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We are transitioning into connected, inclusive communities centered in mutual aid and sustainability with all beings, human and more than human.
Air, water, earth and sunlight are our elemental ancestors and our future generations.
We know all are One.
Instead of saying that we are living in "late stage capitalism," what is something positive we could we say we are living in the early, or pre, stages of?
I'm tired of critiquing the current failed system & dreaming of what will replace it.
Positive answers only please. Snark and humor not welcomed in response to this post.
Vekllei/MillMint is such a fun mixed media project showing an alternative history 21st century. It is #solarpunk as hell, but I never see it discussed anywhere
Y'know that #solarpunk trope of floating wind turbines in the sky, tethered to the ground, and feeding power down to denizens below?
This is in China, serving 50KW at 500m, which is power for between 40 to 140 households.
The figure changes depending on which country you use. USA is around ~1KW per house, and in Europe it's closer to 300-400W on average).
I wonder what the economics are like for these. I you have seen numbers, do plz share.
chinadaily.com.cn/a/202410/12/…
China's self-developed airship harvests wind power at record height
China's domestically developed buoyant airborne turbine (BAT) reached a record height on Thursday in central China's Hubei Province, harnessing stronger, steadier winds from higher altitudes to generate power.www.chinadaily.com.cn
Placing solar panels over crops protect them from hail and tempersture variations such as frost in the morning. This experiment saw a significant increase in yield of grapes.
Earlier I saw a similar result with raspberries.
pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/agr…
#GoodNews #agriculture #solarpower #photovoltaics #solarpunk
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels.pv magazine International
Wanted to make something a bit more abstract, vibes-based, and even more vibrant than usual (if my eyes don't get tired from looking at a drawing in 1.5 seconds i consider that an L).
This reminds me a bit of the art of Olly Costello (ollycostello.com)
#solarpunk #hopepunk #art #illustration #artistsOnMastodon #myArt
What is #Solarpunk and can it help save the planet?
2 August 2021
Nicola K Smith
"Lush green communities with roof top gardens, floating villages, transport fuelled by clean energy and hope-filled sci-fi tales. Imagine a world in which existing technologies are deployed for the greater good of both people and the planet.
"It's called solarpunk. The term, coined in 2008, refers to an art movement which broadly envisions how the future might look if we lived in harmony with nature in a sustainable and egalitarian world.
"'Solarpunk is really the only solution to the existential corner of climate disaster we have backed ourselves into as a species,' says Michelle Tulumello, a solarpunk art teacher in New York state.
"'If we wish to survive and keep some of the things we care about on the earth with us, it involves a necessary fundamental alteration in our world view where we change our outlook completely from competitive to cooperative.'"
Read more:
bbc.com/news/business-57761297
#Sustainable #Egalitarian #Cooperative #RenewableEnergy #Permaculture #Sustainability #HackYourWorld
What is solarpunk and can it help save the planet?
Solarpunk is art movement that imagines a world where technology is used for the good of the planet.By Nicola K Smith (BBC News)
