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Protocol Series 4 · #09
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Solarpunk
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Optimism with a blueprint
solarpunk is a simple bet: the future can be green, fair, and beautiful, and we can build it now.
The Protocol · 5 steps
1
Abundance from the sun
clean energy is nearly free and everywhere. design around abundance, not scarcity.
2
Nature and tech together
not cabins-in-the-woods or chrome dystopia. gardens on the solar-paneled roof.
3
Local and networked
strong neighborhoods, loosely federated. power and food close to home.
4
Make it beautiful
dystopia is easy to picture; that's the problem. a future worth wanting has to look good.
5
Build a piece today
solarpunk is a verb. a garden, a repair café, a community solar project.
Run it: picture your block as solarpunk in 10 years. name one thing you could start this month.
“solarpunk is the rare future that's both realistic and worth wanting.”
TL;DR solar abundance → nature + tech → local + networked → beautiful → build now
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