Our future must involve repurposing and creating new things from what we already have (instead of 20th century “destroy it all and build something completely different” modernism). Our futurism is not nihilistic like cyberpunk and it avoids steampunk’s potentially quasi-reactionary tendencies: it is about ingenuity, generativity, independence, and... See more
Matt Bluemink • From Cyberpunk to Solarpunk: Technics and the Cities of the Future | Blue Labyrinths
So how do we design for the last earth? We must be able to see the world from a bird’s-eye view while also zooming in on specifics. We must employ systemic thinking to comprehend the interconnectedness of the businesses we work with, our planet, our society, as well as past and current actions in relation to the planet’s future (any kind of... See more
Angelos Arnis • Designing for the last earth
Sustainability + Human DevelopmentIs the food we eat scalable, sustainable, healthy, nutritious and tasty? Is the air we breathe clean?Is the water we drink pure?Is there a way to produce energy that is relatively abundant, cheap and clean?Is there a way to reverse or mitigate climate change?Can we create a livable habitat on another planet?Can we... See more