#optimism

[savagechickens]

Places.

And more optimism.

[gobbogoo]

I was initially uncertain of Fallout's Lucy, because naïve and optimistic protagonists can be tricky to write well, often falling into one of two traps:

1. They're written to be infallibly trusting/positive and always morally correct, making them feel one-note, delusional, or grating in their perfect morality.

2. They're cynically punished for their attempts at kindness and optimism, basically being told to "grow up" by making their acts of positivity, trust, or kindness backfire horribly.

Lucy meanwhile hits the perfect balance. She's kind but not incapable of cruelty, naive but not stupid, and pushes back when the world (represented by The Ghoul,) tries to force its cynicism upon her.

[peoplegettingreallymadatghosts]

get ready for an exuberant summer

[justalittlesolarpunk]

It’s solar and wind and tidal and geothermal and hydropower.

It’s plant-based diets and regenerative livestock farming and insect protein and lab-grown meat.

It’s electric cars and reliable public transit and decreasing how far and how often we travel.

It’s growing your own vegetables and community gardens and vertical farms and supporting local producers.

It’s rewilding the countryside and greening cities.

It’s getting people active and improving disabled access.

It’s making your own clothes and buying or swapping sustainable stuff with your neighbours.

It’s the right to repair and reducing consumption in the first place.

It’s greater land rights for the commons and indigenous peoples and creating protected areas.

It’s radical, drastic change and community consensus.

It’s labour rights and less work.

It’s science and arts.

It’s theoretical academic thought and concrete practical action.

It’s signing petitions and campaigning and protesting and civil disobedience.

It’s sailboats and zeppelins.

It’s the speculative and the possible.

It’s raising living standards and curbing consumerism.

It’s global and local.

It’s me and you.

Climate solutions look different for everyone, and we all have something to offer.

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

Master Your Emotions..

[kiindr]

friendly reminders:

you don't have to be productive every day

you are worthy even if all you did today was get out of bed

there are people out there who care about you

your existence makes a difference

if something bothers you, then it bothers you. no one has the right to tell you otherwise

you are allowed to take up space

there is no 'right way' to grieve

you cannot put a time limit on emotions

your likes and interests are valid and they matter

it's okay to take your time in doing things. not everyone can do everything at the same pace

[psalmlover]

and yet we dance!

[star-girlfriend]

it gets better

[eternal-gardens]

And perhaps whatever you hope for will come true.

[spiritualseeker777]

[catsbeaversandducks]

Via Gatos Fazendo Gatices

[foxfinding]

My friends at University of Nicosia in Cyprus are doing a psychology research project, looking at the relationships between pet/plant ownership and optimism.

It takes about 3 minutes, and they're looking for as wide a sample as possible.

They are taking responses until April 15th.

Please help if you can!

[justalittlesolarpunk]

There is hope. I promise. Young people just won their case against the state of Montana. Ecuadoreans braved escalating political violence to vote against oil drilling in the Amazon. Brazilian deforestation is down by enormous amounts since Lula took office. They’ve invented hydropanels that synthesise pure water from the air. People are farming in solar parks. A ship just launched for its maiden voyage using rigid sails designed to mimic wind turbine blades. EV sales are taking off, and, more crucially, cities are re-assessing their very relationship with the car. By the 2024 Olympics the river Seine will be safe for people to swim in again. More and more people are replacing their gas boilers with heat pumps. Solarpunks are growing crops in their back garden and distributing them to their neighbours. Great tracts of land are being given back to nature. Young people are channelling their energies into meaningful careers. Pilots are leaving the aviation industry. Yes, the world is dark and terrible and full of awful dangers that keep you up at night, but we are a huge movement that grows every day in numbers and power. Your small actions matter. Our collective triumphs are increasing. Things are going to get harder, extreme weather will be more common, but with ingenuity, resilience and crucially, COMMUNITY, we can build an equitable world on this strange, tired old planet. See you in the future.

[in-tenebris-et-in-solitudine]

[kiindr]

you can be kind and still have strong boundaries in place.