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…
is that a slop image? gen ai is p antithetical to solarpunk, we all need the environment to be in good condition to continue being alive. https://storyseedlibrary.org/ has a load of free images by real artists for people to use instead of ai, tho
essentially, it’s a small community, and most people lurk but don’t make posts or comments. we don’t know their situations either, so they may be protecting themselves by not posting about their local activism. if you want to, you could get involved with different solarpunk communities and start posting more about your own experiences:
!cooperatives@slrpnk.net
!climate_action_individual@slrpnk.net
!degrowth@slrpnk.net
!disasterresponse@slrpnk.net
!diy@slrpnk.net
!farming@slrpnk.net
!foraging@slrpnk.net
!inperson@slrpnk.net
!zerowaste@slrpnk.net
the only response with any value. thanks for the links. will check them out.
i am curious… how many people in here have ever connected a BMS to a charge controller?
where i live, that’s currently the domain of registered electricians. plug-in solar etc is apparently going to be legislated for soon, but in the meantime, there’s quite a steep monetary barrier & people living in apartments without access to a roof are out of luck.
there’s more to solarpunk than literally just solar power, though. setting up a tool library with your neighbours is solarpunk; running a book swap or clothes swap or mask bloc is solarpunk; repairing and DIYing items & teaching others how to do the same is solarpunk.
being individualist & isolated in an off-grid cabin isn’t solarpunk, even if that cabin uses renewable energy sources. solarpunk is about divesting from all oppressive systems & building better ways of doing things, in your community.