Full disclosure, I work with a few soil scientists and I now understand how critical it is that we know the potential of the land if we're relying on it to produce ag or to be used as rangeland.
I had never heard of a land trust being used to keep rates affordable - sounds like a very cool model!
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I love it. And somewhere back in the base there's a hardbitten sargeant breaking in the raw recruits, chewing them out for flying to get to their base and making them scrub the bathroom with organic cleaners on a compostable toothbrush.
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Anything that evokes Mucha is great in my book!
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ha! I have the same background. Great minds...
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Every time I return the community here feels more vibrant. Thanks for your work!
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I especially enjoy reading examples of how Solarpunk principles have been applied in the real world, or fiction that breaks down my own mental barriers about whether a better world is possible. So, I started this reading list to document my favorites. It's starting to grow as a community project, so if you want to make a contribution you're welcome. Happy reading!
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I've found that town-level organizing is satisfying, and a scale where a small group of individuals can help make bigger change.
My town government agreed a few years ago to adopt the sustainablect.org framework, which has a bunch of green/sustainable elements I am really excited about.
Once the town agrees in principle to a framework, you can advocate for policies based on that framework, and mobilize people who are particularly interested in one issue (say, composting!) or another (sidewalk networks! green energy!)
The trick, I think, is to find a framework the town government is willing to support (in principle) with specific changes. The fact that there's a certification program to go along with the framework that has prestige is really helpful. But really, the core of it all is to find a bunch of folks in your community that want to push things forward towards a goal with a shared vision. Which means that ultimately community organizing is what makes it possible, in my experience.
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I've been looking for some good solarpunk art for our dining room.
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a lovely magazine.
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looks wonderful! Enjoy!
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That's a nice way to think of it, I've felt I must be on the bad alternate timeline for a while now. Maybe this is a healing branch!
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This totally made my day. What a great story - and its incredible to see how much has changed in even the past decade!
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I like that this game exists. Not many games about ecosystem restoration!
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That's awesome!
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Wow. This is surprising. But cool!
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I've been trying to find ecological fiction. The famous one is Dune, but The Terraformers puts a focus on balancing ecosystems that feels fresh and unique. People on a built world struggle to find balance when the owners of this world exploit and break it and its inhabitants try to keep things together. There's a lot of exploration ojf "personhood" as well.
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Open source is like a pressure valve for how much companies can screw people over. I hope this becomes a big thing.
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I hadn't heard of "Always Coming Home" before - a new LeGuin for me to read! Thanks for sharing this.
solarpunks.net
Invisible Solar is a new PV technology that take on the appearance of any building material. Each Invisible Solar module is more than a photovoltaic panel, it also is an active architectural element with various functionality.
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