DoomsdaysCW<p>Reimagining Campus Life: Integrating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Solarpunk</span></a> Principles for a Sustainable Future</p><p>by Lily Packo, March 19, 2025</p><p>About the author: "Lily Packo (she/her) is an Indigenous undergraduate student in her third year of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Campus. She is passionate about exploring the connections between culture, environment, art and sustainability, with a focus on how these intersections support <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Indigenous</span></a> conservation efforts and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sovereignty</span></a>. Her studies center on understanding how <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalKnowledge</span></a> and contemporary approaches can work together to promote <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalStewardship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalStewardship</span></a> and strengthen Indigenous communities."</p><p>Excerpt: "Universities and colleges often serve as microcosms of society, where innovative ideas, environmental consciousness, and social justice movements take root. By integrating Solarpunk principles into student living, we can create environments that are not only sustainable but also foster collaboration, well-being, and community-driven change. Assessing areas like UBCO and Academy Way, there seems to be a void of self-sustaining community development. Speculative fiction can provide places such as Academy Way with a community-based and collaborative plan focused on sustainability and innovation. </p><p>"In a world often dominated by dystopian narratives of environmental <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/collapse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>collapse</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarian</span></a> regimes, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TechnologicalOverreach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechnologicalOverreach</span></a>, Solarpunk emerges as a counterbalance, offering a hopeful and actionable alternative. Rather than resigning to the idea that the future must inevitably be grim and disastrous, Solarpunk challenges this assumption by presenting a vision of a world where humanity has chosen <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sustainability</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethical</span></a> technological advancement, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/resilient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resilient</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SelfSustainingCommunities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfSustainingCommunities</span></a>. More than just an aesthetic or literary movement, Solarpunk represents a framework for real-world change that can carry forward through generations."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://thefeeledlab.ca/2025/03/19/reimagining-campus-life-integrating-solarpunk-principles-for-a-sustainable-future/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thefeeledlab.ca/2025/03/19/rei</span><span class="invisible">magining-campus-life-integrating-solarpunk-principles-for-a-sustainable-future/</span></a></p><p>Printable zine (PDF):<br><a href="https://thefeeledlab.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/solar-punk-zine-printable-.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thefeeledlab.ca/wp-content/upl</span><span class="invisible">oads/2025/03/solar-punk-zine-printable-.pdf</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BuildingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuildingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SustainableAgriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SustainableAgriculture</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FoodSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoodSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ImaginingABetterFuture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImaginingABetterFuture</span></a></p>