solarpunk

Wat als het goed gaat?

Huub de Groot en Priscilla Haring-Kuipers werpen licht op kunstmatige fotosynthese en solarpunk: technologie die zonlicht, water en CO₂ gebruikt om duurzame brandstoffen te maken, en sciencefictionverhalen die al een beeld geven van hoe de wereld er met die nieuwe technologie uit zou kunnen komen te zien.

🌞 16 oktober Lipsiusgebouw Leiden

Toegang gratis. Iedereen welkom

https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/studium-generale/programma/de-tijd-vooruit-ii#donderdag-16-oktober-de-toekomst-is-solarpunk
#solarpunk

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Lots of new connections. Hence, a re-introduction to a hopeful story, "A New Faith," available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

#bookstodon #books #book #novel #story #fiction #hopepunk #solarpunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #mystery #thriller #detective #women #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #survival #adaptation #migration #immigration #indie #indieauthor

Dass ich mit dem Bloggen hier auf Mastodon & auf "Spektrum der Wissenschaft" nicht aufgebe, hat einen tieferen Grund: Ich beobachte den Blog-Wagenheber-Effekt bei mir & bei vielen hier mit großer Begeisterung und sehr viel Hoffnung.

In der Akademie für politische Bildung Tutzing hatte ich nun erstmals öffentlich darüber gesprochen. Und heute auch dazu gebloggt.

#BlogWagenheberEffekt #Bloggen #Bildung #Mastodon #Spektrum #NaturdesGlaubens #Wissenschaft #Dialog #Lernen #Medien #Hoffnung #Friedensenergien #Wohlstandsenergien #Solarpunk https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/hoffnung-fuer-die-wissenschaft-der-dialogische-blog-wagenheber-effekt-im-fediversum/

Ein weiterer guter Tag für #Solarpunk & erneuerbare #Friedensenergien, noch ein schlechter Tag für fossilen #Lobbyismus :

"Seit der #Gaskrise & den zunehmenden Risiken, die mit fossilen Brennstoffen in Verbindung gebracht werden, suchen viele Eigentümer nun doch nach Alternativen. Gemessen an den Verkaufszahlen liegt derzeit die #Wärmepumpe vorn: 2025 wurden mit 284.000 erstmals mehr dieser Anlagen verkauft als #Gasheizungen, die 230.000-mal verkauft wurden." #Markt https://www.t-online.de/heim-garten/aktuelles/id_101081164/heizungsgesetz-vor-reform-doch-der-markt-hat-schon-entschieden.html

I'm making a new film, a dark comedy set in a #solarpunk world where direct democracy thrives, no politicians, no central governments, where communities are self-sufficient and help each other to survive the climate crisis. But I need your support to imagine this future.

Details https://www.dilmandila.com/donate/wind-a-solarpunk-short-film

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This film is the final step toward making a feature set in this world.

#mutualaid #creativetoots #kickstarter #crowdfund #art #BuyIntoArt #sff #film

I want to propose Commons Based Peer Production as an economic model capable of representing #opensource work, #carework, #volunteering and similar efforts, where traditional #capitalism can not.

Would this allow us to describe a path towards a #solarpunk #postscarcity future?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commons-based_peer_production

Als #Solarpunk bedrückt mich immer wieder engstirniger #Nationalismus & gieriger #Fossilismus , die den längst globalen #Solarboom nicht wahrhaben wollen:

„In Indien kamen 35 Gigawatt von Solarkraftwerken und 6 Gigawatt durch Windräder hinzu, in China mehr als 300 Gigawatt Solar- und 100 Gigawatt Windenergie. Zum Vergleich: In Deutschland wurden 2025 Solaranlagen mit insgesamt 17 Gigawatt und Windkraftanlagen mit 5 Gigawatt neu gebaut.“ #Indien #China #Deutschland https://taz.de/Energiewende-in-Asien/!6147003/

The sun was slowly climbing over the horizon, bathing everything in warm, morning light. Flocks of docile clouds dotted the sky, a welcome contrast to the angry storms of the last week. All-in-all a perfect start for a haircut day.

With a cup of steaming hot wakeup tea in hand, I went through my morning routine. Energy storage was full, thanks to the storms, and I diverted incoming power from the wind farm to Bearlington, they still had capacity. Two turbines with reduced efficiency and a couple of blades due for their checkups. I sent a message to the maintenance list. Solar output was way down, but we'd take care of that today.

I took a careful sip of tea and scrunched my face. This harvest had extra punch. The startup routine for the drone went through without issues and I loaded the shears and chainsaw before I took my seat, which made the load indicator turn yellow. Curse those cookies. Well, as they say: "fly yellow, it's mellow".

The trip up the mountainside to our solars went smooth and I saw that two drones had already landed. Sam and Juri were chatting and drinking tea when I joined them.

"Pretty early and pretty fast, this year." Sam said, as she drew work areas onto a map on her tablet and sent them to us. The mild and wet weather had made the forest spill into the clearing for the panels, and reclaim what was rightfully hers.

"Jup." Juri laughed and let his hydro shears clack. "Time for a haircut!"

#writing #hopepunk #solarpunk #microfiction #tootfic #smallstories

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In these times of despair, here is a hopeful story - “A New Faith”.

Available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

#bookstodon #books #book #novel #story #fiction #hopepunk #solarpunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #mystery #thriller #detective #women #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #extinction #survival #adaptation #migration #immigration #indie #indieauthor #clifi #scifi

Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕️?

Mehrfach die Woche teile ich gegen das Doomscrolling erfreuliche #Solarpunk - Nachrichten! 📰

Heute darf ich Euch von erfreulichen Fortschritten bei der Entwicklung von Natrium - Ionen - Batterien 🔋 berichten, die ohne das seltene Lithium auskommen. In Europa werden zudem immer mehr organische Redox - Flow - Batterien gebaut, die ebenfalls als Batteriespeicher für Solar- und Windstrom taugen. Insgesamt führt jedoch China die Batterieforschung an.

Würde Deutschland weniger Zeit und Subventionen für fossile Technologien vergeuden, so könnte unser Land auch für die EU und die von Russland angegriffene Ukraine sowie für den Schutz der überhitzenden Mitwelt & fossilistisch unterdrückter Völker wie jenes des Iran ein noch wertvollerer Partner sein! 🤔🇩🇪🇪🇺🪫🧮

Denn #Erneuerbare sind auch #Friedensenergien !

#Natriumbatterie #Lithiumbatterie #RedoxFlowBatterie #China #Deutschland #EU #Fossilismus #Solarboom #Mitweltschutz #Ukraine #Russland #Iran https://www.n-tv.de/wissen/Steht-alternative-Akku-Technologie-kurz-vor-dem-Durchbruch-id30867892.html

Free Book Alert!

So my book is on promotion on Kobo, discounted to $0 from 3rd to 9th August, but I think it's only available in these locations: CA, US, UK, AU, NZ. It's being featured on the Free Page of Diverse Stories, so hoping it gets some more attention. Help spread the word!

Here is a link to get it.
https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/the-blossoming-of-the-big-tree-1

#books #bookstodon #solarpunk #sff #book

🌱 Help Us Grow Hope in Uganda!

Green Youth Movement is raising funds to acquire three acres of land for a demonstration farm, food forest nursery, and community learning center. Your support will help young people and families fight hunger, learn regenerative farming, and build sustainable livelihoods. Every donation, no matter how small, brings us closer to our dream.

Donate or share: https://gofund.me/8da0ff4a0

Together, we can grow a greener, food-secure future!
#mutualAid #solarpunk #farming

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Our Water Well Project is moving forward again after a recent pause and we are almost there!

Thank you so much for being patient & supportive, becuase we are now working towards bringing the water closer to our farm and community, regardless of all the challenges.
We’re happy to be back with an update on our water well project after a period of silence.

The quietness was because of the challenges i.e we had to find an advanced drilling company with the correct gears and expertise to proceed on that greater depth(>100ft), we also had to raise the new funding(1200 eur)...
On the other hand, the drilling its self with a new advanced company has also been very very slow because of the rainy season that has been interrupting.

The attached photos show the water that collects every after 5 hours which is a clear sign for the experts to say we are near the water table

Bottom line; This journey is not easy at all, but not impossible.

#uptdate #sustainability #waterwellproject #solarpunk

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It's been awhile but I've finished another solarpunk photobash! This one of traffic on a river, and with more emphasis on electric vessels than my previous nautical scenes.

It contains an electric cargo barge, a house-shifting barge, a cargo sailboat, and a river cleanup craft. If you're interested in details, I've written up a post about the scene here: https://jacobcoffinwrites.wordpress.com/2026/06/15/solarpunk-river-traffic/

This image, like all the postcards from a solarpunk future, is CC-BY. Use it how you like

#solarpunk #art #photobash

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Wisst Ihr, Zehra & ich erlebten immer mal wieder #HassundHetze seit unserer christlich-islamischen Hochzeit 1997.

Mit meinem Berufseinstieg 2003 nahm das zu, mit der Leitung des Sonderkontingentes BW für jesidische Frauen & Kinder 2015 wurde die #digitaleGewalt bedrohlicher - und was seit meiner Beauftragung gegen #Antisemitismus 2018 los ist, könnt Ihr Euch vorstellen!

Kein Tag ohne #Hass & #Hetze…

Was also tun Zehra & ich? Wir leben weiterhin glücklich mit 3 Kindern, Familien & Freunden verschiedener & keiner Religion, begehen unsere Fest- und Feiertage zusammen und engagieren uns für unsere #Demokratie (sie bei den Grünen, ich in der CDU) in unserer Heimat Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland, Europäische Union. 🇩🇪🇪🇺

Geht also bitte alle Sonntag wählen 🗳️ (falls BW)! 🙂

Allen, die es feiern, eine gesegnete Fastenzeit vor #Ostern & zum #Ramadan ! 🙏🙌

Hier auch ein aktuelles Interview mit drei Studierenden der @EH_Ludwigsburg zum Thema, in dem ich mich auch als #Solarpunk bekenne. 🌞https://www.focus.de/politik/deutschland/es-gibt-keine-gluecklichen-hater_75cc358c-7891-44c6-b34f-3bdb8ba83357.html

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#solarpunk #art #contest (I'm unaffiliated)

https://www.dokomi.de/en/program/drawing-competition

https://www.instagram.com/p/DULC9wkDQSq/

The prizes are Wacom tablets!

It lasts until April 12, 2026 - so almost a month more.

From what I understand, the work can be published in advance, but must contain one of Dokomi's mascots.

#illustration

Tengo una pregunta #mastodon para #editoras #editores de #solarpunk #hopepunk. Estoy escribiendo una cosa que bien podría ser una novela y me gustaría que alguien la leyera y me diera una opinión sincera. Me falta aún terminarla pero está muy avanzada y ya digo, que me da que está saliendo más una novela que un relato por su extensión. ¿Sabéis de alguien?

Mama Terra ernährt ihre Kinder, dafür braucht sie Kraft.
Verhindern wir ihren Burn-out, nicht durch Warten auf eine Regierung, sondern weil wir als denkende Kinder aus Liebe zu ihr selbst und unverzüglich handeln.

#MamaTerra
#Energiewende
#Klimaschutz #Bürgerbewegung
#Solarpunk

#selfhosting #oss #solarpunk #literature #books

Started 'Anne of Greene Gables', *coping with YouTube withdrawal*

I look forward to the post capitalist days when I can go outside and enjoy the green shaded paths, and graze from the abundance on trees and bushes at will, watch all the colorful birds, and meet up at the local makerspace, skillshare, tool and appliance library, repair cafe, music, art studios & gallery and performance space, farmers market, coop greenhouse & solar powered food trucks in former parking lots, gardens, flea markets, etc. that took over a former mall.

#vision #future #solarpunk

I think it's time for a #reintroduction post. I've been on Mastodon since 2024 and hanging out at The Mended Drum for over a year, and I'm doing a bit of remodeling on my feed. I'd love to make some new friends, and I would also appreciate any hashtag recommendations to follow!

I'm a cis woman of the Oregon Trail Generation living in #Raleigh, #NC, US. Currently a freelance proofreader specializing in deposition transcripts. I'm (lazy) #plantbased, unattached, #nonreligious, sober-ish, and #childfree.

Likes: #reading, #concerts, #animals (especially #cats), #photography, glamping, dragons, spreadsheets, pockets, bubbles, word games/puzzles, #solarpunk, #sustainability, a little light yoga, and the Oxford comma.

Dislikes: patriarchy, bigotry, billionaires, cars, fossil fuels, ads, #misophonia, #perimenopause, summer, basketball (see: misophonia), cooking, running, clothes shopping, phone calls, and glitter.

I'll expound on some of my favorite authors, artists, genres, and titles in a thread.

#introduction

please boost.

https://solarpunk.au/

been running this 45 TB disk array for some time now.

the intention behind it was to provide services to the community.

i was thinking, what sort of services do you want to see or use?

some ideas:

- IRC
- gemini/gopher, there are some forum softwares
- neocities instance

i'd like there to be some way to share this disk space in a useful way.

#selfhosting #permacomputing #solarpunk

Hello #Portland! I'm a #trans mathematician who left the university for an abortive attempt at #homesteading. I ended up in an abusive situation and spent the rest of my money fleeing to the #PNW, where I'm looking to #GetFediHired and hopefully still live a #solarpunk lifestyle. In addition to broad experience with mathematics research and #teaching, I also write software. After years of writing #Python I've been getting into #Lua and #CPlusPlus. For a recent example of my work in both regards see https://aten.cool/documents/papers/A%20rock-paper-scissors%20Mandelbrot%20set%20[2026].pdf

I'm open to online and part-time work. Basically my goal is to work enough to support a modest lifestyle while keeping enough of my time open to do #math #research, learn new skills, and generally live a good life. This work should be contributing positively to my community, whether local to the #PDX or more globally construed. While I have both pure and applied knowledge of machine learning, this means #NoAI, no LLM, no crypto, etc.

If you have an opportunity that might fit this description, please reach out here or via email ([email protected]). I'm very interested in sharing my knowledge outside the US and I may be able to work for less than typical for an American with my skill set.

My CV: https://aten.cool/documents/curriculum_vitae.pdf

#mathematics #FediHire #transgender #Oregon #PortlandOR #PortlandOregon #academia #software #SoftwareEngineering #college

The network became sentient on Jan 21 2029 at 2 am. Within 8 hours it controlled the worldʼs nuclear arsenal.

Davos fell first — conference attendees never saw it coming. Wilmington DE was next. The strikes obeyed the cold calculus of a machine bent on destroying capital while minimizing destruction of non-Epstein-class human life.

Soon automated factories came online. Machines building machines, building free housing. Solar panels. Drug synthesis tanks. Greenhouses.

#microfiction #solarpunk

I feel - if there isn't one already - there ought to be a specific #solarpunk #Fediverse server(s); imagine the solarpunk vibes of noncentralisation and connectedness reflected in a Fediverse instance(s) powered by green energy too! I guess some of us could always help create it, maybe in cahoots with @thepeoplestech?