In a very readable and refreshing piece Young & Meaningful, the Japanese-American high school student Elise Mayumi Beal notes a Japanese philosophy of finding pleasure in the small things, and matches it with an online trend. And

Earlier in the year, Greenpeace was warning about Europe greenwashing with north Africa’s renewable energy, extracting renewable energy from Morocco and Egypt to “greenwash” their own economies, while leaving north Africans reliant on dirty imported fuels. Last

The themes emerging from the Sidmouth SolarPunk blog of late seem to be very much about the future!  Whether it’s a practical look at how ‘a future where semiconductors are so energy efficient’ or a more abstract

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

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

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

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,

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

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

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