The genre is characterized by its defiant spirit and its unflinching examination of gender and sexual identity in an oppressive society. However, at its heart, genderpunk is ultimately about hope, resistance, and the transformative power of self-expression, it’s about sheer and unabashed queer joy in the face of ideologies and institutions that want to wipe us out.
Category Archives: Building Utopia
Join us for CliFi Con `23!
Nominations are open and tix available for CliFi Con `23.
Solarpunk Action Week: April 22-May 1
Solarpunk Action Week (SAW) is a grassroots initiative that encourages people to engage in building a better world through eco-friendly, sustainable, social justice, and community-oriented activities in line with the solarpunk ethos.
Solarpunk-Cyberpunk Anthology +TRPG Now Live on Kickstarter
Back the crowd funder today and the first ever cyberpunk-solarpunk short story anthology and companion TRPG!
The Solarpunk City is Accessible
How do people move around the solarpunk city?
New Policy Regarding Submissions and Artificial Intelligence
Solarpunk Magazine is and remains a venue for human authors and artists to showcase their work.
How We Build Climate Resilience: An Interview with Dr. Lisa Dilling
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.
Shining bright in the heart of oil country: interview with Heather MacKenzie from Solar Alberta
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.
The Demand Utopia Project
The Demand Utopia Project is about the voices of everyday people, our voices, screaming for immediate change and fighting for our lives.
Video: Guerrilla Gardening 101
Guerrilla gardening is a form of direct action used by solarpunks and other environmentalists to beautify neglected urban land and break down barriers between nature and city environments.