Solarpunk and Storytelling the Present and Future w/ Phoebe Wagner (E81)

This is a conversation with Phoebe Wagner, co-editor of the 2017 book Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation alongside Bronte Christopher Wieland.Topics Discussed:What is Solarpunk?What is wrong with modern storytelling about the future?Playing with words (example of Permablitzing)Patriarchal tropes (‘men with guns’) and moving beyond themIs knowledge power?Working on the language we useIs there a crisis of the imagination?Going from fiction to non-fiction and actionCommunity-buildingWhat’s punk about solarpunkWorks mentioned:Parable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerParable of the Talent by Octavia ButlerMoon of the Crusted Snow: A Novel by Waubgeshig RiceRobin Wall Kimmerer on the Language of AnimacyRecommended Books:The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinEmergent Strategy by adrienne maree brownBraiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall KimmererCover Art by Likhain for the Sunvault bookMusic by Tarabeat.