https://spectrum.ieee.org/foldable-monocopter-drone

It's harvesting season and Penna was the first to volunteer. While he's never been particularly fond of harvesting, he has always jumped at any excuse to be alone in the woods. The day was beautiful, the blue of the sky was broken up by white streaks of clouds. The air was chilly but Penna wasn't even halfway up the slope before shedding his outer layer. By the time he reached the bald, jacket, hoodie, and undershirt were all tucked in whatever loop or belt he could reach.

From here he could see the village of Birdsong and the busy shops that haloed the periphery of the untouched Grove at its center. He sat, unsure of how long, just watching the bustling village where he had spent his whole life. Everyone he had ever known, all condensed into his field of vision. Everyone but Hanley. He shook his head as the intrusive thought crashed through his calm reflection and began to get to work.

That morning, before the sun even had a chance to burn off the fog, the village's engineer, Zera, added the monowing to Penna's mesh. "All set," they said, surprisingly cheery for someone who was either up very early or very late. "Now you just hike to the top of the hill and chuck it. It's keyed to your mesh and you'll start getting the point cloud right away. I usually just send the data to my wrist and and little red arrow will point you in the direction of good harvests, but most people do a full on HUD to get a better idea of all their options. Takes away from the whole experience in my opinion, but to each their own."

Back on the bald, Penna tossed the cannister and for a second after thought he made a mistake, it's arc no different than a stone. But the moment it crested, the can hissed, unfurled, and began to spin like a sycamore seed caught on the wind. Instead of floating down, the propeller pushed it higher into the air and off it flew. The data began rendering almost instantly and a hardlight display started to cast a subtle blue shadow over everything he could see. Berry bushes and mushroom logs were highlighted in reds and oranges, and while he knew it was all meant to help, Zera's words kept ringing in his ears. Penna swiped the light to the display on his wrist where a small red arrow shone in the corner of his vision to keep him on track. He began the harvest walk back home.

Seems like a small win but a win none the less. Any thoughts? (new to reddit having trouble adding article flair)

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So a little while ago I posted about my burgeoning interest in solar fuels and using solar power to provide the activation energy necessary for the combination of CO2 and water to form ethanol, and thereby store green energy in a very energy dense and carbon neutral way.

Ever since then I've been thinking about how best to actually get the CO2 needed for this reaction. As I said in that post, I'm an amateur, and because of this idea I've been reading up a lot on chemistry to try and learn more and see if I can maybe one day play around with the idea.

That said, I have to ask: what do you think is the best way to actually produce that CO2?

Right now I have two main ideas. My original idea was to use DAC to capture carbon and then use that as the input to ethanol production.

But the other possibility I have been playing and like more and more is the idea that I could use the decomposition of biomass as a source of CO2. So, food waste, sewage, etc. All of that can fairly cheaply be collected and since you have to clean it anyways, you can just stick it in a bioreactor and siphon of CO2 gas. That seems fairly cheap to me. But I was wondering, is there a better way?

What are some other ways of obtaining CO2 gas?

Do you have book recommendations for fiction about solar panel-solarpunk specifically? Like stories with solar panels as an important element?

1. What's the most solarpunk country in Central Europe? What's the most solarpunk region of Central European countries?

2. What's the most Solarpunk region in Poland? Especially near Poznań and Greater Poland?

I mean we can't add greenery to urban planning in Middle east and north Africa. Sure there are beautiful native trees which we can add as a shadow bank in cities. So what's the solarpunk for middle east? What can people do to make thier cities solarpunk?

Please refrain from saying earthships, it's very generic now. I'm mainly talking from a pov of natural world, the flora. Can food gardens even exist in middle east? Also any art would be appreciated.

Hey guys,

I teach STEM at an Australian primary school. The theme for this semester is sustainability, and I've noticed my classes are interested in ways to be sustainable at home and what they can do to be more sustainable in the future. I was wondering if you would have any ideas for hands-on activities/projects for students in grades Prep-6?

Note: the school has a garden which is home to chickens and vegetables - I have taken each class to this garden already for a chicken-based activity.

*edit: appreciate the ideas guys!

Spring time is here in the northern hemisphere so I guess the question for you global northerners is how are you prepping your garden/seed bombs/... 😝

Are there any good solarpunk games for your phone? Thanks!

Hi! This might not be the place to ask- but if theres a good answer here other people interested could also do this! I really want my own little greenhouse so I can grow various little veggies and fruits to reduce carbon footprint, but I doubt I’ll ever be able to own or even rent a home with a backyard. So the balcony is the next best thing. Any ideas?

I thought of this a while ago and thought it sounded really solar punky.

Solarpunk started out as a speculative fiction genre. Now it informs sustainable architecture and design

Who knew the iconic Hills Hoist could be considered solarpunk?

Solarpunk is a futurist movement that began in speculative fiction and sci-fi films and has since spread to architecture and design. Practitioners envision a clean and green future built on principles of sustainability, social justice, and collective action.

The name spells it out. 'Solar' signals optimism and a strong association with renewable energy, while 'punk' reflects a DIY ethos and an anti-capitalist philosophy.

More at:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-07/solarpunk-design-architecture-sustainable-future/103667452

Hi all! I just watched this really cool video on solarpunk fashion, from influences and principles to examples and outfits. Enjoy your watch!

Hey family, my name is Gabriel Oguesse!

Likkle background on me

I am a black (British born of West African heritage), radical leftist (anti-hierarchy, anti-state, anti-class, anti-money), atheist (anti-theism, anti-religion, anti-culture) who is for the scientific method and scientific literacy (especially the hard science). I have dabbled into ideas such as zeitgeist movement (TZM), Venus project (TVP) and Solarpunk based on my ideas but I just have not been fully convinced by them. Also, I have I have looked into the black radical traditions but the same issue. To go into more detail TZM and TVP just seems like an online thing with no real ground works and on the black radical leftist side they seem not only to blame all white people when not all white people benefit from the Capitalist system and can even be or allies. They also equally defend religion such as Abrahamic religions especially Islam (I am aware there are good muslims but ideology matters). For me white Capitalism might be bad but i would not support other imperialistic forces either hence I think they should also study the Iranian revolution and get the perspective of Iranian leftist especially their anarchist. Some leftists also contradict their ideals as if caring about animals, environment and nature is a spiritual thing! Do not get on the whole anti science ting either. Solarpunk is good but a lot of people within the movement are not pro tech e.g high life low tech whereas I am high life and high tech with the idea of becoming a spacefaring family one day (when I say spacefaring I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT COLONIZING PLANETS!).

Why am I here? Lol

As you can most likely see I’m frustrated and looking more people who similar in ideals to me to be more clear pro-technology, pro-scientific method, pro-scientific literacy, anti-capitalism, and anti-theism. I have thought about creating a new version of punk for it but I just think it is cringy now. I also like the concept of Microdimensional mastery which I will expand on below for those of you who want to read on and understand what the concept is and what influences my views. My goal is to do some groundwork with these family members like the people of Cooperation Jackson/Jackson rising who’s cofounder is Kali Akuno (minus the leadership talk my family aint go no leaders lol) so we can start building something. I want to also know if there are books, films tv series that express my ideals such as hard science, anarchist, anticapitalism, spacefaring (all in one not separate) I will stop here becos at this point people will just be skimming lol but I’m just putting out my ideas into the either and hoping for some comraded or family members to connect with. Like I said I will expand more on what I envision below.

MY IMAGINED IDEAL WORLD BELOW

There has been a new update on the scale of what a potential alien civilisation could be. It expands on John D Barrows Microdimensional Mastery scale aka Barrow scale. It's called Qualitative Classification of extraterrestrial Civilisation and it was thought up by a few Russian scientists and he has a video explaining the model (link to the video by one of the scientists: https://youtu.be/loHWikQeOqg?feature=shared also in the video there is links to research papers in the description).For those also familiar with Anton Petrov's channel he also did a video on the Russia scientists and the Qualitative Classification of extraterrestrial Civilisation aka Qualitative scale (Link to Anton Petrov's video: https://youtu.be/b3xro2jHevk?feature=shared). I liked the way Neil deGrasse Tyson view on Alien Civilisation where he explained on the Joe Rogan experience and would pretty much agree this is what an advanced Civilisation would more likely be (Link to Neil deGrasse Tyson take on Aliens from Joe Rogan Experience: https://youtu.be/cDut-A2GtLA?feature=shared). Another video that makes a great point on the use of this Barrow Scale or Qualitative scale is the channel called Unveiled where in the 5:00min mark to 5:20min mark he talks about the manipulation of matter to make whole planets rather than colonising a planet (Link to Unveiled video: https://youtu.be/eRqkX7i1_do?feature=shared). Yes it would be great if we had the ability to terraform a planet but why disturb any form of life even if it is a simple microbe or biome when you can just make a planet with suitable conditions for humans to live on 🤷🏿‍♂️ This moves onto the next concept called Superhabitable planets which I learnt from a video I watched a few years ago titled 'Are there planets more habitable than earth'. The concept of a superhabitable earth was thought up by 2 scientist (Link to the video: https://youtu.be/9xh1ZlemXYk?si=YKEHNO0KYVAgyFtc link also has the articles in description) which led to another video I watched called 'Is there a better planet out there for us' where it talks about super earth's (Link to the video: https://youtu.be/UW1J5J-tzKw?si=ArVkRfRa7T0WMduA) which was again thought up by the two scientists in the previous link I posted. Hence why I think the concept of manipulating matter to create a superhabitable planet aka super earth is the more reasonable.

More links below that have influenced my ideas:

-Are there planets more habitable than earth?

https://youtu.be/9xh1ZlemXYk?si=YKEHNO0KYVAgyFtc

-Is there a better planet out there for us?

https://youtu.be/UW1J5J-tzKw?si=ArVkRfRa7T0WMduA

Is it? Seems like it.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-04-07/solarpunk-design-architecture-sustainable-future/103667452

This is cool, I haven't seen solarpunk being talked about in Australia outside of sustainability groups. Hopefully, more people here will see solarpunk as a viable option for the future rather than maintaining the status quo.

Actually this one is over a year old but I found it interesting, it deals with plant based meat being considered a good investment. Which means, more plant based meat and that lowers green house emissions, etc. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/07/plant-based-meat-by-far-the-best-climate-investment-report-finds?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3D7zL7yo5Ce_iBh03UBkvww0a1VbQQEnUacNppgaAJACRBkZ-zQmD83dA_aem_AUAI-Aui6MvY3eig-L546wQDq-Bio60jt8fgel-iVM_aO5-J0rypukCKuKH5LqQkTSPy8n2lBlUPq2WKbc3yPJfi#Echobox=1657209825

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How Paris is moving to the 15 minute city construct, but the UK resists: https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2024/apr/06/why-has-15-minute-city-taken-off-paris-toxic-idea-uk-carlos-moreno?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR1Kb_lNd3wVp1RBB0KOf0duBTS1YUwvUluzh70WbSmhggZeVHFitQT78qc_aem_AUCcZvYZ88T_1fBfLy-idclbFnJx2yahBLeSatpRWvtlXi1qvWTF6JB9gK4CEhUUofFrGpkRPUv4i655-JGg8le8#Echobox=1712394362

And finally the Dutch are loving the natural yard movement: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/we-need-to-accept-the-weeds-dutch-towns-compete-to-remove-the-most-garden-paving?CMP=fb_gu&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook&fbclid=IwAR3v_iuiwnL5TPnOptdka7gshF_SQd2s9t7IWr0xlkK_MMDaPokibTgU-Lw_aem_AUAqK2Hlc0bO44To6udY1jzMCfJjeCdkETnhPYoTLPD4n5cNlwBfpwpjhSLAGRgiteUQS3cJNgwEJhu1gZiRek5d#Echobox=1712238877