Solarpunk Presents
by Solarpunk Presents
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9.5 Solarpunk Presents: The Plant Native
9.5 Solarpunk Presents: The Plant Native
About this podcast
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 Aleya Jobson are producing podcast episodes featuring interviews with people working to make the world a better place right now, as well as discussions of solarpunk, lunarpunk, DIY, aesthetic, and more. Join us as we explore what #solarpunk looks like in the present.
Aleya Jobson of fastfrwrd.info is currently hosting a series with us sharing her Carbon Neutral Strike updates (that has been ongoing since April 22, 2025!) and reflecting on the ways in which oppressive systems conspire to prevent us from living our best solarpunk lives, prioritizing people and planet over profit.
Website: https://www.solarpunkpresents.com
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 152 episodes
- 9.5 Solarpunk Presents: The Plant Native · 48 minThis week on Solarpunk Presents Podcast, Ariel and Aleya talk to Emily (Em) Lessard, founder of The Plant Native. Em describes herself as a greeter, welcoming in and introducing…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 41: October 23 to 29, 2026 "Voices" · 14 minLouder! This update, we talk about a bunch of stuff including a song I made, steering into the skid of the worst stereotypes one might have about people with my neural makeup…
- Stories from The Stellar: The Days of Lakshmi · 37 minIn this new series, Aleya shares a story of how machine intelligences could be and what could happen, how it could be used and the various ways to approach the topic. A story…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 40: October 17 to 22, 2026 Braindrain · 10 minIn this update I talk food, casual braindrain insinuation, countryside desires, A.I. work, strike status and cleaning. Solarpunk Presents Patreon (for transcripts too)…
- Stories from The Stellar: The Utopia Games · 35 minThis Story from The Stellar Lunarpunk TTRPG has the world engaged in an environmental Olympiad during Austerity to keep spirits high and speed the green transition through…
- 9.4 Solarpunk Presents: A Climate Grief Project with Ariel · 13 minOn this episode of Solarpunk Presents, Ariel reflects on the roots of solarpunk in the despair, rage, and grief that many of us feel when confronted with information about the…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 39: October 10 to 16, 2026 Streaming & Such · 9 minOn this update I talk about celebrations and publishing to streaming services and generally being carbon neutral. And a preview of "Sober" from moi, Aleya Jobson. Solarpunk…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 38: October 2 to 9, 2026 Happy Week! · 8 minHey all! Lots of fun stuff this week. Portable solar, a platformer game I made start to finish, awesome rain that stills machines and an overall good week! Huzzah! Solarpunk…
- Special Carbon Neutral Strike Update 37: A Nature Benefit System & Currency with Ariel! · 1 h 16 minOn this very special Carbon Neutral Strike Update, Ariel joins me to talk about the Nature Benefit System & Currency (NBS&C) forming the backbone of Fastfrwrd as the theory and…
- 9.3 Solarpunk Presents: Appropedia & Appropriate Technology with Felipe Schenone · 1 h 7 min · Season 9 Episode 3Have you ever heard of appropriate technology? It's all about the type of technology that is accessible to most people, from its creation to its use and repair, inclusive and…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 36: September 25 to October 2, 2026 Nice Enough · 4 minIt's been an okay week, lots of resting. Solarpunk Presents Patreon (for transcripts too): https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents Solarpunk Presents Website…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 35: September 18 to 24, 2026 I'm Angry · 12 minI'm angry. Solarpunk Presents Patreon (for transcripts too): https://patreon.com/solarpunkpresents Solarpunk Presents Website: https://solarpunkpresents.com Fastfrwrd Website…
- September 2026 Poll Results Minisode: 'Gift Economics' & Patreon Changes · 35 minIn this minisode Ariel and Aleya discuss the Solarpunk Presents Patreon September poll question and results, as well as talk about 'gift economies' as described in Charles…
- August 2026 Poll Results Summary: Borderless World Trail TTRPG! · 30 minIn this minisode, Ariel and Aleya discuss the results of the August Patreon poll. Also included is a bonus clip from the Patreon-exclusive longer playthrough of "Borderless World…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 34: September 11 to 17, 2026 Bad She Bad · 9 minBeing a BOSS, getting things DONE, getting rejections but still doing STUFF, and whatever I can handle myself, I HANDLE.... Hangle!!!! Bad me bad. Bad! Also talking about "The…
- Stories from The Stellar: The Stellar Origins Part 1 · 30 minWelcome to "The Stellar: Origins" the first of a fundraiser as a Patreon exclusive! To skip intro, jump to 1:45. The Stellar is a Lunarpunk institution for studying mental…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 33: September 4 to 10 2026 Let's Disco · 8 minIn this update I'm working on my Bachelor Thesis, I'm making a song, I'm getting rejected from magazines, I'm walking groceries home, I'm pumped! Let's DISCO! Solarpunk Presents…
- Stories from The Stellar: Leander & the Billionaire Strike · 58 minIn this special release of "Stories from the Stellar" we follow the tale of Leander and the pivotal Billionaire Strike that changed the world of The Stellar in 2029. Trigger…
- 9.2 Solarpunk Presents: National Parks for All! with Audrey Peterman · 1 h 20 min · Season 9 Episode 2This week, we talk to Audrey Peterman, a Jamaican activist who played a key role in making a home for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Colour) in the great outdoors in the…
- Carbon Neutral Strike Update 32: August 28 to Sept 3, 2026 Ghostwriter No Longer · 11 min[Edit: Post publishing addition of Aug 31, 2026!] In this update I struggle to write but feel good that the work is mine as opposed to my early days in the working world where my…
