We need alternatives to cement: As demonstrated in the Chatham House report, while cement (an essential element for concrete manufacturing) is extremely detrimental to the greenhouse effect and climate crisis –representing about 8% of global CO2

Here’s a practical application of the ideas around ‘biophilia’: One of the aims of the solarpunk movement, it seems, is to keep the dystopian cityscapes of Blade Runner and The Fifth Element at bay…  An antidote to this abundance

The science programme manager of the One Earth website, Spencer Scott, looked to the idea of “solarpunk” at the end of last year: In a recent article, we delved into the concept of an ecological civilization,

Renting has its disadvantages – for example, when it comes to living as a tenant by the coast, when sea levels rise, so does your rent. When it comes to hiring a car as a tourist,

There are some fabulous videos out there explaining what SolarPunk is all about. Here’s the first in a series. It takes various visual tropes – from advertising to Hollywood and beyond – and suggests how

Solarpunk can be viewed from many angles – and articles which try to look at all of them can be somewhat too long and rather overwhelming, so that readers just don’t get the point of

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