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Title: What is Solarpunk? |
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Date: 2023-03-25 |
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Category: Misc |
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Summary: About the Solarpunk genre. |
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Scientists and engineers don't create world-changing technology alone. |
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Science fiction writers create ideas, inventions and worlds that scientists and engineers later build. |
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# Don't Look at the Hazard |
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When driving or biking in dangerous terrain, the best way to avoid the danger is to not look at the hazards. |
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We tend to go where we look, so look where you should go. |
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When driving, look at the open road, not the accident. |
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When biking, look at the path, not the tree. |
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In the matter of building our world, hazards dominate our fiction and media. |
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Dystopian works of fiction (cyberpunk) focus on high-tech and low-life. |
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Dystopian, outrage porn fill our screens and our feeds. |
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When the focus of our minds eye is on hazards, it is towards the hazards we will go. |
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# The Open Road |
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Solarpunk is the open road. |
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Solarpunk focuses on high-life and how to get there, whether high-tech or low-tech. |
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Solarpunk is a genre of fiction that envisions a future in which renewable energy sources and sustainable practices are the norm. |
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Solarpunk rejects pessimism, cynicism and defeatism in favor of hope, effort and ingenuity. |
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Solarpunk encourages on pragmatism and do-it-yourself. |
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![[solarpunk1.jpg]] |
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Solarpunk stories often feature vibrant, green cities filled with community gardens, solar panels, and other forms of sustainable technology. |
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Characters in solarpunk stories are often activists, artists, and other individuals who are working to create a more just and equitable world. |
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Solarpunk is not just a literary genre or artistic movement. |
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It is a movement that inspires people to take action towards a sustainable future. |
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It is a call to imagine and build a world that is not only livable but also beautiful, inspiring and vibrant for all. |
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We're here to make solarpunk a reality.
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