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@RealJournalism@mastodon.social · 1d ago
#Solar panels are creating an unexpected effect by forming rainfall clouds and thriving oases in the middle of the desert https://www.ecoportal.net/en/solar-panels-are-creating-rain-clouds/19854/ #ClimateChange #Solarpunk
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@tinker@infosec.exchange · 2d ago
Ok, I found the coolest thing ever. ===Cyberpunk Bluegrass Music=== @coreysnipes@hachyderm.io suggested I look into Bluegrass in addition to my current studies of Irish Trad music as I learn how to play the Irish whistle. That makes sense as a lot of Bluegrass stems from old Irish music. In my search for Bluegrass music with Irish whistles, I stumbled across Justin Myles Holmes' "Barlow's Jig". And get this... after listening to an Irish whistle, a banjo, a fiddle, and other instruments playing a bluegrass jig... ...you hear a voiceover reading of "A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace (1996)" written by none other than John Perry Barlow, founding member of the @eff@mastodon.social John Perry Barlow. Barlow's Jig. My worlds have collided. Heck, I'd argue that Folk Music + Calls for Digital Independence = Solarpunk !!! Give it a listen here (the voiceover starts at 2:45 but listen to the leadup as well): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck8AZA11oYQ&list=OLAK5uy_n1BAK9bfUT9iwOo8yTRVfKeYI-St_9TME&index=11 (full URL just includes the song itself and a playlist for the album. No tracking parameters) #solarPunk #cyberPunk #folkMusic #tradMusic #bluegrass #tinWhistle
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@OliviaVespera@spacey.space · 2d ago
#Askfedi #Solarpunk are there any solarpunk instances i can move to? I'm starting to feel like I can no longer love space in the same way anymore. It doesn't do enough for me to imagine a space future that leaves everyone behind. https://solarpunkmagazine.com/solarpunk-a-container-for-more-fertile-futures-jay-springett/
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@BlumeEvolution@digitalcourage.social · 3d ago
Guten Morgen - Tässle Kaffee ☕? Auch der heutige Tag beginnt mit guten Solarpunk - Nachrichten. Durch das Irankrieg-Desaster & die folgenden Preis-Schocks beschleunigt Trump ungewollt den weltweiten Ausbau von erneuerbaren Friedens- und Heimatenergien. Der reaktante Fossil-Lobbyismus vor allem auf Ebene der Nationalstaaten verliert an Wirkung. „Das Interesse nach Solaranlagen in Europa ist infolge des Iran-Kriegs sprunghaft gestiegen. So habe sich etwa in Deutschland und den Niederlanden die Nachfrage von Hausbesitzern wegen der hohen Öl-, Gas- und Strompreise seit Ende Februar mehr als verdoppelt, berichtete die Nachrichtenagentur Reuters unter Berufung auf Gespräche mit Energieversorgern und Großhändlern.“ #Solarpunk #Solarenergie #Solaranlagen #Balkonsolar #Elektroautos #Irankrieg #Trump #Fossilismus #Reaktanz #Erneuerbare #Friedensenergien #Wohlstandsenergien #Heimatenergien https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/energie/solaranlagen-balkonkraftwerke-nachfrage-100.html
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@AwetTesfaiesus@mastodon.social · 4d ago
RE: https://mastodon.social/@AwetTesfaiesus/116452226201997678 Auch in meiner Partei gelegentlich erheblich begründungsbedürftig, aber ich bin eigentlich überzeugt: eine ordentliche Portion #SolarAnarchie ist ein Treiber für das Gute. #solarpunk
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Aleppo, Syria. #Solar #solarpunk Got this sent to me
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@AwetTesfaiesus@mastodon.social · 4d ago
Aleppo, Syria. #Solar #solarpunk Got this sent to me
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@Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com in solarpunk · 6d ago

Obvious choice

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@kkarhan@jorts.horse · 5d ago
@sarahbosetti@mastodon.social traurigerweise sehe ich abseits von @voltdeutschland@mstdn.social und @piratenpartei kaum was an Elan mal so richtig #Solarpunk-#Utopie als Ziel anzupielen. @dielinke@mastodon.social hat nen #Tankie-Problem und #GRÜNE werden weirdos wie #Palmer nicht los...Trotzdem gibt es keinen Grund #NSAfD und deren Stiegellecker wie #CDU / #CSU zu wählen!
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@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social · Apr 19, 2026
#LosAltosCA - Still No Miracles Needed: How Today's Technology Can Save Our Climate Tuesday, April 21, 2026 7:00PM – 8:30PM Los Altos Library 13 S. San Antonio Road Los Altos CA 94022 "Celebrate #EarthDay with #GreenTown and Stanford University professor, Mark Z. Jacobson, who will share his message of hope for how we can save our climate and clean our air with existing technology as described in his latest book. Then hear from local residents on how they electrified their homes for a healthier and more sustainable life." FMI: https://sccl.bibliocommons.com/events/69bc5954ad384e40edb58af8 #SolarPunkSunday #EarthDay2026 #ClimateChange #Technology #Sustainability #SolarPunk #LibrariesRule!
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@AwetTesfaiesus@mastodon.social · Jan 31, 2026

Wir haben hier ja einige #solarpunk s.

Thematisch sehr nah dran scheint mir #degrowth.

Mich würden Eure Meinungen dazu interessieren:

  • economic madness,
  • der einzige Weg nach vorn oder
  • just another craze?

https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/104840-007-A/brauchen-wir-wirtschaftswachstum/

Wie steht ihr zu #Degrowth im Allgemeinen? Im Speziellen? Konkret?

Bitte wählt die Antwort mit der relativ größten Zustimmung

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@leberkaestoupet@mastodon.social · Apr 18, 2026
Frage an die Solar-Expert*innen: Mutter möchte auf ihrem Mittelreihenhausdach PV (Südseite), s. grün markierte Fläche auf dem Foto. Auf dem Dach ist ein Fenster und der Mitarbeiter des örtlichen Energieversorgers erklärte ihr, dass sich PV nicht lohnen würde, aufgrund der "festen Modulgröße" und vorgegebenen Abstandsflächen zum Nachbarn...ist das so? Gibt es die Module nicht in variablen Größen, so daß man die Dachfläche perfekt ausnutzen kann? #solar #photovoltaik #solarpunk #solarmodul
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@tinker@infosec.exchange · Aug 11, 2025

I’m looking to build out the Free Fridge & Community Pantries in my town.

I’ll continue to update this thread with my progress.

So, the idea is to have nodes throughout town that allow folks to “Give a Food, Take a Food”. Similar to “Little Free Libraries” are to books. Folks who have extra food can drop it off there, folks who need food can grab it there.

The focus here is mutual aid, not charity. So, absolutely, if you are food insecure or hungry, utilize it, right. Beyond that though, this is a great piece of infrastructure to share extra food with your neighbors. I will go down to the free fridge we have in town, drop off some of my extra produce that I have grown, and then pick up a can of black beans if I need it for dinner that night. We’re meant to contribute AND utilize the free fridge.

There are many ways to create and maintain free fridges, from something as simple as a small box or outdoor cabinet on up to full stand up refrigerators and freezers with an outdoor pantry.

In general, you want it to be a couple of things:

  • Accessible to the public
  • 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
  • Unmanned
  • No restrictions on who can utilize it or take food from it - it should NOT employ any means-testing
  • Receive shelf stable food and/or refrigerated food and/or frozen food

Further, you can break up the different groups that are involved in the free fridge:

  • The Host
  • The Maintainers
  • The Community

The Host - provides a location for the fridge and pantry to be installed and accessed. They also provide electricity to power the fridge/freezer

The Maintainers - this would be my group. We source, install, maintain, repair, and clean the fridge, freezer, and pantry.

The Community - contributes food to and utilizes food from the fridge and pantry. This is important. While the host provides the site and the Maintainers keep it operational, neither one has to stock food or coordinate utilization. The community does it themselves.

Having it split up like this is nice. Can folks from the Host group maintain it? Certainly. But extrapolating it allows for ease of use.

So. Keeping it stocked is up to the community. I’ve seen it stocked by gardeners who have extra produce (Zucchini turns folks into socialists is the joke! You just grow sooooo much you end up LOSING FRIENDS when you try to push it off on others!). I’ve seen it stocked through Food Rescue efforts. Some families buy extra from the grocery store and this is a great place to drop it off. I’ve even seen the local Food Bank drop off extra food when they had left overs from a food distribution.

Keeping it utilized is also easy. You don’t want the fridge to stay stocked, right. You want it to stay in the fridge for as short a period of time as possible before someone comes and grabs it. Heck! I’ve seen a food rescue of fresh produce from a farmer’s market vendor be dropped off at a free fridge and then claimed by several families even before it had a chance to be placed physically into the fridge! This is ideal. One fridge and pantry needs to serve the local neighborhood. That’s many many families. It can only do so if its filled up and then utilized multiple times a day.

Next post, I’ll put some resources on starting your own in your town.

#freeFridge #foodScarcity #foodSecurity #postScarcity #solarPunk #mutualAid

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@tinker@infosec.exchange · Aug 11, 2025

There are a lot of resources on Free Fridges and Community Pantries.

The Freedge group has a wonderful site that has resources for finding fridges in your neighborhood or installing new ones:

Some folks have had questions or concerns as it relates to Free Fridges. I have posted my answer to a couple of them below:

Worry about folks “taking advantage” of free food @tinker@infosec.exchange

Worry about tainted food being placed in the fridge? @tinker@infosec.exchange

Do free fridge initiatives even work? @tinker@infosec.exchange

I’ll add to this post in the future if I find other resources.

#freeFridge #foodScarcity #foodSecurity #postScarcity #solarPunk #mutualAid

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@tinker@infosec.exchange · Aug 13, 2025

Well this is amazing!!!

We just got our first host that wants to put up a Free Fridge!!!!

I was going to put in a post of how we have multiple leads out and various irons in the fire, but dang, this one came quick! We’ve been talking to various folks for the past couple of months and there have been various interest, but nothing has been set in stone yet.

So, I posted a couple weeks ago how our Free Fridge and Food Rescue group got featured in the local town paper ( @tinker@infosec.exchange ) . Turns out various folks read it and were interested, both in the food rescue and in the free fridge aspect.

We have one free fridge in town hosted by a local community garden, but that is completely run by them. We help keep it clean and we help stock and utilize it, but my group was created to build other free fridges throughout town.

And sure enough, a local church read the article and came to our monthly meeting. They invited us to go to their church and tour it and see what they were doing.

They’re a small church that is heavy in working with the Food Bank and doing distributions. They recently received a generous donation with the request that the money be used for community service. They’re going to source the refrigerator, pantry, and even build out an area to provide cover and a walkway to it.

The location is great. It’s accessible via public transit (such that we have here). It’s decently walkable and the city is putting in improvements in the next year. They have a good parking lot and a location that is accessible to the public 24/7.

So I’ve put together a little project plan:

  • Go onsite and create rough site plan: Designate location. Measure out area for concrete slab, awning, and potentially walkway
  • Get estimates for outside electrical outlet installation, concrete slab / walkway construction, and awning construction
  • Contact appropriate municipality / county to sort out any requirements or approvals
  • Complete construction
  • Source and install fridge and pantry
  • Open to community & advertise new location

The head of their food missions has already sourced and purchased the refrigerator. So wow. Next step will be to go back onsite and do a rough site plan. Basically measure out the spot and sort out the concrete pad dimensions.

This is the first time I’ve done this… so I’ll be learning along the way and documenting it for other sites (hopefully) in the future.

This is amazing. Our first fridge for our group and the second for my region!!!

#freeFridge #foodScarcity #foodSecurity #postScarcity #solarPunk #mutualAid

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@tinker@infosec.exchange · Aug 18, 2025
Alright! Site plan for the new free fridge is completed. They're laying down a concrete slab and really setting this up! This host has received a generous donation and is actually spending money on setting up a free fridge. I love it! Next steps will be getting an electrician to come out and put in some outlets. Need to check with the county to see if we need building permits as we're laying down concrete and putting up a little structure to protect against sun and rain. The host is VERY excited and is eager to get this built in the next couple of months. And new great news! Other churches and organizations are getting wind of this and are looking into setting up their own fridges for their own neighborhoods!!!! #solarPunk #mutualAid #freeFridge #foodSecurity
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@tinker@infosec.exchange · Nov 18, 2025
Update on the new Free Fridge and Community Pantry in town! They've completed the electrical work and are laying a concrete slab today. They're also bringing in a person to build out a pantry and paint a mural on it. We have a ribbon cutting ceremony scheduled for December 7th where folks will bring shelf stable food and fresh produce to add to the first stocking of the fridge! Note: this site really wanted to go all in. You really only need electrical and something to put the fridge on (minimum concrete blocks or a pallet). But these folks decided to put donated funds to it as they are focused on serving the community. I'll post pictures of the ribbon cutting ceremony! Also also! Two other sites have expressed interest in hosting a free fridge now that they've heard about this one! Once you build the first one, subsequent ones become easier! #freeFridge #mutualAid #solarPunk #foodScarcity #foodSecurity #postScarcity
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@tinker@infosec.exchange · Nov 18, 2025
Here's some picture's for the concrete slab and electrical outlets for the new Free Fridge in town! Note: Free fridges don't usually require this level of installation. As long as the fridge has power and a place to sit (even if its on a used pallet), thats good enough. This church was given a donation with the stipulation that it go to serving the local community, and they decided to install a free fridge and put some infrastructure and accessibility behind it. #solarPunk #mutualAid #freeFridge #foodSecurity #foodScarcity #postScarcity
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@blogdiva@mastodon.social · Apr 16, 2026
OMG this whole “patriots“ #solar generator marketing is pure evil genius, but for the common good. i see these #ads during baseball games and they really go out of their way to hit all the MAGA redneck prepper notes; while selling the one thing the petromafia sugardaddies & their politician stooges dont want their base to embrace: solar energy. it’s #solarpunk machiavellism and it feels weirdly refreshing
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@Roneyb@bolha.us · Mar 29, 2026
A notícia do propulsor de fusão abaixo não me convence, mas acho que a gente tem que voltar os olhos para o futuro mesmo quando o presente sugere um futuro sombrio e até mesmo por isso. Afinal projetar bons futuros é um caminho para realizá-los. O que me ocorreu é que um futuro solar punk poderia transferir para fora do planeta toda a atividade espacial passando a construir e lançar foguetes a partir do espaço e minerando asteroides. https://gizmodo.com/startup-successfully-ignites-worlds-first-fusion-rocket-2000738506 #solarpunk
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@SrRochardBunson__dup_32392@universeodon.com · Mar 17, 2026
So you're still in the process of grieving the loss of the future that you wanted or expected. That's perfectly understandable. We all grieve at our own pace & the process comes in waves. Trust me, I've been there. Can I interest you in vision for an alternative? We want you to be a #SkyPirate https://www.mountaintowntoys.com/sky-pirates/ #FediArt #toys #solarpunk
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