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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

A really interesting analysis of #accessibility in the #solarpunk #art of the Story Seed Library on #tumblr : www.tumblr.com/storyseedlibrary/828… My response is under the very long blogpost - I acknowledge that not every illustration we […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

#solarpunk #gatekeeping time! I'm hearing about a lot of Solarpunk creators being approached by thesolarpunksociety.com , a clearly AI-generated book on an AI-generated page with AI videos. Seems to be based on some www.robhopkins.net activism / literary device of describing […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

#disability and #prosthetics in #solarpunk are very different than in other genres, especially #cyberpunk A story about someone with a prosthetic hand is not about their super-humanness or integrity as a human with metal limbs. It's a story about the prosthetic being healthcare, maintained by […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

Today I remembered a BEAUTIFUL series of #science illustrations by the Verdant Winter on Tumblr: verdantwinter.tumblr.com/post/12169… I absolutely love these illustrations and I think they should be more popular! #art #illustration #muse

A woman surrounded by a halo of brains - neuroscience

a woman holding an ecosystem in a jar - environmental science

a woman measuring multiple buildings - architecture

a woman surrounded by Rorschach tests - psychology

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

#solarpunk story idea (maybe a future Story Seed?) I've been wondering how to best represent distributed online communities crowdsourcing help in disasters, like Open Street Map's www.hotosm.org (which really helped when an earthquake hit Nepal in 2015). We don't really have visuals […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Can someone explain #cyberdeck / #solardeck trend to me? How are they supposed to be #solarpunk ? Are they anything more than aesthetics + the joy of customizing a piece of hardware? I'm seeing things like […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Recently I realized that whether in a #solarpunk future or in reality, my dream job would be being a #hackerspace / #makerspace facilitator. Running workshops, dealing with logistics, holding #repairCafe s, making crazy projects, having pointless dramas, making sure we're open to everyone who […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/08/2026

A new #illustration for the Story Seed Library comes from Mirko E. Zamora from #Argentina ! Kóoch Bridges is part of the Patagonian Sanctuary’s vision. (...) These marine platforms harness the energy of the tides, wind, and sunlight to support the towers […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A sprawling vista of energy-generating platform on an ocean full of wind turbines and solar panels, humans and greenery, a cat. In the background the cormorants are migrating against beautiful, colorful sky.

Four illustrations in circles: a whale, a group of researchers, sea lions, a cormorant with its young.

An early black-and-white sketch of the Bridges showing them from a different perspective.

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Andrés Cabrero @chaosresearchparty.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Done with small details of scene of awning #treehouse #solarpunk #fantasy Added small details like the tiny electric vehicle, and a community dinner happening in the distance, where a tiny concert is also going on. Even though its fantasy, its very much […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Scene of countryside france painted with watercolors ans inks, showing some village in the distance, some groups of people doing different activities, a house, and a big oak tree with an awning structure attached to one of its big branches

Same as previous but in a previous stage, with less details, color variety, and shadows

Same as previous, but almost without color, only the distant village, rest is mechanical pencil and lines on ink

Same as previous, but without color, only mechanical pencil and lines on ink

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Andrés Cabrero @chaosresearchparty.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/08/2026

Almost there, coloring advances in the summer outdoors awning / shade structures attached to trees - sketches #treehouse #solarpunk #fantasy Inks are actually quite nice, the entire canopy of the oak was a bliss to make. I of course went to clean the brush […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Scene of countryside france with some village in the distance, some groups of people doing different activities, and a big oak tree with an awning structure attached to one of its big branches. On top of sketch with mechanical pencil and inked lines, color has been applied to all areas with watercolors and inks.

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Daniel Quinn @danielquinn.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/08/2026

@catherinewinters hey is there a mailing list to sign up to for your "Unnamed #Solarpunk farming game"? It sounds like my sort of thing <3

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

An open question to the #art community of Mastodon: If I was to organize a big #solarpunk #illustration #contest focused more on #wordbuilding than art mastery, which organizations should I reach out to for legitimacy and reach? Assume that prizes / funding could be organized externally / we […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

I just learned about an incredible #solarpunk resource I'm saving and sharing everywhere: opensustain.tech A directory and analysis of the open source ecosystem in the areas of climate change, sustainable energy, biodiversity and natural resources. Huge thanks to @eff3rvecenteden for […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 08/08/2026

If anyone's interested in a #solarpunk #art #contest imagining #Zurich of 2047, take a look at kapda.ch/art_contest ! > Our contest is open to submissions of all forms of art, from music, to poetry, to visual arts, to sculptures. The first prizes have already been awarded in July, but […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/08/2026

Oboh Moses from #Nigeria has joined the Story Seed Library with a vision of Solarpunk Lagos! storyseedlibrary.org/art/oboh-moses… A community full of solar panels and wind turbines, with electrified cars helping deal with the smog that is currently plaguing the city […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 02/08/2026

Hey @stph @Framasoft ! My friend @marcink wants to organize #noAI #programming meetups in #lyon , #france - meetup.com/code-is-art Do you know what's the best place to announce them to gather people interested in technology without AI? Original post […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/08/2026

My perspective on the role of #violence and #rebellion in #solarpunk : Imagining that our climate future will be free of strife and conflict is unrealistic. At the same time we have _so many_ stories focusing on the fight and struggle, and so few which imagine _what_ do we actually want to […]

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Licho @licho.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/07/2026

@Hex dystopia is a tool to warn people. But you warn because it hasn't happened yet. Now, as the scenarios envisioned have happened and we failed to avoid them, it's time to write utopias, to give people hope and a goal. It's super difficult to write a believable utopia when all the moods are […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 27/07/2026

Your daily reminder that there is no drama in #solarpunk Please stop imagining people responding to #wildfires and other natural #disaster s and focus on realizes utopias only. Do not attempt to imagine our way out of the #climateCrisis /s Or drop by […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A photo of people preparing humanitarian aid with a lot of wildfire smoke in the background during the Spanish wildfires of 2026. A caption reading "There is no drama in Solarpunk"

A photo of wildfires in the US: a silhouette of a firefighter with the fire raging behind them. A caption saying "There is no drama in Solarpunk"

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Licho @licho.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/07/2026

Once you get to know some people from the #solarpunk future more closely, it becomes clear that they have made much bigger advancements in the field of #humanities than in the field of #science. It's obvious they did the necessary leg work to be where they are, you know? I think it shows that […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

Just finished setting up the #weblate #translation pipeline for the #storySeedLibrary at translate.codeberg.org/projects/sto… ! It still has some rough edges, but if anyone is interested in translating some #solarpunk #art and #writing , please let me know! We currently […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/07/2026

A new artist has joined the #storySeedLibrary ! DraakArt has illustrated a village in the Deserts and Xeric Shrublands of Namaqualand in #southAfrica as a #solarpunk settlement! storyseedlibrary.org/art/draakart/s… It was originally a part of the 2023 Art […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

I just learned that at the same time as we held the #Solarpunk #Art Collab, Daniel McGarry held DLM Concept Challenge on Solarpunk! www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAtcdfhzDIY The results aren't out yet, but looking at the submissions already published on ArtStation they seem to be more […]

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

A Chilean salmon farm now draws about 57% of its power from panels laid over the water, cutting roughly 136,000 litres of diesel a year and silencing the generators. With the noise gone, thousands of salmon have gathered in the shade beneath the arrays. Ecoportal […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Do you know about any interesting depiction of #openSource , #freeSoftware and #openHardware in #visual #art and #illustration ? I'm especially interested in the #collaboration aspect between different communities and countries. I know about @davidrevoy 's work with @Framasoft I'd like to […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026

The results of this year's #solar #art Collab are here, imagining Disaster Preparedness, Response and Relief! storyseedlibrary.org/tags/2026-coll… catalogs 10 hand-picked works - and you can see all of them at […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A helicopter rescue mission evacuating people from a flooded city. The helicopter itself features an opossum graphic, with a "None Left Behind" slogan.

Emergency Wind Power Generation Unit - cars parked over a coast destroyed by tsunami, deploying floating wind turbines recharging batteries for a nearby community which lost power.

A community reacting to a natural disaster - a field hospital, community kitchen, a futuristic holographic display with a rescue mission

A colorful Dożynki festival in Poland celebrating badgers, their dams and how they protect us from forest fires. In the background people are planting seeds in a burned forest.

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

#sunset over #Warsaw, #Poland I really like the birds flying around that plasma ball. Cropped, but no edits or color correction. #sun #sunset #photo #polska #warszawa

A photograph of a setting sun with birds flying seemingly close to it.

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/07/2026

Anyone wants to help clicking through storyseedlibrary.org ? I reorganized Author Bios to be translatable and pre-filled them with already-translated descriptions in several languages. Next step: connect it to a translation platform so that humans can translate it. No automated […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 01/07/2026

The #solarpunk #art #collab is going strong until this Sunday! If you haven't finished your work yet, you still have a few days to do so! We already got almost a dozen wonderful illustrations and are getting more every hour! :) […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A balloon wind turbine painted in Solarpunk flag colors - part of a bigger illustration

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/06/2026

#storySeedLibrary is proud to welcome 4 new #solarpunk #illustration s from some wonderful artists! Agroforestry and Amazofuturism by João Queiroz (q1r0z) showing #indigenous #futurism from #brazil Solarpunk River Traffic by @jacobcoffin - the #future of […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A forest farm scene where a drone is watering down the plants as a farmer - with a robotic arm - is observing the process and gathering some leafy greens

A vision of a futuristic Amazonian city - with a river, a character with a robotic arm, lots of trees and sky walkways

A river with extremely long transport barges carrying cargo container, or, in the background - a whole brick-and-mortar house!

An incredibly intricate "Where's Wally?" style poster showing different kinds of Disaster Relief and Response as practiced by the Cadus organization

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 15/06/2026

Reminder that our #solarpunk #art #collaboration is running for 2 more weeks until the 30th of June! The theme of this year is "Disaster Preparedness, Response and Relief" and we already got a few submissions! Learn more at […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A fragment of the "Community Aid Network" sketch from Daniele Turturici. It shows a field base with a medical tent, someone being treated after an unnamed disaster. Nearby a kid is learning something, someone is coming back with food, in the background a mech is helping clean up some ruins

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

When Centaur's Legs Are Too Fast As @pluralistic is writing about Reverse Centaurs - people forced to assist technology, I'm seeing a new fascinating trap of #LLM s: when they are too helpful. For the past 3+ years I've been researching a #solarpunk game I could use in workshops to teach […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 07/06/2026

english.nv.ua/nation/birds-in-donet… "Birds in Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast are adapting to life in a war zone by using remnants of drone fiber-optic cable, along with grass, to build their nests, Oleh Malchenko, a doctor of […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 06/06/2026

I think I just found the latest exciting piece of #research into #solarpunk #narrative www.sciencedirect.com/science/artic… "Envisioning sustainable climate imaginaries through an “engineering fiction” learning experience: A content analysis of youth stories" […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 05/06/2026

An interesting example of potentially #solarpunk technology is www.instructables.com/TerraSono-a-S… : a low-energy, solar powered audio sensor for forests and oceans which automatically logs and catalogs abnormal sounds. Runs on #LoRa and #tinyML […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 29/05/2026

I like the phrase "an angry burst of hope" from the "Automatic Noodle" by Annalee Newitz

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Tiota Sram @tiotasram.kolektiva.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/05/2026

Playing Terra Nil right now, and it's funny because from the promo stuff I thought I wouldn't like it much, yet I'm enjoying myself a lot. There's definitely a game design lesson to be leaned here. I was absolutely correct in my assessment that the game feels like it's actively trying to make […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 24/05/2026

Sketching my #solarpunk #TTRPG #gameDesign idea - something to introduce newcomers to how living in a #sustainable future could look like. So far I have a few touchstones / general ideas: - For the Queen (prompt cards) - Firebrands (highly structured possible scenes) - Villagesong and […]

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alxd of the Story Seed Library @alxd.writing.exchange.ap.brid.gy · 22/05/2026

A coloring book? From my #solarpunk #art #library ?! Some of our wonderful artists shared the linearts of their illustrations with us! storyseedlibrary.org/tags/coloring-… Just pick a specific art piece and click "Download Coloring Page" […] [Original post on writing.exchange]

A black-and-white lineart of a wonderful fantastical lush Solarpunk garden

A black-and-white lineart of a hackerspace during a prosthesis maintenance day

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