“can’t shake the devil’s hand and say you’re only kidding” is the most concise and powerful dismissal of people who are “jokingly” racist and i can’t believe it’s from a They Might Be Giants song
How much longer until the utopic Solarpunk future where Capitalism is dead and we all live in ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities? Asking for a friend.
Until we make those ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities ourselves. It’s going to take a lot of us to do it though, so best to spread the word (and gather native tree seeds).
And, like, get started now. Then our “weirdo houses” will be the only thing functioning when everything falls apart!
The only reason why we don’t live in a solarpunk world right now is because no one has bothered to make it yet.
We’ll have to make it ourselves, and we’ll have to help each other make it. That’s why it is solarpunk.
Some resources to consider creating or joining or doing:
Repair cafes – create or join your local repair cafe! Repair stuff, learn how to repair stuff, teach others how to repair stuff.
Map of Makerspaces – make some things! learn how to make some things! teach others how to make some things!
Community Garden Map (note that this is US-only, and not a complete list) – join a local community garden
Learn some basics on passive solar design – clever use of the sun can create extremely energy efficient homes and buildings. You can use these principles to save on energy bills, even if you’re renting.
Free USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision – cut down on personal food waste! Learn how to safely preserve food. Very useful if you suddenly harvest / purchase for crazy cheap in season / dumpster dive a ton of perishable food.
Donate to One Acre Fund, which provides training and capital to farmers (making them more productive and pulling them out of poverty) in various east African countries
Donate to Bridges to Prosperity, which provides technical expertise, money, and volunteers, to help local people build and maintain their own footbridges in extremely isolated rural areas
joining r/solarpunk, and sharing links/ideas/art/music with the community. Also, upvoting stuff for greater visibility. There’s over 900 members!
i’m a black trans woman, i’m unemployed, and my family is threatening to kick me out.
i need help.
my abusive parents recently found my blog and realized i’m trans and they’re furious. they’ve been increasingly violent towards me and are even withholding food from me. i desperately need food and money to help me move out of this house. i’ve been desperately looking for work but no one will hire me. even $1 would help me tremendously and is immensely appreciated. and even a reblog helps. my paypal is paypal.me/cherrysodas and my venmo is @Nia-Taylor-7
update: i’m getting kicked out the week after christmas so i’m now at risk of becoming homeless. even $1 or a reblog helps
what’s your chicken soup movie? that movie you always watch when you’re sick or sad and need cheering up, the movie you like to watch on rainy days, the movie that always makes you feel warm and settled inside
Miss June Kerat, on the runway you gave us an explosion of style, but in this week’s challenge the whole thing went kaboom. Im sorry my dear, but you are up for elimination
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