welcome to the first day of the New Year here where i am, in Western Colorado, USA. i am feeling an uncharacteristic sense of optimism today; any day can be full of new beginnings, but how great is 1/1/24 to also be full of opportunities?
speaking of which, what kind of actions have you been taking recently, or do you plan to take in the near future? how are you bringing solarpunk into the world?
may 2024 be a good year for you and yours, and me and mine, and ours, and humanity, and the earth.
Fixing up another batch of computers to give away - these ones came from the recycling center (I’ve been making friends).
Helping give away a desk I fixed up.
Working on rebuilding a park bench (I have the cast iron sides and back but all the planks were rotted out - I’m replacing them with reclaimed oak (from an old shelf). I plan to put it by our local bike path.
Giving lots of stuff away via our local Buy Nothing -type group and helping my older neighbors use it as they clean out.
Looking for a big secondhand fresnel lens to try building a solar forge for this summer. Its been forever since I could do some proper forging. My neighbor is okay with me using his paved driveway for the workspace.
Fixing up a secondhand wood router so I can add fancy edges and dovetail joints to my capabilities.
Continuing on my solarpunk photobashes - the next one will be of a woodgas plow truck, then I want to do some scenes of a library economy in action.
Helping with some other solarpunk art projects.