Why does it seem like so many solarpunk forums and posts focus on hypotheticals, what governments and politicians should do, and wishing for big things, but dont include real world, small scale personal experiments?
There seems to be a huge opportunity for hacker like, actual DIY punkrock communities, but i dont see many.
why? is alot of this a LARP? where are the people taking action? sincere question…
AI slop picture.
As for the question, it depends on what do you mean by action. I want this world for everyone so just going and living in the forest is not a good solution. Organizing with a local group with similar values is.
so basically you mock people who walk the walk, so you can talk and talk, and create elitism with meaningless purity tests
Ai is not regarded well here, as its use and the destruction it causes to the environment are seen as antithetical to solarpunk ideals.
Others may have different opinions of what is effective action, there’s no need to become so defensive to someone trying to answer your question from their perspective. Please try to assume good intentions from others while reading their responses, and try to be empathetic in your answers (per the rules in the community’s sidebar).
What I don’t mock anybody. If you want to go live in the forest go for it. I have several friends that decided to give up on general organizing and just live their lives according to their principles best they can. I just still thing that wider change can be achieved only via mass organization.