Solarpunk Futures
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Our newly renamed podcast, Solarpunk Futures: Demand Utopia! launched its first episode on April 19, 2024.
Join host Justine Norton-Kertson (founder and co-editor-in-chief of Solarpunk Magazine) and occasional guests for discussions of topics related to utopianism in general, and solarpunk in particular as both a genre of literature-art that imagines a utopian future and a social movement taking practical action and steps to build a better world right here in the present.
THE PAST
Solarpunk Futures is an optimistic, utopian science fiction podcast that imagines a new world where humanity, technology, and nature coexist in harmony rather in the conflict. The podcast is produced by Android Press and Solarpunk Magazine. Hosts read stories and poems that were published in the most recent issue of Solarpunk Magazine, and discuss nonfiction articles that are relevant to the solarpunk movement aimed at solving the climate crisis and creating a sustainable future. One episode of the Solarpunk Futures podcast is released every other Tuesday.
Beginning in fall 2022, Solarpunk Presents was launched as a companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures. Hosted by non-fiction coeditors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha, Solarpunk Presents will feature interviews with activists, artists, organizers, and changemakers who are working towards realizing a solarpunk future, today. In January of 2023, Solarpunk Presents went off on its own as a separate podcast.
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Solarpunk Futures episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Solarpunk Futures for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Solarpunk Futures episode by adding your comments to the episode page.
How We Build Climate Resilience: An Interview with Dr. Lisa Dilling
Solarpunk Futures
12/12/22 • 49 min
As the changing climate increasingly disrupts our ways of life, we have three choices: do nothing, attempt to stop or even reverse climate change, and/or figure out how to withstand it. Option one is a terrible idea and the ship has (mostly) sailed on option two. But option three is how we learn to live—and maybe even thrive—in our changing world. Part of this is figuring out how to convey the information that climate researchers have gathered to the people—like farmers, water managers, and urban planners—who need to make decisions now—about things like what crops to plant, where to get water for everyone and how to allocate it, and where to plant trees—for both the near and slightly distant future. In this episode, we’re talking to Professor Lisa Dilling, of the University of Colorado, Boulder, about building networks of people through which information about regional climate predictions can flow to people and information about the needs, predicaments, and questions of people can flow to climate researchers.
You can follow Lisa Dilling on Twitter at @LisaD144, and the Western Water Assessment program at University of Colorado here: @WWAnews or visit their website at https://wwa.colorado.edu/
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Countdown to Blast Off
Solarpunk Futures
09/27/21 • 26 min
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11/14/22 • 38 min
You don't have to be a solarpunk—or a lunarpunk—to dream of bioluminescence, from twinkling phytoplankton to glowing lamps, phosphorescent fungi, and jellyfish lit up like space ships. To honor those dreams, we talked to Dr. Steve Haddock, Senior Scientist at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) and leading expert on the things that glow, flash, and train headlights through the dark waters of the deep sea. Join us for this conversation about how bioluminescence works, what critters are capable of it and what they use it for, and whether or not our visions of bioluminescent street lamps stand a chance of coming true.
You can also follow Steve Haddock on Twitter @beroe and learn more about bioluminescence at https://biolum.eemb.ucsb.edu/.
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Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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Shining bright in the heart of oil country: interview with Heather MacKenzie from Solar Alberta
Solarpunk Futures
11/28/22 • 39 min
In today’s episode, Ariel chats with Heather MacKenzie, Executive Director of Solar Alberta, about transitioning to renewable energy deep in the heart of oil and gas country - in a just and sustainable way. Join us to learn about the history of the Solar Alberta organization, from its grassroots beginnings in neighbourhood solar projects, to dealing with (government-funded!) trolls online, all the way up to being the leading non-profit solar organization in Alberta and providing worker upskilling in a unique market.
You can go to https://solaralberta.ca to learn more, or connect with and follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.
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Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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10/31/22 • 33 min
On this episode, Ariel sits down with Justine Norton-Kertson, editor of the forthcoming BIOLUMINESCENT: A LUNARPUNK ANTHOLOGY. They discuss what lunarpunk is in contrast to solarpunk, what inspired Justine to put together an anthology of lunarpunk fiction, and a sneak peek at some of the participating authors and the content that fans can expect to encounter!
Sign up for the BIOLUMINESCENT Kickstarter here, and follow Android Press on Twitter @press_android.
Connect with Solarpunk Magazine at solarpunkmagazine.com and on Twitter @solarpunklitmag
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Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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10/24/22 • 37 min
Solarpunk is all about vibrant, beautiful, livable cities filled with plants, public transportation, and solar panels—in other words, nothing like the congested, polluted, inhospitable messes we live in today. How do we start making the great transformation? Simply by starting. Join us for a conversation with Dr Jayde Lin Roberts about having a voice in the development (or redevelopment) of your neighborhood or city.
Connect with Solarpunk Magazine at solarpunkmagazine.com and on Twitter @solarpunklitmag
Connect with Solarpunk Presents Podcast on Twitter @SolarpunkP or Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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Interview with Gabrielle Gelderman about Climate Grief Chaplaincy
Solarpunk Futures
10/10/22 • 35 min
In this episode of Solarpunk Presents, nonfiction co-editor Ariel Kroon sits down for a virtual chat with Gabrielle Gelderman, an Edmonton, Alberta-based climate grief chaplain and climate justice organizer. They talk about what climate grief chaplaincy even is, the necessity of holding communal safe spaces for grieving especially for organizers, the necessity of feeling grief in order to feel more positive emotions, and climate despair as a corollary of solarpunk hope.
Links:
Gabrielle's Instagram: @theclimatechaplain
Gabrielle’s LinkTree: https://linktr.ee/gabthechaplain
Sunrise Youth Organization (US)
*Note: During the interview, Ariel mentions episode 4.30 of Secret Feminist Agenda; the name of the theorist she cites is Eugenia Zuroski.
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Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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Interview with Dr Hélène Jacot Des Combes on Climate Change and the Marshall Islands
Solarpunk Futures
09/19/22 • 37 min
In this episode, Christina De La Rocha talks to Dr Hélène Jacot Des Combes, Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation Advisor to the National Disaster Management Office of the Republic of the Marshall Islands. They discuss sea level rise, infrastructure that can adapt to climate change, and land reclamation and protection. Dr Des Combes speaks passionately about reparations (for decades of colonialism, the US’s testing of atomic weapons on the atolls of the Marshall Islands, forced relocation of the Marshallese people, climate injustice, and much more) and advocates for the Marshallese peoples’ right to their own lands.
You can read more about the Marshall Islands' unique position at the forefront of sea level rise at PacificaRisa.org. For further reading, check out the Republic of the Marshall Islands' Climate Change website here, you can read up on the Government of the Marshall Islands' Adaptation Communication (Dec 2020) here, and the World Bank's page on the Marshall Islands has some informative visuals.
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Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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Interview with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project
Solarpunk Futures
09/05/22 • 45 min
In this episode of Solarpunk Presents, Ariel sits down with John Okhiulu from the Decolonizing Wealth Project to talk about the role of philanthropy in addressing racial capitalism and reparations, and how the DWP is working to change the narrative around charitable giving and wealth-transfer. Also, John tells us about how he personally found himself in the world of philanthropy, as well as his vision of a solarpunk future.
To learn more, visit decolonizingwealth.com, read about its founder Edgar Villanueva on his site, or follow the organization for updates on their Twitter @decolonizwealth.
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Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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"Must Solarpunk Should?" - Our Nonfiction Editors Discuss
Solarpunk Futures
08/29/22 • 44 min
In this soft-launch of Solarpunk Presents, the companion podcast to Solarpunk Futures, hosts and Solarpunk Magazine nonfiction editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha tackle the question of “Must Solarpunk Should”? This is a dilemma that unconsciously or consciously comes through in a lot of the nonfiction submissions that we receive in our slush pile, and we have Thoughts about it. So many thoughts! Possibly controversial one! But one of the best things about solarpunk is the space that it gives us to explore and think through new paradigms, new systems thinking, new ideas – some of which maybe we don’t necessarily love, but that are part of our world regardless of whether we like it or not. We’re learning and growing with every new day as solarpunks - come join us!
PS: The audio is a bit bumpy in parts; please excuse the technical hiccups. We’re still learning!
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Connect with Ariel at her blog, on Twitter at @arielletje, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
Connect with Christina at her blog, on Twitter @xtinadlr, and on Mastodon @[email protected]
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FAQ
How many episodes does Solarpunk Futures have?
Solarpunk Futures currently has 20 episodes available.
What topics does Solarpunk Futures cover?
The podcast is about Poetry, Fiction, Society & Culture, Activism, Reading, Podcasts, Philosophy, Short Stories, Science Fiction, Fantasy and Hope.
What is the most popular episode on Solarpunk Futures?
The episode title 'Solarpunk Presents Finale: Let's Talk Solstice, Solarpunks!' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Solarpunk Futures?
The average episode length on Solarpunk Futures is 40 minutes.
How often are episodes of Solarpunk Futures released?
Episodes of Solarpunk Futures are typically released every 14 days, 1 hour.
When was the first episode of Solarpunk Futures?
The first episode of Solarpunk Futures was released on Sep 12, 2021.
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