For those who haven't seen it before, I've written a longer blogpost on Solarpunk games at https://alxd.org/notes-towards-a-solarpunk-game-design-overview.html#notes-towards-a-solarpunk-game-design-overview
My lecture at BURG focused mostly on emergent gameplay and emergent narratives, with some links available at https://alxd.org/games-for-future-2.html :)
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Speaking #solarpunk #games and #gameDesign , I just found out that Games For Future 2 project has finished!
https://www.gamesforfuture.de/wiki/doku.php?id=student_projects
Hosted by BURG Giebichenstein University of Art & Design Halle it helped create quite a few interesting games - and I'm proud to say that I could help with it as a guest lecturer!
[#]gamedev #germany #climate #ClimateChange
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I can't say that I finished my #solarpunk #gamedesign blogpost, but I decided to finally share what I've scribbled so far:
https://alxd.org/notes-towards-a-solarpunk-game-design-overview.html#notes-towards-a-solarpunk-game-design-overview
Expect a long journey through a list of games called (or calling themselves) Solarpunk - whether video-, #BoardGame , #ttrpg , or other!
I welcome you to share your own titles, disagree and point out what I got wrong :)
[#]games #gamedev #game #design #sustainability #climate #ClimateChange #utopia #HopePunk #futurism
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Hot take:
Solarpunk doesn't need any more short stories. It needs generational telenovelas set in a climate-affected future.
Imagine replacing "how can I fit all the world context in 10 pages" with the depth of a lived-in experience of the different members of the household, who survived different "eras" of #cimateChange . Imagine them being human, with relatable human problems, but painted against the changing world.
[#]solarpunk #hotTake #writing #soapOpera #telenovela #climate
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Dzisiejszy wykład "Solarpunk a protesty klimatyczne" wyszedł całkiem fajnie i chciałbym podziękować Studenckiemu Kołu Naukowemu UW dla Klimatu.
Slajdy znaleźć można pod https://slides.com/pawelngei/solarpunka-protesty-klimatyczne
tl;dr: Obecne protesty klimatyczne nie docierają do większości odbiorców, bo odżywalny świat jest dla nich niewyobrażalny. Potrzebujemy nie tylko szoku przesuwającego okno Overtona, ale i wizji przyszłości, narzędzi wyobrażeniowych, telenoweli klimatycznych.
[#]solarpunk #protesty #klimat #polska
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That's why I'm squeamish about calling some of popular fiction Solarpunk.
I see the post-struggle stories set on other planets exploring the themes of sustainability and coexistence.
I may marvel at them and rest with them, but I don't think that they're what we need. I don't think that they let us understand that we will struggle, but our struggle can have a point, that we can do better today.
Maybe it's just a different genre of Solarpunk, not for me.
I want the one with dirty hands.
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Think about it: we are about to have a hard century and there is simply no way of "fixing" the planet climate in our lifetimes.
The best we can do is to create a new shape of civilization which will set a stable course towards sustainability and keep it there for decades, if not centuries.
We are planting trees we know we won't see becoming forests within our lifespans.
We need to see our struggle as a context for this better world.
Otherwise it's just escapism into a fairy tale.
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This is why a lot of our @SolarpunkPrompts are set against an otherwise dystopian, cataclysmic scenery - we need to see the hope in the refugee camps and among people fighting pandemics.
Dreaming about sustainable cities of tomorrow with no set path towards them is no different than reading a fairy tale.
It entertains, but hardly inspires to take any action, to believe that today's struggle makes any sense.
I want stories which inspire, which allow us to applaud our daily sacrifices.
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I recently realized that a lot of the accusations of #solarpunk as drama-less, boring #utopia might stem from a simple misunderstanding:
Solarpunk's hard-won #hope makes sense only in the context of the #ClimateChange #trauma , acknowledging it and processing it, with the bright colors contrasting with the despair all around it.
To talk about Solarpunk we need to talk about the coming changes especially if they terrify us.
Otherwise the term has no meaning.
[#]climate #climateFiction #writing
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I will need to make a new rule, "no AI will be used to promote or organize any of the events I'm taking part in".
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I was invited to give a talk on #solarpunk and climate protests at the University of Warsaw next Saturday (11th of Jan).
I wrote a summary of my talk and linked to the page containing (among other things) a lot of my essays on why using AI for climate communication is counterproductive. The same page also has a lot of intentionally-created Creative Commons illustrations to use.
Yet, the students organizing the talk decided to AI-generate a banner for my talk.
Eh xD
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Do the #writing or #publishing Mastodon have any idea for a #magazine or a portal that would be interested in my #review of #kimStanleyRobinson 's "Ministry for the Future" ?
I already published it on my blog last year, but I'd like to start a wider discussion about the book and the way it portrays some themes.
It's in English 8000 words with multiple quoted passages. I'm not looking for any royalties, just want to spread the word.
[#]book #books #bookReview #climateFiction #ClimateChange
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W ogóle jestem pod wrażeniem, że moja pierwsza próba skopiowania linku do artykułu skopiowała reklamę produktu, InnPoland jest InnPoland <3
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Właśnie pojawił się artykuł o #Solarpunk na https://innpoland.pl/209981,co-to-jest-solarpunk-solarpunkowe-manifesto , obszernie cytujący mnie, ale odwołujący się też do pracy @varelse !
Polecam jeżeli chcecie dać komuś wprowadzenie do ruchu :)
[#]polska #aktywizm #klimat #zmianyKlimatu #nadzieja
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Would a person posting "My Top 10 #AI tools for daily workflows" be welcome to the #solarpunk movement as you define it?
[#]genAI #llm #linkedIn #climate #ClimateChange
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You may have heard about professor #JoshuaPearce and #appropedia , but have you heard about #agrotunnels ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya5gvqka2wY
https://www.appropedia.org/Agrivoltaic_agrotunnel
[#]agrovoltaics #sustainable #solarpunk #farming #agrivoltaics #photovoltaics #solarpower #solarpanels #agriculture
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[#]andrewism #solarpunk #art collab 2024 is here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRKt2ORY9bs
The sources are available at https://www.tumblr.com/andrew-ism/770135694637236224/solarpunk-art-2024-new-dreams-of-labour
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[#]crowdfunding post!
Valerian Sanga of Bongo Tech and Research Labs in #Tanzania is advancing global medical microscopy by working to manufacture the first medical-grade #OpenFlexure Microscope.
To address key challenges like cybersecurity for digital diagnostic tools, he’s pursuing a Master’s in Cybersecurity at the Dar es Salaam Institute of Technology.
https://justgiving.com/crowdfunding/valerian-sanga
[#]solarpunk #africa #openhardware #floss #donate #education
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If you like #solarpunk #art and #illustration with a lot of #hope , you might have seen @the_lemonaut Creative Commons works (one of which is even featured on #wikipedia !).
They're currently looking for (Solarpunk or not) #commissions to fund their University costs!
More at https://mastodon.art/@the_lemonaut/113635294107241326
[#]commissionsOpen #visualArt #sustainability #hopepunk #disability and #disabled characters, #ClimateChange #climate #creativeCommons
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I often wonder how to explain my role as someone who researches topics for writers and illustrators, helps them find a visual language to create a representation of a non-obvious idea etc.
Am I just a very annoying, grumpy muse?
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