On the latest episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast, host Justine Norton-Kertson talks about the history and purpose of borders, then does a thought experiment imagining what a solarpunk future without borders—with freedom of movement—might look like. The transcript from that episode is below.
Category Archives: Building Utopia
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On the latest of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast, host Justine Norton-Kertson reads a piece they read at a solarpunk reading event in March hosted by Accelerate L.A. The piece imagines what Los Angeles might be like a solarpunk future.
New Podcast Episode: Solarpunk vs. Imperialism Pt. 2
This week on Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast, part 2 of our episode on Trump’s big imperialist push is now available to listen to right from our website, or on whatever podcast platform you use. In this episode we explore the solarpunk response to imperialism and look at real life examples of the struggle toContinue reading “New Podcast Episode: Solarpunk vs. Imperialism Pt. 2”
City of Hope RPG Character Archetype Sneak Peek
We’re only three weeks away from the October 1st launch of our crowd funder for CITY OF HOPE, a solarpunk worldbuilding RPG. The campaign will help fund Solarpunk Magazine’s 2025 run of issues. Set in the 2050s after the Climate Wars, players work together to create and rebuild a new, sustainable, inclusive city and community rootedContinue reading “City of Hope RPG Character Archetype Sneak Peek”
City of Hope Sneak Peek
Developed, illustrated, and written by Solarpunk Magazine editors-in-chief Brianna Castagnozzi and Justine Norton-Kertson, City of Hope is a solarpunk, utopian based worldbuilding game. This storytelling based RPG launches on Kickstarter this October as our annual fundraising campaign to ensure we have the resources to maintain content levels and payrates through 2025. You can visit CityContinue reading “City of Hope Sneak Peek”
First Solarpunk World-Building Project Polls Launched
Welcome to the very first of our weekly poll sets for the collective Solarpunk World-Building Project. We’re so excited that you’ve chosen to participate! This week’s polls are all geography oriented questions to help us establish some basic context for our world building. We already know that our world is the planet Earth, and theContinue reading “First Solarpunk World-Building Project Polls Launched”
Demand Utopia! Podcast Episode 2
The second episode of our newly relaunched podcast, Solarpunk Futures: Demand Utopia!, is now available on our website or pretty much wherever you get your podcasts. In this second episode, “The Anatomy of Utopia,” host Justine Norton-Kertson talks about different characteristics, ideas, and alternative systems that have been proposed as part of past utopian visions.Continue reading “Demand Utopia! Podcast Episode 2”
We’ve Relaunched Our Podcast!
Our podcast has been through a couple iterations over the past few years, and we haven’t really had a new episode in about a year. But that changed yesterday when we relaunched our podcast! Now titled, Solarpunk Futures: Demand Utopia!, our host and co-editor-in-chief, Justine Norton-Kertson, delves into different aspects and examples of utopianism andContinue reading “We’ve Relaunched Our Podcast!”
Solarpunk Magazine World-Building Project
Join a visionary community reimagining the future! We invite you to participate in an innovative online project crafting a vivid, sustainable world through the power of collective imagination. Solarpunk envisions a future where society lives in harmony with the planet, using technology for the betterment of the environment and humanity. This project is not justContinue reading “Solarpunk Magazine World-Building Project”
Solarpunk Roleplaying and Issue 14
New Issue 14 Release Date After some delays in our usual production process, we’re happy to say Issue 14 will be released on Tuesday March 19. Issue 14’s cover art was illustrated by Stephen Lillie, and features stories by Gabriela Cabezas and A’liya Spinner, poetry by Salem Paige and Ian Tash, and nonfiction by MichaelContinue reading “Solarpunk Roleplaying and Issue 14”