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Solarpunk, Common Good, Coyote & Crow, round architecture, RPGs, politics, near future Sci-Fi.

twitch.tv/Solarpunk_Village/about

Trying to have an open mind. He/him.
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I recorded a podcast yesterday with the delightful @henrylienauthor.bsky.social!

The pod lifts up hopeful climate fiction stories but it's also an extended tutorial on #solarpunk storytelling. This ep is a great addition to that conversation!

Ep. 36 coming soon!

brightgreenfutures.substack.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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I'm thinking about prototyping a quick-and-easy #solarpunk #ttrpg based on #ForTheQueen game.

Little setting, no characters, just a lot of story prompts on cards the players draw one after another to tell a tale together.

Some topics I'm exploring so far:

- A rescue effort after an […]
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September 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Solarpunk is a literary, aesthetic and cultural genre that portrays an equitable society sustained by renewable energy and living in harmony with nature www.thenewworld.co.uk/sarah-housle... @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
Utopia, with solar panels
Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision of a beautiful, sustainable planet. Now it inspires Hollywood movies and real-life tech. Can it change the world?
www.thenewworld.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Solarpunk: 🏙️
-Forged by millennials and zoomers (way cool)
-Optimistic
-Is literally the solution
-Eco-communism (reactionaries hate it)

Cyberpunk: 🌆
-Invented by Gen X (depressed boomers)
-Defeatist
-Offers no solution
-Give fascists something to strive towards
September 27, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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To Rescue a Self
Climate fiction: At the Green Nigeria Youths Fellowship, Eketi tries to find her voice.
grist.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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I enjoyed this. And what an infectious laugh. ❤️

"Reporter left speechless after witnessing Japan's new $70 million Maglev train in action at 310 mph"
September 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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As a #Solarpunk writer, I'm scribing for that Star Trek future all the way.
#SFF
I insist on our Star Trek future. I'm going to do everything in my power to make our Star Trek future happen, even if I won't be here to enjoy it.
August 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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If not for greed, we could be living in a paradise, having saved our public lands from fracking, free of pollution, safe drinking water not laced with toxic chemicals.
August 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
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August 5, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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Ok friends...if you want more people to know about #solarpunk, I've got a thing you can do: request solarpunk books at the library.

This page has details: HOW, WHY, 10 Solarpunk Books Every Library Should Have

brightgreenfutures.substack.com/p/for-librar...

#hopepunk #libraries #ClimateChange
Request Solarpunk at the Library
I’m a huge fan of distributed action: a lot of people doing a thing in a lot of places can have huge impact, even if each action seems small.
brightgreenfutures.substack.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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🌻 Hey it's time for some #Solarpunk art! 🌻

Check out this awesome video by Andrewism showcasing this year's collaborative Solarpunk art project! There are some really amazing and inspiring pieces here.
SOLARPUNK 2025 - A Collaborative Art Project
YouTube video by Extra Andrewism
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July 13, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Awesome demo from Indie dev with a love for emergent narrative and player agency. Wishlist their #solarpunk city-builder Generation Exile!
Steam Next Fest is here and that means you can play the demo for Generation Exile RIGHT NOW!

store.steampowered.com/app/3744770/...
July 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Meta's behaviour is outrageous, please sign this petition. I donated too, because @mozilla.org do awesome work and just alone the development of the beloved Firefox browser (and Thunderbird) is reason enough to donate to them.

Forever 💓 🦊
www.mozillafoundation.org/en/campaigns...
Meta: Help Users Stop Accidentally Sharing Private AI Conversations
Meta's AI app makes private chats public — often without users realizing. Mozilla is urging Meta to fix the design and protect user privacy.
www.mozillafoundation.org
July 10, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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agent swarm framework aces spatial reasoning test
December 25, 2024 at 4:59 PM
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Greetings and good morning it’s the Sunday 15th June farm rush hour with our farmily of farm animals
June 15, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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OH COME ON!
If we are going to plaster Russian flags on an official Department of Defense banner celebrating America's Flag Day, we must at least learn Russian geography!
June 14, 2025 at 11:01 PM
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Happy #EarthDay 2025
Endcliffe Park #sheffield #yorkshire
📷 FairPhone 5
#waterfall #nature #theoutdoorcity
April 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Trump stopped mentioning the hazard mitigation grant program in major disaster declarations, so I started looking into what was happening. Here's what I found by asking each state asking about the status of their recent hazard mitigation requests. Full story here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
May 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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Remembering Malcolm X on his birthday(5/19/1925 - 2/21/1965) 💙🕊 #100Years
May 19, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Oh my goodness, I love this so much.

Rushed to see who created it (simply used Google Images) and found that Vorja Sanchez did, 😃, and he has a book I can buy: store.vorjasanchez.com/en/
May 19, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Oh wow, check out this awesome #Solarpunk art! I absolutely love the ideas presented here, this is the kind of world I would love to live in 🌻
Solarpunk Art Panels by Commando Jugendstil
Solarpunk Art Panels by Commando Jugendstil
solarpunkmagazine.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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🌻 Calling all #Solarpunk creatives! 🌻

If you're looking to flex your creative muscles, check out this Solarpunk art collab created by @andrewsage.bsky.social and Alxd.

The conversation in this video brings up a lot of really interesting points to consider when it comes to creating Solarpunk art.
Discussing Solarpunk Art 2025 w/ alxd
YouTube video by Andrewism
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May 7, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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This is such a beautiful story. Instant community! Read it for free till 5/13 #solarpunk

(Get the whole BRIGHT GREEN FUTURES anthology, edited by @susankayequinn.bsky.social )

#SFF #SpecLit #climate #hope
My solarpunk short story about a Missouri corn farmer learning to adapt to changing growing conditions and the strange crop of new neighbors that have moved in next door is FREE to download RIGHT NOW!!! (until May 13th)

lnk.to/BGF24S4website

Go! Go! Go get it and tell me what you think!!
May 9, 2025 at 1:41 AM