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#Gaming about the #ecotopia 🎮 Half-Earth Socialism 🌍Do you think we should make political changes because of climate change? Do you...

#Gaming about the #ecotopia
🎮 Half-Earth Socialism 🌍

Do you think we should make political changes because of climate change? Do you think these changes should be drastic? Which ones should it be? 👩‍⚖️

Give it 90 minutes and see how your choices stack up against the thoughts of half-earth socialism. Try to save our world by taking the right decisions!

Play it here:
https://play.half.earth/
It's a lot of fun and it even looks like socialism!

#climatechange #socialism #wildlife

I love Becky Chambers. I've only read two books from her so far, but I can't wait to read more.There's hope in her books. The...

I love Becky Chambers. I've only read two books from her so far, but I can't wait to read more.
There's hope in her books. The characters find places that feel good to them and that are a home.

Plus, I absolutely love the gender and sexuality representation in her books. So positive and easy-going and interesting. Lots of love.

In short, #cozy #sciencefiction? 📖

#reading #solarpunk #hopepunk #books

Favorite quote from: Becky Chambers - A Psalm for the Wild-Built"[...] You're an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not seperate or...

Favorite quote from: Becky Chambers - A Psalm for the Wild-Built

"[...] You're an animal, Sibling Dex. You are not seperate or other. You're an animal. And animals have no purpose. Nothing has a purpose. The world simply is. If you want to do things that are meaningful to others, fine! Good! So do I! [...]
You keep asking why your work is not enough, and I don't know how to answer that, because it is enough to exist in the world and marvel at it. You don't need to justify that, or earn it."

#Reading about #ecotopiasBecky Chambers - A Psalm for the Wild-Built 📖 🙏 🍵 What could a world look like in which #ClimateCrisis was...

#Reading about #ecotopias
Becky Chambers - A Psalm for the Wild-Built 📖 🙏 🍵

What could a world look like in which #ClimateCrisis was mastered? In which people live peacefully on a half-wild earth? In which AI chose to forge its own path, apart from humans?

Read it here:
https://www.tor.com/2020/09/22/cover-reveal-a-psalm-for-the-wild-built-by-becky-chambers/

Such a wonderfully hopeful read.
Starring a tea monk, an e-bike camper van, and talking about our purpose in life with a robot. Doesn't that sound great? It is. Feel-good read with depth.

#solarpunk

The quote continues, by the way, a bit later:"[Future generations] may hold artists and writers to be equally culpable - for the...

The quote continues, by the way, a bit later:

"[Future generations] may hold artists and writers to be equally culpable - for the imagining of possibilities is not, after all, the job of politicians and bureaucrats."

Amitav Ghosh - The Great Derangement

#climatechange #clifi #climatefiction #solarpunk #hopepunk

Favorite quote from: Amitav Ghosh - The Great Derangement"Climate change is often described as a "wicked problem". One of its...

Favorite quote from: Amitav Ghosh - The Great Derangement

"Climate change is often described as a "wicked problem". One of its wickedest aspects is that it may require us to abandon some of our most treasured ideas about political virtue: for example, "be the change you want to see."
What we need instead is to find a way out of the individualizing imaginary in which we are trapped."

#clifi #climatefiction #writers #writing

This book gave me a lot of fodder for thought.Some subjective thoughts:- I had never before thought about the irony of Bengali salesmen...

This book gave me a lot of fodder for thought.
Some subjective thoughts:
- I had never before thought about the irony of Bengali salesmen coming to Venice. I'd never put it together.
- The modern novel as a moral journey of a solitary hero may just be the convention that #solarpunk is reforming. #hopepunk as well?

answers to teaser questions, summary of book- #Climatechange events are too catastrophic to be handled believably in a plot. They violate...

answers to teaser questions, summary of book

- #Climatechange events are too catastrophic to be handled believably in a plot. They violate the reader's suspension of disbelief.
- We think we have subdued nature. Nature as a potentially scary, chaotic influence on a plot feels out of date, unmodern.
- A modern novel is a #moral journey. If we treat climate change as a moral journey, we will get lost in weird tangents (e.g.: Is someone 100% vegan or is there cheese on that sandwich?).

#Reading about #climatechange 📚 🌎 Amitav Ghosh - The Great DerangementWhy isn't today's primary literary genre...

#Reading about #climatechange 📚 🌎
Amitav Ghosh - The Great Derangement

Why isn't today's primary literary genre #climatefiction? What about climate change makes it so unwieldy for plots?
What are the characteristics of the modern novel and why don't they jibe with climate change?

Read it here:
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/G/bo22265507.html

More subjective thoughts coming in the 🧵

And most importantly, I forgot the link 😉 Read Jonathan Safran Foer - We are the Weather...

And most importantly, I forgot the link 😉

Read Jonathan Safran Foer - We are the Weather here:

https://wearetheweatherbook.com/

📚🌎🌱

* And I'm finally really learning about #climatechange. I'm not looking away out of fear anymore. I'm reading and learning. I...

* And I'm finally really learning about #climatechange. I'm not looking away out of fear anymore. I'm reading and learning. I think about what I can do. And I think there's plenty of cause for #optimism, for shaping the narrative of #climatechange away from impending disaster towards a narrative of a positive #postclimatechange future.

Very subjective thoughts II:And now? * I think fossil fuel consumption is not the only problem we have to solve.* I think I can be a...

Very subjective thoughts II:

And now?
* I think fossil fuel consumption is not the only problem we have to solve.
* I think I can be a positive influence on the people around me.
* I can inspire small, but important change. I have my small power to influence our cultural norms.

Very subjective thoughts:This book changed my life, no hyperbole. Brought home by my omnivore partner, it has turned both of us into...

Very subjective thoughts:

This book changed my life, no hyperbole. Brought home by my omnivore partner, it has turned both of us into (fledgling) vegans and sent me down a rabbit-hole of learning and exploration. This learning and exploration is what I will talk about on this account.

Like many people, I was convinced that climate change was real. I was also convinced that I couldn't do much about it. My actions wouldn't matter much. I felt weak and powerless.

third reich mentionMain inspirations for me:I like that Foer is not perfect. I'm not perfect. Our goals are aligned: Achieve a...

third reich mention

Main inspirations for me:

I like that Foer is not perfect. I'm not perfect. Our goals are aligned: Achieve a #climatefriendly society. How can we get closer to our goals? We learn together in this book. We're on a path, a journey, everyone can become better and help.

There's a relationship between how I feel when I read accounts of the third reich in Germany and how I feel today in regard to the #climatecrisis.

#govegan (3 weeks and counting 😉🌱)

Main thesis of the book:#Livestock farming is a main driver of #climatechange. We often ignore this fact, because it is (emotionally)...

Main thesis of the book:

#Livestock farming is a main driver of #climatechange. We often ignore this fact, because it is (emotionally) threatening - so much of our culture is related to food, and that food is often meat. E.g. #thanksgiving.

Foer deduces: We should all become part-time #vegan.

#Reading #optimistic #climate #books 📚 🌍 Jonathan Safran Foer - We are the WeatherIn German, this book is called "We are the...

#Reading #optimistic #climate #books 📚 🌍
Jonathan Safran Foer - We are the Weather

In German, this book is called "We are the Climate".
Who are the main drivers of #climatechange? Do we need individual lifestyle adaptations? What can we do?

Everyone knows about the #climatecrisis, but most people don't act. Why? It's a problem of narrative and emotions. There's a difference between knowing rationally and feeling emotionally. Climate change is hard for us to believe and feel emotionally.

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Do you know of any #hopepunk #climatefiction or #clifi?I'm looking for hopeful reading, if possible! ;)

Do you know of any #hopepunk #climatefiction or #clifi?

I'm looking for hopeful reading, if possible! ;)

#IntroductionI'm thinking about what a future world would look like in which we mastered the #ClimateCrisis successfully. What does it...

#Introduction
I'm thinking about what a future world would look like in which we mastered the #ClimateCrisis successfully. What does it look, sound and smell like?

I'm guessing... There are fewer cars? No cars?
We're closer to our food production? We all work on #organic farms on weekends?
Everyone is #vegan? We have vegetarian cheat days?

To understand more, I'm reading books, watching movies, thinking... I'm planning to post what I learn and find out.

Input is welcome! Hello everyone! 👋