Climate change is here, our ecological systems are collapsing, our social systems are messed up... and still, all we can do is vote, donate to charities, invest in dubious for-profits or undertake small individual actions. Right? Well, there is a 5th way we can save the world - another way to build a solarpunk world. It's called prefiguration.
Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:55 I'm feeling a bit disepowered, actually
06:55 Creating a new world out of the shell of the old
11:28 Building a solarpunk world
Sources:
Thumbnail: WALL-E
Butterflies:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/13/butterflies-summer-absence-british-spring-decline-insects
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jun/14/wildlife-experts-urge-action-on-pesticides-as-uk-insect-populations-plummet
David Graeber:
https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/david-graeber-are-you-an-anarchist-the-answer-may-surprise-you
https://novaramedia.com/2021/09/07/for-david-graeber-theory-and-action-were-inseparable/
A Solarpunk UK:
https://www.repaircafe.org/en/visit/
https://www.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/support/start-worker-co-op
https://www.incredibleedible.org.uk/find-a-group/
https://www.libraryofthings.co.uk/
https://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/about-clts/find-a-community-land-trust/
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/rewilding-network/networks
General:
(Book) The Solidarity Economy - The Solidarity Economy Association
Anark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLsWGJ-fSA
Andrewism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfJMVb34FCo
Many things I’ve read over the years which I have now forgotten, sorry oops
My own brain