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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 2d

Part of building a deliciously sustainable future is sustaining ourselves 🪴
Taking a screen break for the next two weeks 🙏
See you wonderful people on the other side 😘

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 2d

Including @solarpunkdc.bsky.social @brklyndragon.bsky.social among others :)

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 2d

From artists to academics, designers to activists - this Black History Month we’re shouting out some brilliant solarpunks of colour substack.com/home/post/p-... #BlackHistoryMonth #Solarpunk

Black solarpunks celebration

We’re marking Black History Month 2025 by celebrating some top black solarpunks.

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 10d

Our deep-dive on the many shades of solarpunk www.solarpunkstories.com/blog/what-is...

What is solarpunk? One thing or many? — SolarPunk Stories

What is solarpunk, what is it not and why does it matter? We explore this and the many shades of solarpunk art and fiction in this deep-dive article.

www.solarpunkstories.com

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 10d

This Max Wilkins illustration is what we call Metropolis Solar, one of many shades of solarpunk we've explored in our deep-dive (link in comments). What shade are you? #Solarpunk #SolarpunkArt

Futuristic green buildings with airships in the sky

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 16d

Videogames that get you protopian rolepaying, space-based solarpunk and augmented reality to get your planting in this newsletter #Solarpunk #Indiegames

substack.com/home/post/p-...

Solarpunk videogames galore

Teasers of new protopian games, updates and others solarpunking digital play

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 24d

Even without subsidies clean energy is cheaper than dirty fossil fuels. Join a #SunDayofAction event this 21st September to show your support
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYSU...

Save the date - September 21, 2025. Rise up for a sun powered planet!

YouTube video by Just Have a Think

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 25d

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 25d

Calling all artists, designers, futurists and dreamers in Cambodia 🌱✨
Join the solarpunk artist residency in Kampong Thom, 25–30 Sept, and submit your work for the Southeast Asian digital solarpunk exhibition on 4 Oct. See link in comments for more info

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Sun Day @sundayofaction.bsky.social · 27d

Do you care about the future of clean energy? Then we want to see you at Sun Day! Here are 3 ways you can get involved, and help celebrate the power of solar, wind, and renewable energy on September 21 👇🧵

How to take part in Sun Day - different ways you can take action for clean energy on September 21

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · 26d

Thanks for sharing. What did your group say? Yay, nay or something else?

SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Sep 9

Is solarpunk noir a contradiction in terms or a great cocktail? Guest writer Cromlyn pulls on a fedora to see where things lead
solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/can-solarp... #Solarpunk #SolarpunkFiction

Can solarpunk be noir?

We investigate the history of detective fiction to find out

solarpunkstories.substack.com

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Sep 2

Watch the trailer and wishlist this game on Steam 🙏https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgu8_xqMLLw

FUTURE? NO THANKS! - Announcement Trailer

YouTube video by molleindustria

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Sep 2

"Healthcare is free? Then I’ll take 10 euthanasias!" – a line from a brilliant looking solarpunk comedy game where a cranky grandpa of the future complains about all the protopian progress that’s been made. Link to trailer in comments :) #Solarpunk #IndieGame @molleindustria.org

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 30

@sarahhousley.bsky.social author of Designing Hope names solarpunk among the top positive visions to shape better tomorrows #BooksForChange #FutureVisions

www.bigissue.com/life/the-way...

From solarpunk to the metaverse: The way we think about the future needs to change

Though over half of us think humanity is doomed, if we can imagine a better future, we can start to move towards it.

www.bigissue.com

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 27

A solarpunk heist thriller, free creative writing workshop and more in our new update #solarpunk #protopia solarpunkstories.substack.com/p/solarpunk-...

Solarpunk round up

New art, novels and more in our latest highlights of solarpunky stuff

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 26

Free creative writing workshop, brought to you by the dreamers at The London School of Solarpunk this 2nd September ‘25 - The Post Bar, Tottenham #solarpunk #writingworkshop

Flyer describing Free creative writing workshop, brought to you by the dreamers at The London School of Solarpunk
2nd September ‘25

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 22

Totally feel you, and also love the feeling of paper between the fingers when reading :)

The predictions that digital would completely replace print by now are happily wrong, the trend is in the other direction :)

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 22

Despite predictions that their electronic cousins would kill them off, printed books continue to break UK sales records as readers seek an escape from digital overload www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a... #printbooks #readingcommunity

Waterstones opens 10 new stores a year as younger adults embrace reading

Bookshop chain says people are keen to escape their screens and says rise in sales is partly down to BookTok

www.theguardian.com

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 20

And if you'd like to learn more about the artists check out her linktree > linktr.ee/spikings?fbc...

Spikings Art | Linktree

All my places, in one place.

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 20

Three generations of wind turbine in "The Future is Solarpunk" by Spikings Art #Solarpunk #SolarpunkArt

Solarpunked wind turbines of the future in a rural foreground with a city in the distance

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 18

What Foundation and Elon Musk get wrong about technology and progress in our latest post substack.com/@solarpunkst... #Solarpunk #Foundation

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Elijah the TechnoShaman @eruditelijah.bsky.social · Aug 15

For examples look up:

Videos by @andrewsage.bsky.social and @ourchangingclimate.bsky.social

Podcasts like
Bright Green Futures and Demand Utopia

Anthologies by @susankayequinn.bsky.social and @brightflame.bsky.social

And more like
@solarpunkstories.bsky.social and @solarpunkseed.bsky.social

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 18

Thanks for the share fam 🙏

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SolarPunk Stories @solarpunkstories.bsky.social · Aug 17

Deserted coal mines being turned into solar farms feels like a green version of bending swords into ploughshares www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iGj... #JustTransition #SolarPower

How SOLAR PARKS are fixing up abandoned COAL MINES.

YouTube video by Just Have a Think

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