We've all been there, trying to find a movie "everyone" wants to watch and the genre typically falls to sci-fi/futuristic/action movies but oh my god how grim are they? Is dystopia really our only vision of the future? Because I just get sad watching these movies as there's far too many parallels to our current world without hope - except for the super rich of course, and our "chosen one". Where's the community? Where's the hope? That's where solarpunk can step in
Let's connect:
IG: https://www.instagram.com/bryonyclaire_vegan/?hl=en
business enquiries only: bryonyclaire.vegan@gmail.com
Videos recommended:
@Andrewism
@SkipIntroYT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vY9MvJdP64
@JessieGender1 for all your star trek needs
@KarolinaZebrowskax historical meme mom
@rachelmaksy floor goblins unite
@AbbyCox historic sewing knowledge and fun
@MicarahTewers chaotic trash to aesthetic treasure adventures
@TheSewistbyCen - for great sewing advice
how to fix your clothes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnxGHRlevlQ
@withwendy fixing clothes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDOhJGqKOTw
Things you can do: (small scale links - as I can't link to every political movement in every country). Also - join a union!
rewilding your garden: https://www.mossy.earth/rewilding-knowledge/rewild-your-garden
how to start a community project: https://ecotree.green/en/blog/how-to-start-a-green-community-project
building community locally: https://www.planetizen.com/blogs/116599-five-ways-build-sustainable-community-through-volunteering
Sources:
https://builtin.com/greentech/solarpunk
https://medium.com/solarpunks/solarpunk-a-reference-guide-8bcf18871965
https://climate-fiction.org/2022/11/15/just-stories-african-solarpunk-challenging-a-growing-climate-apartheid-by-nick-wood/
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/438895/most-maori-experience-racism-every-day-new-research#:~:text=New%20research%20released%20today%20shows,a%20problem%20for%20their%20wh%C4%81nau.&text=Legal%20definitions%20of%20racism%20and,to%20M%C4%81ori%2C%20the%20research%20finds.
https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/01-06-2022/the-place-for-matauranga-maori-is-alongside-science
https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/uploads/public/Discover-Our-Research/Environment/Sustainable-society-policy/VMO/Indigenous_Maori_knowledge_perspectives_ecosystems.pdf
https://www.imaginingtheimpossible.com/post/cultural-elements-in-world-building-of-solarpunk-short-stories
https://filmschoolrejects.com/is-the-future-of-her-utopian-or-dystopian-5326c4515973/
https://earth.org/solarpunk/
https://solarpunks.net/tagged/zine
https://imposemagazine.com/bytes/cinema/the-definitive-guide-to-solarpunk-fashion-movies-aesthetic-more
https://solarpunkmagazine.com/review-of-disneys-strange-world/#:~:text=If%20you%20can%20set%20aside,of%20solarpunk%20animation%20and%20storytelling.
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/avatar-sequel-evokes-criticism-from-indigenous-activistsagain-180981351/
https://www.curbed.com/2022/02/green-building-claims-carbon-neutral-environment.html
https://www.npr.org/2023/06/21/1183229884/oceangate-titanic-submersible-deep-sea-tourism
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2023/06/25/covid-precautions-summer-vaccines-deaths/
https://daily.jstor.org/how-hollywood-thrived-through-the-red-scare/
https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/February-2022/How-Volunteering-Improves-Mental-Health