#hopepunk — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #hopepunk, aggregated by home.social.
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I've reactivated this account for times when I want to be a different me, so here's a new #introduction.
Hi, my name is KM Herkes, and I'm a neurodivergent creative who writes #hopepunk & #fantasy novels I'm also a gardener, a baker,, & a collector of shiny things. Sometimes I work at a public library.
I live in the Midwest w/ 3 cats & one spouse in a big old house with a small yard full of native plants & pollinators. I love bad movies, good food and non sequiturs.
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@collapse check out #solarpunk and #hopepunk.
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@collapse check out #solarpunk and #hopepunk.
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@collapse check out #solarpunk and #hopepunk.
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@collapse check out #solarpunk and #hopepunk.
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@collapse check out #solarpunk and #hopepunk.
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The Why's and How's of Writing Hopeful Futures! My WriteHive presentation!
👀 Lots of resources included! Plus #solarpunk narrative arc & words from @susankayequinn @TamaraSellman @r_emrys @ana @jacobcoffin @Pheebsdw
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The Why's and How's of Writing Hopeful Futures! My WriteHive presentation!
👀 Lots of resources included! Plus #solarpunk narrative arc & words from @susankayequinn @TamaraSellman @r_emrys @ana @jacobcoffin @Pheebsdw
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The Why's and How's of Writing Hopeful Futures! My WriteHive presentation!
👀 Lots of resources included! Plus #solarpunk narrative arc & words from @susankayequinn @TamaraSellman @r_emrys @ana @jacobcoffin @Pheebsdw
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The Why's and How's of Writing Hopeful Futures! My WriteHive presentation!
👀 Lots of resources included! Plus #solarpunk narrative arc & words from @susankayequinn @TamaraSellman @r_emrys @ana @jacobcoffin @Pheebsdw
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The Why's and How's of Writing Hopeful Futures! My WriteHive presentation!
👀 Lots of resources included! Plus #solarpunk narrative arc & words from @susankayequinn @TamaraSellman @r_emrys @ana @jacobcoffin @Pheebsdw
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Or will they develop new ways of peaceful living? Will the rest of the world allow them to live in peace?
#booksky #books #book #novel #fiction #solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #clifi #scifi #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration -
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Will she solve the two murders in time? Will the city not just survive but thrive?
#booksky #books #book #novel #fiction #solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #speculativefiction #clifi #scifi #climate #climatechange #climatecrisis #adaptation #migration #extinction #survival -
About the art process behind my book covers…and a question...
I began abstract painting around 2015–2016 after many years of realistic pen and ink sketching connected to my architectural work. Over time, colour, geometry, and nature shifted my practice toward abstraction.
In 2022, I gave an artist talk at the Lundt‑Glover Gallery in Chatham, NJ, hosted by the Art League of the Chathams, where I discussed my work at the time, including digital developments in NFTs and my decision not to pursue that direction.
Later that year, I began the 27‑painting series that my current ecofiction trilogy covers are based on, using four panels from that show as the starting point for the newer work.
Three good things:
1. Making art.
2. Sharing art.
3. Selling art to pay for more art supplies!!!Watch the full 38‑minute talk here: https://youtu.be/X400L4JI-LQ
The piece shown, Wellness, was part of the solo show and later became the cover for our ASEI Arts international charity anthology, Anthology House Vol. 2, created to benefit UNICEF.
A question for my art and book lover peeps here: when you think about art and the art of book covers, what lights you up, what inspires you, and what are you drawn to reach out for?
#AbstractArt #ArchitectureFiction #ArtSupplies #ArtistTalk #AuthorReading #BookArt #BookTrilogy #CliFi #ClimateFiction #DesignThinking #Ecofiction #HopePunk #MixedMediaArt #NFT #NFTArt #ReikiArt #ScribesAndMakers #SolarPunk #Sustainability #SystemsThinking #WomenInArchitecture #WomenInSTEM #WomenInSTEAM #WritersCoffeeClub @ThreeGoodThings
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RE: https://mastodon.social/@TinJar/116632081075654830
We seem to be getting numb to the climate change driven disasters killing thousands around the world. However, we need to act quickly to not just end GHG emissions but also move masses from already deadly places to relatively safer ones. We need explore new ideas to do this via both fiction and nonfiction. “A New Faith” is one such effort.
#books #bookstodon #book #solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #hope #love #fiction #novel #story #climate #climatechange #adaptation #migration #immigration -
Take a chance on one of my otherworldly stories about people who risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & community. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty, but never grim.
Buy DRM-free epubs or print direct from me:
https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1Kindle & print from the Bezos Bazaar: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L8MX7U4
Other vendors:
https://books2read.com/kmherkes#bookstodon
#BookPromo
#books
#reading
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Well, that is the context the uplifting #climatefiction #book “A New Faith”. tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Happy reading!
#booksky #books #novel #fiction #climate #solarpunk #hopepunk #hope #climatechange #adaptation #migration #immigration #migrants #immigrants #clifi #scifi
A New Faith <genre: hopeful cl... -
Cover reveal by Drawulan for my Ream series coming soon! Superhumans living free after containment, finding their way together in the aftermath. 💖
Ready to do intros in the comments for curious folks!
#hopepunk #queerfiction #serialfiction #originalfiction #specfic
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Das war ein tolles Panel - und irgendwie habe ich genau das auch gebraucht.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--a3Bh-aaT0
#Hoffnung #Gesellschaft #Zukunft #BildetBanden #Klima #Katastrophen #Solarpunk #Hopepunk #Gestalten
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Take a chance on one of my otherworldly novels about people who risk everything for the sake of friendship, trust, & love. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty, never grim.
DRM-free ebooks or print direct:
https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1Kindle (or download as epub): https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2
bookshop.org: https://bookshop.org/beta-search?keywords=K+M+Herkes
even more vendors: https://books2read.com/kmherkes
#bookstodon #BookPromo #books #SciFi #ScienceFiction #fantasy #hopepunk #reading
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Take a chance on one of my otherworldly novels about people who risk everything for friendship, trust, & love. You also get heaps of humor, whimsy, sarcasm, & optimism. Sometimes gritty but never grim.
Paperbacks & DRM-free ebooks via my website:
https://kmherkes.com/the-bookshop1kindle: https://www.amazon.com/stores/K.M.-Herkes/author/B00GRLYEL2
Nook, Kobo etc here: https://books2read.com/kmherkes
(DRM-free where I can make them so.)
#bookstodon
#BookPromo
#books
#SciFi
#ScienceFiction
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CW: CW: AI image
Seeing red and white Artemis parachutes felt like a stitch across space-time.
I made these patches (with Gemini) to celebrate the missions that people landed in 2026.
#SpacePunk: Artemis II is home!
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/04/10/artemis-ii-flight-day-10-re-entry-live-updates/
#BluePunk: High Seas Treaty is law.
https://unu.edu/ehs/article/what-high-seas-treaty-and-why-it-important
#SolarPunk: Renewables > Coal.
https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-2026
#GreenPunk: Turtles recovering.
https://www.seaturtlestatus.org/articles/conservation-status-of-green-turtle-populations-worldwideWhich patch stitches your soul? Should we actually make them?
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Just a reminder -- this weekend is the ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY of #SolarPunkSunday! Share your art, stories, microfiction, music, DIY projects -- anything that expresses #SolarPunk! (I'll be focusing on Solar Punk around the world as my theme...) The SPS team ( @MaQuest , @BrambleBearGrrrauwling ) invite you to #BuildCommunity, #ShareInspiration and Information! #KnowledgeIsPower! #ABetterWorld is possible!!!
#BuildingCommunity #SolarPunkMusings #SolarPunkArt #SolarPunkFiction #DIY #HopePunk
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Alas, starting to wind down this #SolarPunkSunday... TY to @MaQuest , @jblue , @BrambleBearGrrrauwling and everyone who used the hashtag and/or boosted the posts! I'll re-post a few articles from yesterday before returning to the "Doom and Gloom" posts. Please join us next week for the 1 year anniversary of SPS! We hope you'll share your stories, art, helpful hints, and tales of hope and community! #InformationIsPower!
#ABetterWorld is possible!
#SolarPunk #SolarPunkArt #SolarPunkMusings #StabilizedWorld #LtG #BuildingCommunity #Decolonize #DeGrowth #SolarPunkSunday
#HopePunk #DeCapitalize
#RightToRepair #NatureRocks #ClimateChange #RenewablesNow
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#SolarpunkSurvivalist’s Guide: Thriving Through #Resilience and Action
May 02 '25
By Michael Joseph and Aeowyn Isobel
"The challenges we face — #ClimateChange, political instability, systemic injustice—can feel overwhelming. But #Solarpunk offers us a vision of hope, resilience, and action. This guide isn’t about naive optimism or doomer despair; it’s about meaningful meliorism — the belief that with thoughtful effort, we can make things better.
"Solarpunk is more than an aesthetic. It’s an idea and movement rooted in regenerative relationships between people and the planet, imagining futures where communities thrive. This guide is a starting point, combining practical tools and emotional strategies to help you navigate tough times and build a better world."
#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingResiliency #EmotionalResilience #SelfCare #BuildingCommunity #TakeAction #HopePunk
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7.10: Ariel & Christina Discuss the Solarpunk Merits of Walkaway by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow’s 2017 novel Walkaway has a reputation in solarpunk circles as a great example of a solarpunk lifestyle, and a must-read book for everyone from the individual who lives and breathes solarpunk to the solarpunk-curious to general science fiction fans. But what is it about Walkaway that gives it solarpunk cred? Ariel and Christina ponder this, discussing features of the novel that could be considered solarpunk, and some that might be more post-cyberpunk than anything, and how some of the ideologies and technologies are or have been applied in our present world. Is the world of Walkaway an achievable solarpunk paradise, or a nice hopeful story featuring very cool gadgets and bites of lefty philosophy? Or something else entirely? What is the draw, here, anyway? Join us to think through some of the quandaries and ideas the book raises.
#episode #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #podcasting #Walkaway #CoryDoctorow #SolarpunkFiction #scienceFiction #hopepunk #CatholicWorkers #socialism #communalism #cohabitation #cohousing #philosophy #TangPing #quietQuitting #leftistPolitics #leftistPhilosophy #hotTakesFromYourSolarpunkAunts
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Excerpt from "Tragic Details About #ModestMouse" from 2023...
#IsaacBrock suffers from #EcoAnxiety
"Isaac Brock has long been vehemently opposed to #urbanization and the #DestructionOfNature, and these have remained central lyrical themes going back to the band's earliest material (per Paste Magazine). As Healthline notes, such feelings of frustration towards environmentally destructive practices, anger at the seeming inevitability of #ClimateChange, and fear for the Earth's future are called eco-anxiety –- and Brock has been suffering from it for years.
"In Pitchfork's 2012 '#LonesomeCrowdedWest' documentary, he described living in Washington State in the '90s as having a 'front-row seat to watching #forests disappearing and #UrbanSprawl begin,' lamenting the constant clearing of natural places to make way for #StripMalls. In fact, he was still thinking about it in 2021 when he told Uproxx that his childhood home regularly flooded due to forest #clearcutting.
"Many Modest Mouse songs center on shameless human destruction, with the 2015 hit '#LampshadesOnFire' -– in which Brock sings about mankind going to space to find a new planet after destroying Earth -– serving as a notable example. But in recent years, he's making an effort to focus on the positive, as evidenced by hopeful songs like 'The Sun Hasn't Left,' in which he sings, 'You're not wrong, things are a mess but there's still something left.' 'I found optimism where it actually existed because I needed it,' he told NME in 2021, adding, 'Y'know, I got three kids ... I don't think s***'s gonna get easier for everyone.' "
Read More: https://www.grunge.com/1159159/tragic-details-about-modest-mouse/
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"A New Faith" https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith
Why self-publish online?
1. #villain #antagonist in the book is the #oligarchy #plutocracy #billionaires - can't hand over control/money to #bezos of #amazon
2. Theme of book is #adaptation to #climatechange - hard to destroy #forests to publish it, hence #online
3. #worldbuilding is easier online with addition of #links over time to #references and #new #stories
#solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #bookstodon #books
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"A New Faith" tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith Why self-publish online? 1. #villain #antagonist in the book is the #oligarchy #plutocracy #billionaires - can't hand over control/money to #bezos of #amazon #solarpunk #hopepunk #climatefiction #sciencefiction #booksky #authorsky #books
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Se gostas do solarpunk, o hopepunk, a ficção científica, os jogos de rol, os jogos de mesa, a Ilustração... ou simplesmente queres apoiar a uma mastodonte... fai a tua achega à campanha 'Universo solarpunk de rol', de @alien
https://vkm.is/solarpunk#solarpunk #hopepunk #FicçãoCientífica #cifi #rol #rpg #ttrpg #JogosDeMesa #ttgames #crowdfunding #EarlyBird
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→ Hopepunk : pour une bienveillance #radicale
https://aoc.media/opinion/2025/04/20/hopepunk-pour-une-bienveillance-radicale/« Au Québec, particulièrement depuis la pandémie, les #crises se multiplient et s’aggravent à un rythme effréné. »
« le #hopepunk est un courant de la #sciencefiction qui rejette la #dystopie, non pas en la niant, mais en la confrontant. [Il s'agit] d’une #insurrection douce et obstinée, d’une conviction que la #bonté, la #solidarité et l’#entraide sont les meilleures armes face au #cynisme ambiant »
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6.5: Teaching Hopepunk Fiction with Dr Tanis MacDonald
On this episode of the podcast, Ariel chats with Dr Tanis MacDonald about her upcoming course in winter 2025 on hopepunk. What exactly is so punk about this kind of hope? Can hopepunk even be said to be a genre in its own right, or is it an aesthetic or lens that we can use to think through just why the characters are deciding to have hope in bleak situations?
Tune in for recommendations of hopepunk novels (and poetry!), ruminations on political hope, the centrality of relationships and radical empathy to these stories, and more. Plus some academic theories informing the formulations of hope, of course.
#solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #podcasting #hopepunk #literature #hopeful #hope #hopeful books,teaching hopepunk #affectheory #emotions #hopefulLiterature #hopefulResistance #Anthropocene #radicalEmpathy #choosingCare #politicalHope #chooseHope #YA #Science Fiction #episode #SeasonSix
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Reminder that the Imagine 2200 Climate Fiction contest is still accepting submissions until June 24th! Polish up your story and send it in! 🌞🌱🌻
2,500-5,000 words
No entry fee
Chance to win an Environmental Writing Fellowship and Residency (plus $$ and publication, of course)#solarpunk #hopepunk #lunarpunk #tidalpunk #ClimateFiction #EcoFiction #CliFi #EnvironmentalStorytelling #ClimateHope #ClimateAction #WritersLife #CallForSubmissions
https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/
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New story out today! “Wandering Star” appears in the first issue of Baubles From Bones.
Magically attuned with the stars, Iva is an astronomer from a distant land. When longing gets the best of her, she sets off on a journey to find her love as disaster shoots across the cosmos.
Read it online here: https://www.baublesfrombones.com/wandering-star.html