The Sidekick Squad series is this. It's a young adult book series where a Solarpunk society emerged from a post-apocalypse, along with superpowers. The government keeps the populace distracted with manufactured superhero vs villain drama while engaging in the same sort of imperialist bs that's going on now.
There's a great community of solarpuks on https://www.scuttlebutt.nz/ which is a bit more hassle to set up, but it works offline and is fully decentralized. Here is a great writeup about it: https://staltz.com/an-off-grid-social-network.html
Hello! My story Orchidaceae was indeed originally in English. It can be found in the Solarpunk Winters anthology from World Weaver Press. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Glass-Gardens-Solarpunk-Wendy-Nikel/dp/1732254680 😀
First off, while you may find solarpunk or other genres compelling, tell your story and tell it your way. As /u/NotEvenBronze said, your book can take place anywhere you want. That said, there is nothing requiring a solarpunk story to take place on earth; have a look at Silent Running. It is a little dated, but you get the point. :)
You don't specify a price range, so it's hard to recommend products. I just bought these two to run my work laptop and internet connection though:
Rockpals 250-Watt Portable Generator Rechargeable Lithium Battery Pack Solar Generator
ROCKPALS SP002 Foldable 60W Solar Panel Charger
I needed warranties ~~and I suck at soldering~~. You could probably spend less if you build it all yourselves.
Earth sheltered greenhouses have been around for a long, long time. It's nice to see some communities using these to grow food all year round.
There are also lots of setups that involve wicking, which I guess is technically more capillary the first one I thought of
Great question for r/urbanplanning because I haven’t look that much into zoning. I can only tell you what I’ve observed, Nolan Gray has a good book on it
It's not out yet, but you should DEFINITELY have Ray Nayler's The Mountain in the Sea on your radar, for October 4. I read an ARC, and it checks all these boxes and more. It's framed around the idea of what would happen if another species demonstrated a level of advanced culture that compelled us to try to communicate. But it's about more than that. It's about systems of harm that exist in every aspect of our lives, and how we need to reframe our sense of self if we're ever going to reckon properly with our individual and collective complicity in ecological destruction.
https://www.amazon.com/Mountain-Sea-Novel-Ray-Nayler/dp/0374605955
First, we can build high-density cities without building tall buildings. I recommend David Sim's Soft City for explanation.
Second, the actual mass of people alive is not very large. They are just inefficiently distributed and we are using unsistainable sources of energy to serve their needs. We could create great decentralized, human-scale cities, where the density will be sustainable and it would be a much better solution for human life.
Life in skyscraper cities can have many adverse impacts on human mind and social ties between people. A solarpunk self-organization will not succeed in skyscraper cities. Human-scale, walkable streets with short city blocks and inner courtyards (soft city), on the other hand, is highly conductive to creating a solarpunk society.
For anyone interested in this topic (which should be most of the people on this sub), The Box is a fascinating history of the cargo container, and really shows how and why our global economy has been shaped with the shipping we have. The TL;DR is bulk commodities transfer in the homogeneous "shipping container" makes it possible to grow the supply chain economies of scale.
Some 80% of products shipped in cargo containers are "intermediate" products, going from one manufacturing facility to another. Only 20% are finished retail goods heading to shelves!
https://smile.amazon.com/Box-Shipping-Container-Smaller-Economy/dp/0691170819
Oh boy. Sorry but they didn't know what they were talking about. If you buy into something and that 1 thing is the only thing you have experience with then its very easy to think that it was a good choice.
They never say what that good price is. The best price I can find for a 4Ah 18V Ryobi battery is $45. (Normal price is $100.) It holds a measly 72 Wh. It doesn't come with a charger or inverter or regulated DC outputs.
The Ryobi 150W inverter isn't for sale yet. There is an older version that we can use though to set some expectations. It costs $90 and has a modified sine wave output. The new version adds battery charging. I'll assume Ryobi keeps the price the same and that its still modified sine wave.
250Wh would require buying 4 batteries plus the inverter. Total cost of $270.
There are lots of cheap powerstations out there but we'll go for a slightly more expensive brand known for making good stuff that should last. The least expensive Jackery that meets your requirements is $255. And its got 300 watts output. And it has more input/output options. And its pure sine. And its far more convenient to use since you don't need to keep swapping 4 little batteries around.
I'm not even trying to find a good value. This was just the 1st thing from the most well-known brand.
Based on your requirements you could do substantially better by "downgrading" to a system that doesn't have an inverter and working entirely with 12V or 24V DC batteries and chargers.
Just got them all hooked up today. 6x195w panels, so rated just under 1200w. I have 4 53ah 24v batteries, so about 4000w of storage. I got this kit https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07C8ZYFNV/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Z2CN4702WD7JVZJWG43T?psc=1. for $900. Should make enough power for emergencies, but should make enough to run the pump for the bog filter in my pond when not emergency.
No need to ignore them. I agree that it makes no sense to talk about ultra enery demanding tech as Proof of Work Blockchains are but most (if not all) second and third generation blockchains do not work like that. Energy Consumption in Proof of Stake protocols are similar to using AWS (the servers on the cloud most of the Internet uses) or other backend technologies.
You even have blockchains like Celo or Regen Network that are build on top of incentives and economic models that are designed to be part of regenerative systems. Celo is designed with Sacred Economy in mind, for example, and most projects being built in that blockchain are impact driven.
this book is cool but dont buy it new from amazon
Sepp Holzer is pretty famous in permaculture circles. He has a book on small farm permaculture and on regreening arid land. He continues to give seminars on permaculture and sustainable agriculture, specializing in marginal land, e.g. high altitude and arid soil.
I adore the % scaling UBI to GDP, that's a great way to make sure inflation doesn't eat a flat amount before amendments can be passed. Land tax makes sense too.
Also, I'm sure you are aware but for free books try looking into https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index or the Overdrive App that connects to your library system. Theres also Project Gutenberg which is a great resource as well - https://www.gutenberg.org/
Do you think people knew what the world would look like without a king? Or slaves knew what their lives would look like when they are free?
Plus plenty of people have already thought these things through here's a list of good readings.
Errico Malatesta 's Anarchy and 'At the Cafe'.
Colin Ward's Anarchy In Action.
The Conquest of Bread by Peter Kropotkin.
Pierre Proudhon's What Is Property?
Mikhail Bakunin's 'God and the State' , his other writings.
Sam Dolgoff's 'The Anarchist collectives : Workers' self-management in the Spanish Revolution, 1936-1939'.
George Orwell's Homage to Catalonia.
This talk about anarchism , among other things :
Proposed Roads To Freedom By Bertrand Russell.
These two are very close to anarchism:
The Soul of Man under Socialism by Oscar Wilde.
Useful Work versus Useless Toil by William Morris
Demanding the Impossible by Peter Marshall.
Nicholas Walter's About Anarchism.
The Chomsky Reader , Noam Chomsky.
No Gods No Masters by Daniel Guerin.
David Graeber's Fragments of an Anarchist Anthropology.
Clifford Harper’s Anarchy: A Graphic Guide.
The Accumulation of Freedom : Writings on Anarchist Economics (AK Press) by various authors.
Peter Gelderloos' Anarchy Works.
The very useful 'An Anarchist FAQ' by Iain McKay which you can find online for free.
And here's a site you can read anarchist writings for free. https://theanarchistlibrary.org/special/index
It's not. There are 2 of them as posts one after the other. Go to google or amazon and type in: "desktop aquaponics" or with hydroponics.
Here's an example: https://www.amazon.com/AeroGarden-Black-Sprout-2020-Model/dp/B08GVSPFMW/
it's full of this shit
You can add links on Reddit like this. Just for future reference.
Most solar phone chargers you find online typically have small solar panels and will take a long time to charge your phone. I personally think the pocket size chargers are just for emergency use and not at all suitable for daily charging.
I recommend making your own. Start by purchasing a 12V solar panel of your choice. I suggest getting one that is at least 10 watts, but bigger is better. Attach the solar panel to this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RBWX2GL/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_H4V731W9MA7DQMCVM2HV
I highly recommend charging a usb battery pack instead of charging your phone directly. The more energy it holds the better, but this will depend on your budget. The drawback is that you can't leave the battery in the rain unless you get a waterproof one or cover it somehow.
If you are interested in the power output of the solar panel or USB battery, then you can get one of these.
I personally charged my phone like this for an entire month in the summer. I had a 20 Watt panel and it was easy. I dont know how it would perform in the winter. I stopped because it was annoying to adjust the panel every few hours to align with the sun. A future project of mine will be to make a stand that tracks the sun. Feel free to contact me for more details.
I like that set up the most. One reason is that you can still use the USB battery even if you never get around to using the solar panel. It can be made simpler than the one shown and doesn't necessarily require soldering. You could use wire nuts to connect the panel to the step down converter. Also, the voltmeter is optional and there are even USB versions that will plug right in.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07JHH294R/ref=cm_sw_r_apan_glt_fabc_5MCAGNQTBZ27NFR8WD0V
Start small!!
"Photovoltaic cells" are cheap and come in many shapes and sizes. This was easier when Radio Shack or Fry's Electronics was in business, but online is available. Found this 10 cells for $16 on amazon.
Probably will only provide enough power for a USB port device, but it is a beginning. Once you have a few small working prototypes, you can scale up.
There are libre and open source social networks that you can run yourself, which don't involve the surveillance that a traditional social network entails. A number of protocols have been developed, most notably: secure scuttlebutt and activitypub. I have heard that a lot of solarpunks gravitate towards Secure Scuttlebutt, which takes a more local-first approach, but there are also more conventional options that intend to replicate an experience similar to twitter, like Pleroma and Mastodon.
There is a growing group of people developing and using more decentralised social networks, that are more volunteer and collectively run as a way to get away from corporate-run social media.
I know there is pixelfed specifically for displaying art and photography: https://pixelfed.org/
Rubbish. This is the exact opposite of the truth.
We need to build more. More nuclear power plants. More hydroelectricity. More high speed rail.
If we want to decarbonise our economy we cannot retreat from modernity into the past. We need a bright, shining, green future. We need a tremendous amount of new green energy production to not only replace our existing coal and fossil fuel plants but to also decarbonise transportation, heating and industry.
Case in point: My province of BC, Canada is constructing a large hydroelectricity dam called Site C. It is hugely controversial, especially among the small-is-beautiful anti-progress green activist types. What the activists do not understand is that in order to decarbonise our entire province we would need the equivalent of 12 Site C dams. In fact, just to decarbonise long-haul trucking alone we would need somewhere between 3 and 5.
There's not enough locations for such hydro projects here in BC, so the only solution is nuclear energy.
These energy projects should be embraced and enthusiastically supported by environmentalists who are serious about combating climate change.
👏 We 👏 Need 👏 To 👏 Build 👏 MORE!
PS: Read this book if you want to learn more
Singapore is not even a truly democratic society. Many people here are into solar but lost on punk. Sad.
The other day a cute cartoon with "Capitalism has to be abolished!" got 900 upvotes. However, can anyone points out a concrete roadmap to get there? I'm curious to learn if anyone here read this book and like to have a dicussion?
Foretelling the End of Capitalism: Intellectual Misadventures since Karl Marx
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0674919327/ref=ox\_sc\_act\_title\_2?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
It's a very unique book, in that it doesn't have much in the way of a traditional plot. The themes and setting are very solarpunk. It's actually a series of 5 books, written in the 70s. It's hard to find, but you can get it on amazon sometimes, I found it at the link below. I will say that the first book is a bit of a slog, but its very much worth it.