Okay So I Have Been Getting Into Solarpunk And I Thought It Would Be A Great Idea If People Could Recommend

Okay so I have been getting into solarpunk and I thought it would be a great idea if people could recommend music, songs, playlists, or artists with solarpunk themes. I'll start: Of Monsters and Men. Especially their 'My Head is an Animal' album. Some songs in there are really hopeful, like Dirty Paws, Mountain Sound, and Little Talks, and in my opinion there is a solarpunk theme to it, especially in Dirty Paws.

I'm building a little "Anarchist Starter Kit" with pdfs on tactics, community & organizing, theory, and zines that are easy to print and distribute. If people are interested, I can post the G//gle Drive with the folder. (Do not lecture me about hosting the folder on Google, it makes things for more accessible for the average person. If you want a more secure link, I can provide that upon request)

This animation was done in collaboration with @jesilerae (on insta) who provided the audio. Jesi also gave me some creative direction for the first part and was super patient and supportive throughout the whole process! It was a healing project to work on and I'm very touched that I was contacted for this collaboration. 🦋🦋🦋 Thank you Jesi. 🙏

Some more information about the four wings of social change as taken from an article in Yes! Magazine:

//“Drawing from Grassroots Economic Organizing’s butterfly model of transformative social justice, Leah Penniman (Soul Fire Farm co-founder and farmer) described the four wings: Resisters: the people in the blockades, the protests, the work stoppages; Reformers: the folks trying to make change from within systems, including schoolteachers and elected officials, like those getting into the prosecutor’s office and working to get sentences lowered; Builders: those who create alternative institutions such as freedom schools, farms, and health clinics; and Healers: the conflict mediators, the therapists, the preachers, the singers, the dancers, the artists—“all the folks that are gonna make us well,” she said.//

To follow that, I just wanna re-iterate that YOUR contribution matters! We ALL have strengths that lift up different wings. And we all have the ability to broaden our scope and see where else we can help and see which wings may need more lifting. Your activism may look different from someone else's. That's both okay and necessary, so long as we stay connected and united. 🦋🦋🦋🍉🍉🍉✊✊✊ ~Pothos 🪴

I HAVE FINALLY COLLECTED ALL THE POSTCARDS IN HEART HUNTER! YIPPEEEEEE ✨✨✨

Hello ☀️ What is some solarpunk media you'd recommend? Like movies, books, shows etc?

Oooh good stuff!

The hunger games - book particularly- as a teen super good angst and realizing it's v similar to the system we suffer in already is good

V for Vendetta - we all saw my obsession with this as apart of Reaping week. There is something so hopeful about ppl overcoming their deeply religious and fascist country en mass and blowing up their government!

Moxie - I haven't seen the movie, but as someone who was really into Riot grrrls it was awesome to have a book about the movement and how to make zines and have courage in a small town. Here's an example from the earlier half of the book!

Star trek/The Orville- futuristic settings post scarcity and with beautiful diversity and abilities both if these guys are awesome tv shows. Personally I prefer any star trek with Data in it (that's bc I'm autistic tho) season 1, ep 7 of The Orville actually is a very smart and fun episode critiquing modern capitalism and direct democracy

Jericho- there's only 1 season of it before its continued as a comic, but it's a legit post apocalypse about a small town dealing with the fall out of a nuclear explosions across the country. Things like, electricity isn't around anymore and how to reestablish trading posts once the government implodes on itself. Neighbors rationing food for winter, towns swapping food supplies for wind turbines. Awesome stuff!!!

Kipo - again post apocalypse but with music and hope and love! A lot of focus on friendship and building a better more inclusive world.

And then in the fantasy section of books, anything from Discworld or Earthsea!

I of course have more just the top of my head have fun!!!

Actually life is about waking up everyday and reminding yourself that " There is good in this world even if I can't see it. There is good no matter what happens because bad, good and neutral all exist together. There is good in the world but its just so hidden by the bad and the neutral that it's become impossible to see it but if I look hard enough, if I look into the darkness, I can find scattered lights everywhere, lighting the way. There's good in this world and there will always be good in the world. I just need to look harder." No matter what, even if you don't believe it fully. Because just acknowledging that fact helps