The Doodle Project

hopepunk

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Two weeks ago, I planted herb and veggie seedlings in pots on my balcony, and put clear plastic bottles cut in half over them as a way of keeping the warmth in.

They’re all still growing, and one of the herbs in particular is doing quite well.

Small thing, but growing green things on the balcony makes it a nice place to be, and it’s fun to push the boundaries of what I can grow in a Canberra winter.
#HopePunk

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A rant on why I think we need realistic Solarpunk, plus some other thing 1/2 ☀️

Felt compelled to make this. It will finally stop floating around in my head 🎉

Podcast over here if you're interested: https://podcast.tomasino.org/@SolarpunkPrompts

#solarPunk #hopePunk #art #myArt #comics #sustainability

Page 1 of comic. The uppermost caption states: "I like realistic Solarpunk. I think it's the best kind, actually!" Under it is a horizontal space filled with doodles: someone exiting a tool library, a girl holding a mended sock, a chama group is pooling donations, a woman browses Wikipedia, a volunteer is filling a bowl with free soup.
"By realistic I mean grounded. Something that we could imagine happening in our real world. No magic (a drawing of a girl with fire powers), no supernatural elements unless you know what you're doing (a talking cat), no cure-all tech (a man is claiming a tiny piece of tech is going to solve everything).
The artist appears. "I feel that way because of my answer to this question: what is Solarpunk for?"

Page 2. "Well, let's see...Solarpunk isn't just an aesthetic, it's an emerging genre and artistic movement." The statement is accompanied by mandala-like drawing of several hands drawing the Solarpunk symbol.
Then there's a dualistic drawing: Cyberpunk and Solarpunk next to each other. In the Cyberpunk drawing, a man is holding a gun, and in the other he is unloading soil from a big bag into a garden bed. Three tiny people are floating next to the Solarpunk man, imagining what tasty stuff can grow from that soil.
The caption reads: "Solarpunk is also sort of CyberPunk's counterpart. While Cyberpunk concerns itself with wrecking bad old systems, Solarpunk is about building new, better ones. SolarPunk's creation was very intentional - it's for letting us imagine a tomorrow that's not a fucking shitshow."
In the corner, the artist points at a box labeled "future" and asks "If it's alive, what do you reckon it looks like?"

Page 3. "And that tomorrow part is important! When it comes to technology, we can stop climate change and achieve a sustainable world right now." A whole section next to this text is filled with various sustainable technologies: perma- and polyculture, wind turbines, vernacular architecture, reforestation, libraries of everything, trains, trams, bikes, solar panels, habitat restoration, degrowth etc.
"We don't need to wait until a fancy piece of tech comes along and fixes everything." There's a rendition of that meme where people are huddling together to discuss something. A contraption called "carbon sucker 9000 appears". The group gives it a thumbs up and continues discussing their own stuff like minimizing plane travel.

"What we need is large cultural and societal change. But most people struggle to imagine anything but dystopia."
In a frame nearby, a rich guy gleefully puts his foot on a pair of scales, favoring a bag of money over the planet. However, just out of frame is a group of people with tools, ready to take the planet back.

"Solarpunk is for filling that blank space! And a grounded, though not unambitious, approach makes it feel more achievable to the average person."

Page 4. "If we can imagine absolute Cyberpunk dystopia with ease but not the opposite, it's because we don't have enough popular stories yet which would showcase that believable alternative." A lady is reading a Solarpunk book. She exclaims: "So you're telling me people can just do stuff without a monetary incentive or the risk of hunger and homelessness? Movie number 3752 about robots enslaving humanity was much more realistic!"
"The hard part for Solarpunks is imagining what the culture and structure of this new society would look like. How would it operate?" Drawing: the author sits gloomily at a desk, mumbling "I wish I could try out this hobby but the tools are so expensive, and I don't even know if it'll be a long-term interest or not...". But then they have an epiphany. "Wait, I could literally just go to the library!"
"How does this new world think? And what do we change about ourselves to get closer to it?" The final doodle is of a man stating we must ensure economic growth until the end of time, though the woman next to him retorts: "You and what endless planetary resources?" She then suggests that we instead produce what's necessary and give it to those who need it.

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One of the things I love about Mastodon is that when someone needs it, they can just toot “send puppies”, and puppies appear like it’s a magic spell.

I don’t know who needs this right now, but here are my doggos. Can’t wait to finish work today so I can go home and give them pats.
#dogs #puppy #bulldog #JackRussell #mh #HopePunk

Chase the bulldog sitting on a dark tiled floor. He looks like he’s smiling at the camera. He is a very good boy.

Harry the Jack Russell puppy lying along someone’s legs. It’s a close up picture of his adorable little face and boopable nose.

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17d

With so many social programs being cut right now, and so many people in need, I'm changing up my sticker program a little.

You can still get one of my stickers, but I'm now *requiring* that folks donate to a food bank or similar. I'll still send you one at no cost with proof of donation!

We all need to pitch in if we're going to get through this together.

https://billhunt.dev/stickers/

#Govpunk #Hopepunk #CaringIsPunkRock #GoBeWeird

Two different sticker designs - one says "Govpunk" and the other says "Move Carefully and Fix Things"

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18d

So, I totally get "#greenwashing." But I also believe there ARE solutions to some of our problems out there. I've gathered up some hopeful articles about technology that's in use, or on the horizon, that could help solve some of our problems. I know I said I might not do much for this week's #SolarPunkSunday, but that has changed. I'll be posting on #SolarPunkSaturday with both hashtags. Some of this stuff is too good NOT to share. Seriously! And we need real hope, not just hype!

#HopePunk #Resistance #Resilience #Future

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32d

hey there! i'm new to this instance, so here's an #introduction !

i'm jane, i'm an artist and disabled. i live in the middle of a cornfield, lol.

i very much like to #garden and this year i'm trying out growing flax to spin!

i'm currently learning to program and use #linux

i'm a #spinner and a #spinster lol. i'm also a #knitter and into #FiberArts of all sorts!

i'm not new to the fediverse, tho and some of my favorite hashtags are:

#ThreeGoodThings
#Today
#Bloomscrolling
#Gardening
#HandSpinning
#Knitting
#PenAndInk
#TinyDelights
#SolarPunk
#HopePunk
#Compost
🎉 🌿 🍄

i hope you all have a lovely day!

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38d

Redoble de tambores 🥁

Os dejo por aquí mi página de precampaña para #verkami

https://vkm.is/solarpunk

¡Apuntáos si queréis enteraros las primeras cuando salga definitivamente!

#hopepunk #solarpunk #rol #español

Ilustración de una persona con aspecto femenino en gravedad cero, tocando una maceta de vidrio anclada a la pared. Tiene en la mano una tablet y a su alrededor hay un ordenador, libretas, cables y post it.

Pone:

Verkami: universo de rol Solarpunk. Alien Paula

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42d

#introduction
Mastodon is my digital hygiene compromise, I'm still spending too much time online but now #bloomscrolling instead of doomscrolling. #mosstodon changed for ever the way I'm hiking.
I try to be deliberate in boosting beauty, from #pottery to #squirrel to #hopepunk because I believe we as a species cannot function on anger and fear alone.
Also #RightToRepair #TransRightsAreHumanRights #FightForLibraries #SmashPatriarchy and many more.
One day I'll manage a #MardiPatisserie !

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40d

Things I am not doing tonight:
1. Watching the #auspol leaders debate.
2. Watching Adolescence.

Things I am doing:
1. Finding some nice notepaper to write a letter which I will post to a friend tomorrow.
2. Making plans to see friends in another city in a couple of months.

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50d

Must say there is something beautiful and healing about seeing a bunch of strangers in a #repairCafe helping each other fix their rice cookers, format their laptops, sew their teddy bears, patch up their clothes, figure out ways to solve problems with what they've got right there and each other.

Highly recommended activity to restore faith in ordinary people when we see so much cruelty from the top.

#solarpunk #hopepunk #RightToRepair

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66d

Hard to believe it's already been ten years. GNU Terry Pratchett.

(🎨 Illustration by Paul Kidby)

#GnuTerryPratchett #TerryPratchett #GNU #Quote #Quotes #Discworld #hope #HopePunk

2018 portrait of Terry Pratchett, as seen on the book jacket of Terry Pratchett HisWorld, the Official Exhibition Companion, depicting him wearing a large top hat out of which several of his Discworld characters are bursting out. Below there is the quote:

“Why does the third of the three brothers, who shares his food with the old woman in the wood, go on to become king of the country? Why does James Bond manage to disarm the nuclear bomb a few seconds before it goes off rather than, as it were, a few seconds afterwards? Because a universe where that did not happen would be a dark and hostile place. Let there be goblin hordes, let there be terrible environmental threats, let there be giant mutated slugs if you really must, but let there also be hope. It may be a grim, thin hope, an Arthurian sword at sunset, but let us know that we do not live in vain.”
― Terry Pratchett, A Slip of the Keyboard: Collected Non-Fiction

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69d

A reminder that all three books in my series are available wide, so if you’re boycotting Amazon and love to read, I’ve got you covered. 😊

https://books2read.com/FindingHumanityBook1

#hopepunk #scifi #fantasy #books #sciencefiction #reading #amreading

Image of an Arctic landscape with a spiral galaxy overhead. An ebook and paperback of The Calling are atop the snowy hill. At the top of the image are the words: In a future ice age, humanity emerges from its subterranean haven to discover they re no longer the dominant life form. At the bottom are the words:
THE CALLING: Humanity's wake-up call. Answer it or face extinction.
The book cover is mostly blues, white and orange. It shows a teen with an orange parka exiting a massive elevator at night. A gun is on their back, and they’re looking out in shock upon the arctic landscape and start sky. In the distance, a strange star in on the ground.

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73d

'Times may be getting tougher, but a hell of a lot of people are committed to doing good. And the best of the good is the #nature that makes up our planet.' ▶️ https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/718b5dba-b9d3-448b-96a7-38e99d4ef017

My new blog post about #writing in hard times, developing a story, messy mind palace rooms, #accents, and the sweet poison of #passion. @writers @writing

#storytelling #podcasting #blog #naturelovers #accent #languages #interviews #moreThanHuman #creativity #journalism #solarpunk #hopepunk #author

Shadowbox about cockfights a symptom of our times.

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#ScribesAndMakers Feb 28
Shameless self-promotion day.

Tales of Ardonna is a #HopePunk #Fantasy adventure series with scifi & romance thrown in. More info, plus purchase links & maps, can be found here:

https://crcollins.org/

If you buy direct through my site it is always cheaper.

Tales of Ardonna current book tree with its three levels of book covers, descending from earliest to latest timeline.
On the top branches, pointing left, are Mage Era books: River’s Roar and Giants’ Gate.
The middle branches, pointing right, are for Dragon Age books: Song of Jade: Red Wolf and Song of Jade: Hidden Kingdom
The lowest branches, sprawling left to right in the center of the tree, holds the Modern Era books. The Woodspell trilogy is here, its 3 volumes on the lefthand side. The sequels, Chasing Sunset (beneath the third book) and Midnight Crow (to the right and a bit lower) are on the trunk, plus a promo placeholder to the right of the second book which says Final Sequel 2025

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82d

Hättet ihr Lust, einen Hopepunk/Solarpunk-Buchclub zusammen zu machen?

Ich merke, es hilft mir so viel über konstruktive, positive Zukunftsvisionen zu lesen, und ich ziehe da viel Energie draus. Und es hilft mir zu lernen, was für eine Art Gesellschaft ich gerne hätte und mich zu ermutigen mich da durch kleine Gesten darauf hinzubewegen.

Would you like to make a Hopepunk/Solarpunk book club together?

I realise it helps me so much to read about constructive, positive visions of the future, and I draw a lot of energy from them. And it helps me to learn what kind of society I would like to live in and it encourages me to move towards it through small gestures.

#hopepunk #solarpunk

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83d

“I cannot do all the good that the world needs. But the world needs all the good that I can do.”

― Jana Stanfield

#quote #motivational #HopePunk

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88d

Breaking Bad creator regretting his life choices (kinda), calling for more "good guys" in fiction: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/vince-gilligan-writers-villain-stories-political-climate-walter-white-1236137964/

(I was #hopepunk before it was cool LOL)

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97d

#hope #hopepunk #activism #resistfascism #resistance #antifascism #optimism #realism #uspol #quote #quotation #quoteoftheday

I don't have hope. I do hope. It's an active process that I have to regularly commit to — hope not as an emotion but as a discipline. Hope for me is grounded in the reality that wondrous things happen alongside and parallel to the terrible. Every single day.

Mariame Kaba

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95d

@oneoveralpha
A community is more than a political body, it is the culmination of wins, failures, homes, resources, gardens, libraries, people, animals and active hope for the future.
#hopepunk #solarpunk #permaculture #politics #community #future #people #humanity
#onewordprompts #onesentencechallenge
http://archivedwordsbystephanie.blogspot.com/2025/02/community-onewordprompts.html
https://social.chinwag.org/@oneoveralpha/113940315219135322
02/03/25
#writingprompt

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#ScribesAndMakers Feb 15
Tell us about yourself and your creative work

I write #HopePunk #Fantasy adventures, which I've also referred to as fairy tales for adults. All my work, including purchase links & maps, can be found on my website: https://crcollins.org/

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94d

If you're near LA, check this out... I would totally go if I were there! #solarpunk #hopepunk #ClimateChange

https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/event/optimism-optopia-and-climate-change-stories/

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100d

Hey #solarpunk people from outside of the Global North!

@SolarpunkConference would like to hear your voices on why they should allow you to watch their online #conference without having a credit card compatible with the US payment system!

Do we have anyone from #Ukraine or anywhere in #Africa ? #Brazil ? #India ? #southAmerica ? #southEastAsia ?

https://mastodon.world/@SolarpunkConference/113957600020215218

#globalSouth #socialJustice #climate #climateChange #event #futurism #hope #hopepunk #anarchism

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102d

In my solarpunk novel series, I have a Trillionaires Exclusion Act that basically outlaws trillionaires because the world got fed up with their bullshit sometime in the 2030's (novel set in 2050). Musk might single-handedly accelerate that timetable.

#solarpunk #climatefiction #hopepunk #climatecrisis #climatesolutions

4 cover spread of the solarpunk novel series Nothing is Promised by Susan Kaye Quinn where the same futuristic, colorful image of a solarpunk city spans the four covers; the titles also form a phrase across the series that relates to the novels

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105d

What happens after rebel guerillas fight a fascist empire...but cannot win? A trilogy of novellas about choosing hope, recovery, building community, & working towards a new life on the utopian planet Refuge. #Hopepunk #sapphic #solarpunk #spaceopera #cozy #sf

https://books2read.com/rl/aplaceofrefuge

3 books in a boxed set; volume 1 features a beautiful Black woman with a shaved head, against a blue background featuring a spaceship and a planet.

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116d

Pues aprovechando los movimientos de redes sociales gracias a #VamonosJuntas pongo mi re-re- #presentacion

Soy un frikazo valenciano de pueblo interesado en #FinalFantasyXIV #SavageWorlds #RetroGames #DnD #Warhammer #PixelArt #HopePunk #3dPrinting

Estoy 100% en contra del uso de IAs, de los NFT, las cripto-cosas, el capitalismo, machismo, capacitismo, edadismo y discursos de odio en general.

Solo recordar además que #TransRightsAreHumanRights #BlackLivesMatter #FreeLuigi y #FreeGaza

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