looks as though the SolarPunk genre fits very well with the graphic novel format: last month we looked at ‘Solarblader’, the solarpunk graphic novel and this month we look at another: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS dreams
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There are more and more narratives around climate change emerging through different eco-fiction genres, one of the most distinctive recent voices being that of Ursula le Guin. When it comes to the origins of Solarpunk, it lies