Solarpunk Presents

Solarpunk Presents is a podcast that explores the people and projects working on bringing us a better world today. Solarpunk is more than just an idea, more than just an aesthetic. Those inspire us, but where do we go from there? How do we put the values and visions described in solarpunk fiction and art into action in the here and now? What does that look like, translated into the reality of our present moment, into the places and spaces where we’re at? Hosts Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha are producing podcast episodes featuring interviews with people working to make the world a better place right now, as well as discussions of solarpunk, DIY, aesthetic, housing, and more. Join us as we explore what #solarpunk looks like in the present. The best way to reach us is to email us at solarpunkpresents at gmail dot com or on our socials: Website: https://www.solarpunkpresents.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkpresents Mastodon: https://climatejustice.social/@solarpunkpresents Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solarpunkpr Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solarpunkpresentspodcast YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@solarpunkpresents Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/solarpunkpresentspodcast Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Let’s Talk Responsibility
11/23/2024
Update for episode 5.3: After the initial release of this episode, the hosts did take responsibility and re-released it with the critical analysis of crypto that the original lacked. The following is speaks to the unedited episode. ~~~~ In a case of hyper hypocrisy, they caution against accepting superficial solutions---things that appear utopian but really reinforce inequality and accelerate the climate crisis---while doing exactly that by talking up cryptocurrency. Solarpunks must be skeptical of anyone saying it’s important to buy something, like a Tesla, or buy in, with cryptocurrency. Capitalists want nothing more than to co-opt radical movements, neutralizing them, to sell products. People shilling crypto will tell you it decentralizes power. So that’s a lie, but solarpunks who believe it may be fooled into investing in this Ponzi scheme that burns more energy than many countries. Crypto will centralize power in billionaires, increasing their wealth and decreasing their accountability. That’s why Space Karen Elon Musk pushes crypto. The freer the market, the faster it devolves to monopoly. Rather than decentralizing anything, crypto would steer us toward a Bladerunner dystopia with its all-powerful Tyrell corporation. Promoting crypto on a solarpunk podcast would be unforgivable. That’s not quite what happens on S5E1 “Let’s Talk Tech.” The hosts seem to understand crypto has no part in a solarpunk future or its prefigurative present. But they don’t come out and say that, adopting a tone of impartiality. At best, I would call this disingenuous. And it reeks of the both-sides-ism that corporate media used to paralyze climate action discourse for decades. Crypto is not “appropriate tech,” and discussing it without any clarity is inappropriate.
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- CreatorSolarpunk Presents
- Years Active2023 - 2025
- Episodes61
- RatingExplicit
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