CounselingTechie

You put it best there, I live in a part of the United States that gets over 100 degrees during the summer time, which would challenge a cloak idea sadly

I did not know about that chart, I am going to have to download that and keep a copy of it around.

If there is not one, perhaps you could make one? I would love to learn in good detail how to make my own dyes, and work on dying clothing myself!

Something to appreciate with thoughts like this are the more natural dyes that come from plants, such as Iris Root, Black Walnut, Reed Flower, Hawthorn, so forth.

I have never heard of this before, very interesting.

I was thinking the same thing, how easily the two units could work together.

You put it best, but I approve seeing more trains made.

I have been following them for a year or two now, and it is just amazing. I have thought about how hard or easy a system could be built to connect it with lorawan or similar.

Thank you for sharing this. I admit, the nature of hopepunk was something I found recently through solarpunk and it kept going in my heart as an ideal to push for, especially in the work and life environment I am in.

You put it best. Many want the cottage/cabin in the woods for the vacation space to post pictures on their instagram or such. There is little allure to the true nature of the lifestyle, the simple cruelty of it. The aesthetic is not the lifestyle, and I wish people would understand that.

I find myself more surprised at this not being as well known as you put it. The information was presented in a rational manner and I will be looking it over again in the near future.

I shall be the one to open the jar, for I am curious.

I have tried to think about the feasibility in installing a solar water heater on a monolithic dome styled house.

I was thinking the same as you with the waste heat bit.

I admittedly have been interested in the cargo bicycle/tricycle concept for an ambulance in the past, mostly from wondering what is the balance that they found works to mitigate risk of jostling patients in transit while maintaining a fast enough speed, especially when taking into account different road conditions, as could be common place in a rural community.

This is fascinating, I will look more into it.

I am the same way as you. I learned about Solarpunk through someone who was Cyberpunk like I am, and it turned into the conversation that made me see it as all connected. Cyberpunk is what our world is becoming by those who are above us, closer and closer every day. Soon it will shift into Lunarpunk and Solarpunk as we push for the change of what we want.

I will not deny that in many situations there is damage caused by the current Mental Healthcare Model, I have seen many who suffer from the stigmatization of their struggles, both self-inflicted by how they are told to view themselves as well as inflicted by those that they hold trust towards; however, I cannot truly agree with your belief of it being people-destroying, but that is due to my own observations and experiences on both sides of the glass window.

As I had mentioned earlier in my own comment, one of the most important steps to be taken is to change the stigma of the labels, including the label of client or patient.

You hold strongly to the ideals of Solarpunk in your discussion, it is apparent in the tone your text conveys. Also I had never seen that website before, I may have to look at it in the future.

We have modern variations like this which are less dangerous and could be modified to work well within the solarpunk paradigm. Induction heating where the water is ran through pipes under the floor for example, there are some who have used solar water heaters on the roofs of the home to heat the water for this process, without needing to use an extensive amount of gas.

This is something I have thought a lot about, if you look at my username you could guess why, lol.

A restorative model is a fundamental component of a solarpunk society I would feel, where the work is done to attempt to assist people in helping themselves to work through their mental health disorders as a whole. It would be recognizing where the individual is, recognizing their level of ambivalence towards treatment and then working with them over time. Perhaps a secluded land that is self-sustaining, where they can get therapy and support as they find a space for themselves away from triggers? That is one thought I’ve seen people discuss before. I feel it would depend on the individual there though, as a solarpunk society I imagine would not do a 5150 or other forms of Involuntary Commitment.

The issue is stigma, as has been for so long. It is so easy for people to be given the label of a schizophrenic, a psychopath, a narcissist, so forth, without there being actual understanding that the person is still an individual who is struggling.