We just released the schedule and registration links for the School of Solarpunk Studies Summer Workshop Series (S5). This summer’s workshop curriculum includes:
Worldbuilding Regenerative Cities
Saturday, July 18 from 11 AM – 1PM PST
Crafting Solarpunk Poetry
Saturday, July 25 from 11 AM – 1PM PST
Climate as Character
Saturday, August 1 from 11 AM – 1PM PST
Writing Hope Without Losing Conflict
Saturday, August 8 from 11 AM – 1PM PST
Registration for each workshop is $40, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
We’re excited to announce that Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast has hit 30k downloads! We’ve released 9 episodes over the last few weeks. Recent episode topics include:
•why hopeful stories are still so hard to write
•whether solarpunk has become too aesthetic
•the energy grid as a care system
•the costs of AI
•the energy transitions mining problem
•the rights of nature movement
•the UN’s recent vote on climate action
Our 10th episode of the year drops tomorrow, and features our host reading two short stories from Solarpunk Magazine Issue #27, “Between Mortar and Magic” by Alex Vossler, and “What the Sea Remembers” by Dennis Mombauer.
You can listen to Demand Utopia on our website’s podcast page, or wherever you get podcasts!
Our 5th anniversary year continued this month with the release of Issue #27 on May 12. Issue #27 includes:
Cover Art
“In My Hands” by Paula Hammond
Short Stories
“Radio Free Luna, Signing Off” by Sylvie Althoff
“Between Mortar and Magic” by Alex Vossler
“What the Sea Remembers” by Dennis Mombauer
Poetry
“Pulsar, Phlox” by Devan Barlow
“The Prayer Shrub” by Zoleikha Baloch
Essay
“Occupation of Palestine” by Aya Al-Hattab
Book Review
“Repair is Not a Gadget: A Review of The Wildcraft Drones by T.K. Rex” by Justine Norton-Kertson
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