#thecarboncoast

[sunkeepersolarpunkmusic]

You can already feel the vivid sci-fi fantasy world in our solarpunk music, despite this being just an early song demo and practice video of Sun Keeper's upcoming 70-minute prog record. But it does feature the unmixed drums of Blake Richardson from progressive metal titans Between the Buried and Me, and you can already envision the solar-powered city atmosphere bursting.

We've raised $1200 in one week of our fundraiser to help us make our lest hefty payment to Blake of BTBAM for his legendary drum playing on our entire record. Only $800 to go and we're turning to our solarpunk community to help us hit the goal and get Blake paid.

Soak up the sunny intensity and verdant uplift of our demo track, Seven Embers, then support Blake directly for his many hours of work on this record at this link:

https://gofund.me/58afbd90

More than 34 musicians from the progressive metal and rock communities, (full list at the link above), have begun working to help us record the rest of this lore-heavy behemoth of a record. I'm one of them!

I'm Connor, the guy in the video, and I've got a lot of guitar rehearsals and recording to do before our November 6th recording deadline, when the acclaimed audio engineer Jamie King will begin his mixing and mastering of the Sun Keeper record.

Help us reach our budget goals along the way so we can hire on even more unique musicians to appear on the record, like Shay Lewis from Artificial Language and Robert Edens from Native Construct. (Stars willing!)

Help us pay these musicians at the link, and look for content and project updates soon on all Sun Keeper socials.

[anarchopuppy]

Aesthetics for hard solarpunk

Hard science fiction refers to when works of fiction stay very faithful to our current understanding of science - the fewer artistic liberties the work takes with its worldbuilding, the “harder” it is

Now I don’t typically interact with the literary aspect of solarpunk, focusing more on the practical, real-world work that needs to be done to get there. But I thought I might use the knowledge I have to give something of a framework for people who want to make solarpunk art that’s more grounded in realism than aesthetic - hence, hard solarpunk

3D printing

(Pictured: A Cyborg Beast prosthetic hand; a 4D-printed wire made in one process at GIT; Relativity Space’s 3D printed Aeon rocket engine)

3D printing is a precise, automated manufacturing process that’s accessible even to small communities, resulting in decentralized production and thus independence from multinationals. Local, bespoke production also eliminates the waste produced by packaging and shipping, making it ideal for a solarpunk setting - and its utility will only increase as the technology continues to develop. 3D printed objects of any material tend to have a wood-grain-like quality due to the layering process, which could be incorporated into your art or writing

Modularity

(Pictured: A bar built to the OpenStructures grid by Jonathan Karsilo; modular electronics concept by Phonebloks; modular housing design by Finch Buildings)

Modular systems have a host of benefits: easy replacement of broken parts, reuse of versatile modules, customization, simple assembly and disassembly, compatibility and open collaboration wherever the standard is used, mass production of multi-use parts, etc. All this results in simplified production and use, more efficient use of resources, and reduced waste. Modularity is typified by reusable assembly techniques such as nuts/bolts or snap-together mechanisms and by standard square grids (at least on the inside). It may not be as pretty as stained glass and art deco, but it’s much more sustainable!

Upcycling/reuse

(Pictured: Pat Delaney’s MultiMachine, made largely of reused car parts; a DIY solar panel made of broken photovoltaic cells by mattfelice on Instructables; tomatoes growing in an upcycled plastic barrel by markt on growlust)

Recycling uses up energy and wastes materials, and of course landfilling isn’t an option, so whenever a broken, worn, or unneeded object can be modified and used again it should be. If modularity is adopted to a big enough extent, and if disposability culture is brutally and vengefully slaughtered, most reuse wouldn’t look much different from anything else - unless a part is broken to the extent that it can no longer fill its original purpose and must find a new one. In near-future settings, though, lots of parts from today’s society could be shown living new lives

Recycling

(Pictured: Stools made of aluminum cans using a mobile foundry by Studio Swine; several products made of recycled plastic using small-scale machines by Precious Plastic; homemade recycled paper by reondadomino on Instructables)

But when something is well and truly useless, its materials must be broken down and recycled. This probably wouldn’t look quite as clean as modern-day industrial recycling, though. Small-scale machines being used by communities dedicated to reducing as much waste as possible would probably throw similar-enough colors together to be melted, or use simpler techniques that give less-than-standard results. They’re still no less pretty, if you ask me

Low-tech alternatives

(Pictured: The SunSaluter, a gravity-powered solar tracker; a wind-powered knitting machine by Merel Karhof; a homemade solar greenhouse heater by the Rusted Garden)

Connecting a windmill to a dynamo only to have it run a motor, or a solar thermal generator to a turbine only to have it run a heater, is obviously wasteful. So is using a computer and a motor to do what a jug of water and a counterweight could do. Not only is energy lost at each interchange, but the wires, batteries, and other electrical components all use valuable resources that require lots of energy to mine, process, and ship. Solar cooking, heating, and lighting would be preferred when possible, and mechanical processes would often be run by windmills (possibly with human power as a backup) or water wheels. Not everything has to be high-tech!

Feel free to add other realistic solarpunk details!

[solvoid-lunarpunk]

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lunarpunk is official now 🌒🌃🌌

[abyss-tidalpunk]

the planet’s 2nd tidalpunk blog is born!

@tidalpunk is an amazing blog and before I even begin this blog I want to thank them for coining the term and starting the aesthetic.

Tidalpunk as a subgenre of solarpunk/lunarpunk may seem unnecessary or “indulgent” to some, but since solarpunk is ramping up into a real-world movement dedicated to sustaining the Earth, there needs to be an aesthetic that’s just as engaging for oceanography and water conservation. The condition of the world’s water and our relationship with the world-ocean is actually in many ways more important than how we are getting along with solid ground (not that we don’t need to drastically improve how we treat both of them!)

Anyway, so this is a sideblog I am creating because, as I told @Tidalpunk, 1/3rd of my solarpunk/lunarpunk story ‘The Carbon Coast’ is set out on the ocean and involves sea witches, and storms, and islands, and renewable energies out to sea like solar sails, algae fuels and biomass energy, etc.! This made me realize that I might as well develop it into officially a “tidalpunk realm”

So, for the same reason I made a solarpunk blog @carboncoast-solarpunk to learn how to get solarpunk right, then a lunarpunk blog @solvoid-lunarpunk to learn how to do that right, I’m making a tidalpunk blog now, since my book will serve all 3 aesthetics, and I want to get them all right!

I also hope to help what @Tidalpunk started by finding and reblogging more inspiration that fits the aesthetic and functional purpose of “future sustainable oceanography and oceanic culture”, so that tidalpunk can grow along with lunarpunk and solarpunk into a beautiful triangle of optimistic futures for our planet’s well-being!

Now that this mission statement is out of the way, let the tidalpunk posting begin!

[punkofsunshine]

I once again am boosting my playlist because I think it fits the movement perfectly in attitude. It has a lot of different cultural influences and has some nice ambient music in there too including a track from @thecarboncoast

I hope you enjoy! This has been punkofsunshine, have a good one and stay safe.

[intersex-ionality]

Do you happen to have any resources on solarpunk and how to get involved? Or information on other punk subcultures with an environmental, community focus ( that might be all of them I honestly don’t know!). I want to stop just soothing my anxiety on tumblr (as much as I love your blog and many others and thank you for the relief of not feeling alone/“cazy” for my opinions!) and actually contribute towards the causes I believe in.

I personally don’t have a lot, these days. I had quite a falling out with the solarpunk movement on tumblr, and never quite got over myself enough to go looking for it in other spaces.

But, I can point you to a few people who will be able to help you far more than I can.

@thecarboncoast

@themagpiespeak

@thesolarpunkgardener

Adjacent to solarpunk (which is to say, I doubt any of these orgs consider themselves solarpunk, though I certainly would), are groups like @mypubliclands, Native Seeds Search, the Native American Arts Council and Journalist Association.

One thing that can make solarpunk tricky is that it’s not one size fits all. There are aspects of solarpunk that can be globalized, such as the fight against colonialism, capitalism, global ecological collapse.

But most of it is, by necessity, very localized.

A solarpunk resource for me five years ago would have involved a completely different climate, biome, and ecosystem than a solarpunk resource for me today. A solarpunk resource for you won’t look like one for more.

But, try getting in touch with local agricultural groups, especially those trying to create a more ethical system of agriculture by blending modern and traditional techniques. Anything that resembles that has a good chance of being, if not solarpunk already, certainly well suited to integration into a local solarpunk group.

Likewise, see if there are any leftist, progressive, or community support organizations in your area that you can join and learn from. If there aren’t, maybe it’s time for you to start one. Community gardens are usually a fairly manageable project for first time organizers to get off the ground, and because they’re in public spaces and visually interesting, they often serve as good outreach.

I often focus on the agricultural aspects of solarpunk, because that’s what I know how to do. I grew up on a farm, and I know my way around food storage, animal management, and to a lesser degree, crop management. But solarpunk isn’t just about growing stuff.

It’s about making stuff. Taking up a craft.

About reclaiming stuff. Reducing and reusing waste.

About fighting for our rights. Justice and equality.

About overthrowing oppressive systems. Abolishing capitalism and colonialism.

About understanding ourselves. Self-acceptance, learning, and balancing indulgence with effort to find what makes up happiest.

About understanding our place in our environment. Limiting our personal contributions to waste, but also, fighting for the corporations that produce waste “in our names” to fucking stop.

And about understanding our place in the world. Recognizing that, in the end, what works for one person, one community, will not and cannot work for every person and every community.

[blackwoolncrown]

thecarboncoast mentioned you on a post “Good news for the lunarpunk aesthetic: that purple light affiliated...”

@goldhornsandblackwool #Lunarpunk is the on-Earth-only night-time equivalent of #Solarpunk and has nothing to do with moon colonization. Try not to use the word "abhor" until you know what you're speaking about

Lmao honey I’ll use whatever words I like to describe the feeling I get from largely white escapist fantasy/worldbuilding spaces ending in -punk and the dangers of escapism amongst the relatively privileged. If I feel so untrustworthy maybe ask why,  I’m not obligated have a personal involvement in every fantasy space that exists on the fringes of my reality. I also abhor people who take criticism of things like this as a personal offense and get uppity about things that have real, intersectional causes so like

kiss my feet maybe 

[ev1tales]

The solarpunk chat was a bit brutal after the People's March for the Vote on Saturday, but the discussion was really nice.

Thanks to @thecarboncoast and @debmerriam for partecipating. Please extend the thanks to any other denizens of solarpunk tumblr you know.

[incandescent-creativity]

I just read a post explaining Solar and Lunarpunk and it have me another idea for an ask. I’m cautious because this might require a bit on researching and your part and I don’t want to give you any extra work, but may consider matching different -punk types to the cast?

I am so sorry it took me so long to get to this. But I won’t waste time because I’ve finally gotten to it, so here we go!

I found a literary list of unheard of and popular punk genres here, and will probably be taking most of them from there.

Dr. Agau is biopunk, because hacking DNA instead of computer code is exactly what she’s about. She might not have made any superviruses, but biologically engineering teenagers sounds pretty biopunk to me.

Oceanpunk is on the bottom of that list, under The Ridiculous Punk Genres, but I have to assign it to Beth. Sorry.

Hans would be classic steampunk, because giant airships are his jam. And he’d look great in a steampunk outfit, with those classic chain watches and vests and just. Aaah.

Christian would probably fit into the steampunk world really well, too, now that I think about it. Or maybe that “splatterpunk” world with all the gore, because he always seems to be the SOLE character I write the most horrific things for.

Hallie isn’t really… punk. At all. 

Matt would be “decopunk” from that list I linked above, because the article said it was based on the roarin’ 20s and I associate that with parties and speakeasies and all that. And that fits my fun-lovin Matt to a T.

Michael would be cyberpunk, because his aesthetic is all about dark and gritty futures and the labs practically treated like a robot anyway.

Zach and Ash are Solar and Lunarpunk, respectively, as explained in this post by the lovely @thecarboncoast because we gotta keep the light and dark aesthetic consistent with them! (Plus, from what I can tell, Solarpunk is a more hopeful and optimistic genre, and that fits Zach perfectly)

[solis-salutis]

When @thecarboncoast asks what you would do in a solarpunk city for five hours

[sunkeepersolarpunkmusic]

solarpunks I need yall today. please vote in this little art contest on the best poster design (some are still WIPs) to help us pick a winner to make into posters which will be the first merch for the Sunkeeper eco-fiction series (The Carbon Coast, etc.)

please reblog. Here are the designs currently:

[solarpunk-aesthetic]

hey, i was wondering if you happened to know other cool solarpunk blogs? asking bc you're one of the only solarpunk blogs im following and id like to follow more. thanks!

Do I! Just off the top of my head, here are a few good dedcated solarpunk blogs to follow…

@solarpunkfuturenow

@solarpunkwitchcraft

@fuckyeahsolarpunkfashion

@solarpunk

@thecarboncoast

@solarpunkwizard

@solarpunkprincess

There are a lot of other people around here who post solarpunk things to their personal tumblrs too, like @aspiringwarriorlibrarian, @plantyhamchuk or @mosellegreen. Others like @treeroots or @voiceofnature post a lot of lovely related content.

Also, if you’re fond of unusual plants, you might like my other blog @curiousbotanicals (I don’t post there nearly enough recently though).

Definitely left out loads of people. Hey, anyone else reading this, please feel free to add some recommendations, ok? Even if you’re recommending yourself. ☀️

[solvoid-lunarpunk]

Spooky lunarpunk vibes from @thecarboncoast story world just in time for Halloween. Enjoy the moon magic and read the description to find out why this place is so UNsustainable looking.

Reblog to the lunarpunks out there

[abyss-tidalpunk]

Thanks for the rec on your blogs over on IG. I stepped away from Tumblr a while ago, but blogs like these might make it worth coming back for. I paneled a basic Intro to SolarPunk panel at MegaCon the last two years with a few friends, and the interest seems to be growing.

hi! i’m doing a guest mod stint on the blog this month, but i’m going to tag @thecarboncoast in this, to make sure it gets to the right person! 

~ mod abalone ~

[on-edi-r-e-ct-io-n]

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[o-n-edir-ec-t-i-o-n]

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Artist Paints the Universe and Nature into Black Women’s Hair

Pierre Jean-Louis is a multimedia artist based in New York and Philadelphia, who has built up quite a social media following as a result of his unique works. Jean-Louis paints mystical images of the universe and nature onto images of Black women’s natural hair. His intricate works feature flowers, vines, and even an entire forest, all seamlessly woven into coils and kinks. Jean-Louis even invites his followers to tag him in their photos on Instagram so that he can consider their portraits as well.