Paper blows through the wasteland Depleted. Corrugated metal rusts. People live in shacks made of unwanted objects, clothing in tatters. Worn down things serve worn down purposes. Scraps of cloth fly from poles marking villages of refuse and homes of healers. Everything has been lost and found again. Treasure seekers find many worthless artifacts. Acres of Depleted go on. Engines sit quietly on heaps of rusted parts. Wild dogs, rats, cats, and lizards scamper in tunnels of refuse. The resourceful residents use what they can find to survive. Some try to create beauty. They awake at night when the heat dissipates and clear circles of rubbish for dancing. They climb garbage piles and try to see where Depleted ends, “See that wave, could it be the beginning of a river?”
What is solarpunk? My fellow Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers authors Commando Jugendstil and Tales from The EV Studio put together this video for the Turin International Book Fair . It features editors and authors from the solarpunk community sharing their thoughts. Together we're imagining optimistic futures based on renewable energy. My soundbite was: "Solarpunk futures are — green spaces with clean water that are pedestrian, collective, feminist, creative communities. And they include non-human animals. " Mary "solarpunk" Shelley cat did a great job (at 6:15) helping from her rather ridiculous cat tree which she absolutely loves. And what better time to wear this solar-colored "Veganism is Feminism" tee from The Herbivore Clothing Company . Seriously. I'm holding a stack of solarpunk books: Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers edited by Sarena Ulibarri which includes my story "Watch Out, Red Crusher!". Wings of R...
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