Sustainable Solarpunk

Hi! My name is Abigail. I’m 17 y/o and I’m going into my senior year of high school in the fall.

1.5-2 years ago this was my Solarpunk blog and it STILL IS. Nothing about this blog is changing. Except I’m a little less afraid to be mean on the internet lmao.

Some things I plan on centering on the account moving forward:

1. Solarpunk stuff, duh, it’s in the name

2. Current events, mainly in the US bc it’s where I’m from, but also global events too

3. Socialism and Democratic-Socialism stuff, I feel like I don’t need to explain this one

4. Veganism, Plant-Based things, all with a focus on impact rather than like meals and stuff

5. Hopecore type stuff, please be happy there’s so much that already sucks

6. Probably more that doesn’t fit into a clean category

Now for the fun part, a section I’d like to call ‘fuck you’ aka general people I hate and everyone not welcome on my page <3

Fuck ICE, Trump, Billionaires, Homophobes, Racists, MAGA, Ableists, Xenophobes, and anyone Pro-Israel

WE failed them. WE’RE the reason they’re there in the first place.

And I don’t want to hear any bullshit about them not working hard enough.

YOU don’t know their story. YOU don’t live their life. YOU don’t know what they’re capable of achieving given proper resources.

You have absolutely zero right to push them out of cities, out of your view, out of your mind. No right to pass laws to criminalize homelessness.

We can provide basic necessities to everyone on this planet. We’re more than capable.

I shouldn’t have to tell you to imagine it’s your parent, child, cousin, or significant other to get you to feel some sort of empathy for these people.

I shouldn’t have to tell you that they are someone’s child for you to feel empathy for them.

You just should. It’s not rocket science. It’s not some mysterious formula.

Isolation has made you immune to human emotion and it’s sick.

Books, YouTube channels, tumblr blogs, zines, websites, etc

I know it’s been an absolutely disgustingly long time since I’ve posted, but I promise I’m not gone!!

I genuinely thought I deleted this account or something at like 3am and never bothered to actually check…. 😅

EXPECT MUCH MUCH MORE ACTIVITY ON THIS ACC

1. Your Values (Ex. Family, Tradition, Acceptance, Truth, Kindness, etc)

2. Your Morals (Ex. Fair Play, Respect for others, Admit fault, etc.)

There will likely be a lot of overlap between the two of these, and that’s okay, if anything I believe it’s important.

Knowing these allows you to make decisions that are true to who you are. Even if you don’t always make the “right” decision, you know you choose the option that was true to yourself.

To help demonstrate here are my values:

- Nature

- Sustainability

- Love

- Creativity

- Peace

- Justice

- Equity

- Wisdom

- Truth

Your values are just that, what you value, what you deem important. Don’t stress it and pick anything that feels right to you. Morals may take some more thought, and are something even I’m still feeling out.

‘Socialism just means everyone gets the exact same thing’

Who told you that? Because a quick google search could land you with this:

‘Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership.’

Of if you google it in simple terms:

‘Socialism is an economic system in which major industries are owned by workers rather than by private businesses. It is different from capitalism, where private actors, like business owners and shareholders, can own the means of production.’

Does that sound like everyone getting the same thing? Because it’s not. I’m tired of explaining this to people.

Let’s say you get paid $100/h and work 60 hours a week. You do this every week for a full year, or 52 weeks. You’ll end up with 312,000 dollars at the end of the year.

What about $500/h under the same conditions? 1,560,000

$1,000/h? 3,120,000

But we’re still not close to billion dollars.

So how much would you have to make?

If we divide a billion by 52, again the number of weeks in a year, we’re left with 19,230,769.20.

How much is that an hour? Let’s stick with our 60 hour work week.

So, 19,230,769.20 divided by 60?

What about it is solarpunk?

If you can’t think of anything, how can you incorporate these beliefs into your life?

Volunteering? Going to the library on a regular basis? Interacting with nature?

Basic info:

My name is Abigail, you can call me Abby or Abs, or any other silly nickname I’ve probably heard over the years

I am 15 years old and a sophomore in high school

What I talk about:

Solarpunk.

Little bits of hope and motivation. I mostly do it for myself, but I know it helps people, so it put it on here to help others feel just a little bit better

The role of large corporations and their negative impact on the environment

love your blog!!!

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Sorry I didn’t see this sooner!! I’ve been busy with school as of late :/

In terms of what I’d like to see included:

- Solarpunks origins + how it’s grown (feels like a given, but still wanted to add it)

- Depending on the route you want to take, I think including how varied solarpunk can look depending on where you are is a must. It’s not a one size fits all sort of thing, and different parts of it will be emphasized in different places depending on people’s wants and needs

- Looking back at activists who have paved the way for solarpunk to be an active movement. Not necessarily those who knew what solarpunk was, because for many it wasn’t a thing when they were alive. Specifically I think of anti-capitalist and anti-colonialist movements, without them something like solarpunk may not have had the basis it needed to thrive.

- Socialism. Marxist theory. Marxist theories were influential in the development of socialism, which solarpunk is an avid advocate for.

- Education under solarpunk. I’d recommend this video if you’re looking for a place to start. I feel like it should be talked about more.

- The level of deconstruction needed to make solarpunk a reality. Not just as a world, country, or city. But as a person.

I tried to include a variety of things, use some of them, use none of them, that’s totally up to you! I’m no authority on this subject, so take everything with a grain of salt.

No phone. No music. Just see and hear what’s around you.

Take the time to watch the trees slowly get more and more colorful as we dip further into autumn, then take the time to watch them all fall as we blend into winter.

Take the time to leave some feed out for the bird that’s been hanging out by your window.

Take the time to see the sun rise and set.

Take the time to see yourself with nature.

Take the time.

We come from different countries, cultures, religions, backgrounds, etc. This shapes how we view the world. How we interact with it. Each human experience is unique. Each life is different.