For solarpunkers with a strong interest in urbanization and transit, this is a great newsletter that comes out once a week:
heroes plant trees: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dozens-of-countries-have-been-working-to-plant-great-green-wall-and-its-producing-results/
Good News Network
Dozens of Countries Are Working Together to Plant ‘Great Green Wall’ Across Africa – and It is Holding Back Poverty
The wall is only 15% complete and it’s already brought a renewed source of food, water, income, and resources into arid rural areas.
"Short thesis
The western culture offers a very distilled narrative on what technology is and who builds, owns and profits from it. Most non-technical audiences are unaware of how subjective this perspective is - and how strongly it favours well-marketed multinational corporations over local solutions. How can telling different stories help us democratize technology, especially in the Global South?"
https://19.re-publica.com/en/session/solarpunk-cyberpunk-popculture-technological-narratives-tldr
The western culture offers a very distilled narrative on what technology is and who builds, owns and profits from it. Most non-technical audiences are unaware of how subjective this perspective is - and how strongly it favours well-marketed multinational corporations over local solutions. How can telling different stories help us democratize technology, especially in the Global South?"
https://19.re-publica.com/en/session/solarpunk-cyberpunk-popculture-technological-narratives-tldr
re:publica 2019
Solarpunk, cyberpunk and popculture: Technological narratives tl;dr | re:publica 2019
The western culture offers a very distilled narrative on what technology is and who builds, owns and profits from it. Most non-technical audiences are unaware of how subjective this perspective is - and how strongly it favours well-marketed multinational…