Solarpunk Presents

In this episode I try my best. I compensate music making and game making, I realize not to take friendship for granted and eventually compensate messengers too, I have a block for my work, but go to the doctor finally to start getting clarity on my health issue, I walk across the city to do it and it's not as bad as I expected (on the way, the way back got worse and worse!) and I share a demo of a...

In this episode we welcome back none other than Christina De La Rocha, former cohost of Solarpunk Presents, in order to discuss the benefits of Idealism versus Pragmatism. To us, idealism is aiming for the highest goals and accepting nothing less, while pragmatism includes compromise and just accepting the job as done even if it's only 75% of the goal. Which one should we go for as Solarpunks? And...

In this update, I discuss fears about people coming home at night on the island, I get stricter about my strike, talk about my Bachelor, some Fastfrwrd Dreams that you can skip to ten minutes in the update if you don't wanna hear about it haha, carrying groceries home on foot, all the 'can't's about the strike and acknowledging that things are happening. Website: https://fastfrwrd.info Solarpunk P...

In this Carbon Neutral Strike update, we talk about the authorities disappointing, accessibility plugins, planning Food MD, The Borrow, and we tell solarpunk stories of a new world that has adopted Austerity for a year, Borrowed Civic Services and a couple different ideas about A.I. or C.I. and the Borrow Bot! If you want more stories, hit us up on the Solarpunk Presents mastodon or patreon and we...

In this week's recap, I return to striking as much as possible outside of food and water after seeing Bluesky protesters who no doubt enriched oil companies when they gathered so what's the difference made? I think protests should be done from home. I carry on throughout the week working on an onboarding game for Fastfrwrd, pushing my creativity further, and exploring the ways in which I can impro...

In this episode we talk with Dr. James Maskalyk, emergency room doctor about a Solarpunk approach to medicine and what we can do to get there. You can find out more about the doctor on his Substack where he shares regular updates about his life journey, including the personal way medicine has touched him in is his life for a few years now. Dr. Maskalyk's Substack: https://substack.com/@doctorhealt...

Possible Trigger Warning. In this episode I try to make a dancey house song, I go into more details about my past in Germany, I share a couple poems I wrote about the experience, and describe some of the issues I have faced since then when presented with a reality post a blood ritual using womb blood to ward off fascism and a possible timeline where it did not go unnoticed. Oh, and Harry Potter sc...

In this Carbon Neutral Strike update from the past week, I go through my last week of rest while on medication from the strike to make music, write short stories for potential magazine publishing, make Solarpunk Presents episodes and reflect upon moments where you find soul mates both platonic and not, and queerness. Creative work is fun but it's work. Hopefully that comes across in this update! W...

In this episode we discuss the June poll through a thought experiment game Aleya made, played on Fastfrwrd.info, to simulate what a free revolution and a paid revolution might be like when juxtaposed, side by side, and compared for their benefits. This game is all about finding out whether or not a moneyless world can work, how it sounds and feels, and whether it can compete with the money, money,...

In this episode, I feel the effects of my Carbon Neutral Strike choices as opportunities go by and my personal life suffers. I create two short stories to try to get published and speak about that process and encourage people to make their own art. I share a couple songs I made this week and hopefully it shows all the ideas that have brought me to these songs and their lyrical material. I end up e...

In part 2 of the "Countdown to Hurricane Season 2026" miniseries we play a little game where questions are decided by a roll of the dice and we discuss hurricane preparedness and whether pizza or fries are better with our guests! Website: https://fastfrwrd.info Solarpunk Presents Patreon: https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents Transcript: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkpresents/posts/transcript-t...

In this update I share snippets from the album creation process, talk about castles in the sky, how to create ecologically, and more! Website: https://fastfrwrd.info Solarpunk Presents Patreon: https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this Carbon Neutral Strike update, I reflect on the past year of striking and what take-aways I have. We discuss the specifics, the situation that surrounded the carryings on of the strike, and the path forward. Would love to get some feedback on what you thought of the previous strike updates and what emotions you think your low impact lifestyle if you practice it would have brought about if y...

In this episode, Aleya and Ariel discuss the musical highlights of the post-punk and post-punk revival music scenes, and their influences on Aleya's teenage years and musical growth as well as whether they qualify not only as punk/post punk/revival but also solid Solarpunk or Lunarpunk. The music playlist can be found on the Solarpunk Presents Patreon where we share monthly playlist suggestions fo...

This short series is to explore the way people feel and think about Climate Change in a post-Melissa Jamaica where we were given strong evidence of a changing climate. The two guests preferred to be anonymous. Machine heat and Climate Change: https://www.gu.se/en/news/machines-and-lighting-affect-the-climate Solarpunk Presents Patreon: https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents Website with music and c...

This episode, Ariel talks to Ruthanna Emrys and Gideon Lichfield, two of the judges of the inaugural Protopian Prize. Ruthanna will be judging the Democratic Futures prize, and Gideon will be judging the Public AI prize. We discuss just what each of those means, how they got involved with the Protopian Prize in the first place, and ideas and concepts that they would like to see submitted. The winn...

For this episode, Ariel and Aleya sit down to talk with Dahvia Hylton, Jamaican Climate Advocate and educator, formerly from the Jamaica Climate Change Youth Council (JCCYC) and currently still supporting the Stronger Caribbean Together Network. We discuss deep sea mining, the oceans being the second set of lungs of the earth, hurricane Melissa, Solarpunk-esque happenings on the island and hints o...

This episode, Ariel questions Aleya about lunarpunk, how she got into it, why it attracts her, and even some things that she doesn't like about it. Aleya then turns the interview around to ask Ariel about solarpunk, how she got involved, and its application in her everyday life. This episode also serves to announce changes at Solarpunk Presents; Christina has stepped back for personal reasons, and...

This episode of DIY Virtuality has me talking couchsurfing, workaway, travel, hitchiking and alternative currencies with Albi or Albrecht Ihlenburg or Rumkommen, a former couchsurfer of mine! We also have a song together where he made the track on his own, I found it, asked permission, and made “Hammerhead” from the album “Seeker” and also on “Seekers of Utopia” the expanded album. Audio crackling...

This is a type of podcast I do with people from my past about sustainability, life, effective activism and a principled life, friendship and our past. With Elina Street, I catch up with this old friend from my adolescence in France. Elina Street is a director who has filmed an interview with Celine Dion! She has also done great work to co-create The Lesbian Bar project and we touch on that topic i...

I do two types of podcast! One about carbon neutral striking and this where I get in touch with people from my past! In this podcast with a good friend we talk life changes, smoking, philosophy, eating animals, art, and we improvise some music. Jesse Vanden Eynde is a solo artist based in Gent, Belgium. Since recording I have stopped smoking and eating animals and Jesse lives in Thailand. Recorded...

Hey all, so I do another type of podcast with people from my past who I want to touch base with. We often talk about life stuff but there is always a sustainability link. In this episode we speak at length about adoption which many in the anthropocene view as their only way towards child-rearing when the future is so uncertain. We also talk about gender-based (ish) issues and pressures of capitali...

Heyo! Today marks the last day of my hunger strike because I have to start my medication for my circulation and I need to take it twice a day with a meal. No getting around that and since I've been light-headed a lot it is somewhat urgent. In this final dispatch, I go into my history with food with a few pitstops about my travels, plastic and other topics. I then record having my first piece of fo...

For today's episode, Ariel talks to Luka Dowell, host of Solarpunk Now! about their current research project, which is specifically on the solarpunk community. Tune in for all the details! Sign up to participate in the solarpunk research project: https://forms.gle/YxWENCc47WoYAqkq6 Luka's podcast: https://solarpunkcast.carrd.co/ Luka's newsletter: https://www.patreon.com/c/SolarpunkNow Institute f...

Hey all, this is easy pease. Just light-headed while standing, couple stabbing pains in my stomach but not even belly grumbles. Probs cause I'm self-cannibalizing. Then we talk dreams, and get into details of the quests! Website: https://fastfrwrd.info May 2026 Hunger Strike Game Plan: https://fastfrwrd.info/may-2026-hunger-strike-game-plan/ Music (also on Fastfrwrd): https://aleya.bandcamp.com So...