Here is a new link, only thirteen days too late. https://discord.gg/ZyqyaQDp

Illustrator Bochica uses knowledge to make the world a better place, to help people express the utopia inside them. He is a social muralist, who supports war-victims communities in Colombia. Concerning the cover art, he wrote the following:

*The technique used was mixed, acrylic and ink on canvas. Painting this piece was a real challenge—synthesizing and imagining a culture made of many ancestral cultures. The arch was inspired by art nouveau but also by Hindu art, while the figures reference both southern and northern Native American cultures. The pillars are like “totems” of Native American origin, but the figures are inspired by Indigenous peoples of South America and the South Pacific, from Easter Island, the Maori, through the Incas to the Mayans and Aztecs. These columns also reference the legend of “Huitaca” from the muysca people, which speaks of a demon who ascended and became the owl—a symbol of wisdom and knowledge in many cultures. In this case, I wanted to refer to the novel’s great library. The circles are inspired by the sun but are also inspired by speakers, referencing the “voice of the people” and social organization within solarpunk.

At the top, there’s a kind of staircase inspired by the “chakana,” an Incan symbol representing the connection between the human world and higher realms.

The mermaid is inspired by “Yemaya,” who is an Orisha or goddess in the Yoruba culture from Haiti.*

Thank you. I will reply with more info about the illustration.

Some of the characters continue, but I would recommend starting with this novel.

Thanks! Added it. And now I’m aware where to input the alt text for the future.

Yeah, most often when I need a tool it is to fix my house or to maintain the trees. For that I would want a tool library.

Love that. Thanks for sharing. I can also say they sometimes light up this Ferry Building in Christmas colors, which happen to be the colors of the Palestinian flag. When I project Free Palestine then, it is color coordinated and makes it seem the city is in on it.

Also trying to speak to homelessness here.

I’m delighted you enjoyed your visit to New Tollan. I recommend Solarpunk Creatures and Solarpunk Summers anthologies.

Thank you! Will get to work on the next story soon.

Thanks for beta reading. That is essential to the writing process.

Illustrator Bochica uses knowledge to make the world a better place, to help people express the utopia inside them. He is a social muralist, who supports war-victims communities in Colombia. Concerning the cover art, he wrote the following:

*The technique used was mixed, acrylic and ink on canvas. Painting this piece was a real challenge—synthesizing and imagining a culture made of many ancestral cultures. The arch was inspired by art nouveau but also by Hindu art, while the figures reference both southern and northern Native American cultures. The pillars are like “totems” of Native American origin, but the figures are inspired by Indigenous peoples of South America and the South Pacific, from Easter Island, the Maori, through the Incas to the Mayans and Aztecs. These columns also reference the legend of “Huitaca” from the muysca people, which speaks of a demon who ascended and became the owl—a symbol of wisdom and knowledge in many cultures. In this case, I wanted to refer to the novel’s great library. The circles are inspired by the sun but are also inspired by speakers, referencing the “voice of the people” and social organization within solarpunk.

At the top, there’s a kind of staircase inspired by the “chakana,” an Incan symbol representing the connection between the human world and higher realms.

The mermaid is inspired by “Yemaya,” who is an Orisha or goddess in the Yoruba culture from Haiti.*

I appreciate you being clear this isn’t solarpunk. It is contorting economics to try to make it humane.

Please be clear in your post these are by the Lemonaut.

dragon wings solar Generators 💚💚💚 I will point out that even here, people are not deploying those blimp wind turbines, which are supposed to be good for emergency power.

We had a fun discussion last weekend. Feel free to join us anytime. This is an anthology, so you can jump in, read that week’s stories, and hop on the call. Here is a new link in case the last timed out. https://discord.gg/x25VrwFC

Yes, solarpunk is political. And while capitalist would-be-lords try to buy out elections, it is important you oppose them by voting. Locally, vote for candidates who support solarpunk values such as public transit and green infrastructure.

If you, like me, have the misfortune of living in the USA with its death economy, we need to vote and register others to vote for a candidate who is part of that bad system: Kamala Harris. A corporate Dem is at best a bandage for the open wound of fascism. Harris is not a solution. But if you don’t vote for her, that wound is going to get even more rotten.

Also, it has good examples of nonviolent bravery.

As much as I love bioluminescence, it is too dim to do more than mark paths.

I take it LED’s have trouble producing a single wavelength?

Thanks! Feels like they recommend something closest to option two. https://darksky.org/resources/guides-and-how-tos/lighting-principles/

I do not have much faith in motion sensors differentiating between animals and humans. Also, if they only turn on when your close, that might not help with perceived danger.

I’ve heard Roman concrete can withstand and even be strengthened by salt water.