interesting how white people with disabilities that make it difficult for them to navigate social situations can still manipulate social discourse against people of colour
I’ll never criticise someone for having difficulty navigating social situations, but racism cannot be characterised merely as difficulty with navigating social situations. disability / neurodivergency may impact how racism is expressed, but it can’t make you express basic disrespect for the humanity of people of colour unless that was already present.
to use neurodivergency as an excuse for racism, and thus to imply that showing basic respect for people of colour is some kind of nuance of social ettiquette, is to dehumanise people of colour. it is to say that we shouldn’t expect to be respected as people, but should be content with the fact that most white people understand social ettiquette well enough to hide their disrespect (and even this falls apart when you consider that how we’re treated by neurotypical white people often does not differ in its essentials from how we’re treated by neurodivergent white people). not to mention that it does a disserve to disabled & neurodivergent people in general.
How much longer until the utopic Solarpunk future where Capitalism is dead and we all live in ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities? Asking for a friend.
Until we make those ecologically sustainable high-tech forest cities ourselves. It’s going to take a lot of us to do it though, so best to spread the word (and gather native tree seeds).
And, like, get started now. Then our “weirdo houses” will be the only thing functioning when everything falls apart!
The only reason why we don’t live in a solarpunk world right now is because no one has bothered to make it yet.
We’ll have to make it ourselves, and we’ll have to help each other make it. That’s why it is solarpunk.
Some resources to consider creating or joining or doing:
Repair cafes – create or join your local repair cafe! Repair stuff, learn how to repair stuff, teach others how to repair stuff.
Map of Makerspaces – make some things! learn how to make some things! teach others how to make some things!
Community Garden Map (note that this is US-only, and not a complete list) – join a local community garden
Learn some basics on passive solar design – clever use of the sun can create extremely energy efficient homes and buildings. You can use these principles to save on energy bills, even if you’re renting.
Free USDA Complete Guide to Home Canning, 2015 revision – cut down on personal food waste! Learn how to safely preserve food. Very useful if you suddenly harvest / purchase for crazy cheap in season / dumpster dive a ton of perishable food.
Donate to One Acre Fund, which provides training and capital to farmers (making them more productive and pulling them out of poverty) in various east African countries
Donate to Bridges to Prosperity, which provides technical expertise, money, and volunteers, to help local people build and maintain their own footbridges in extremely isolated rural areas
joining r/solarpunk, and sharing links/ideas/art/music with the community. Also, upvoting stuff for greater visibility. There’s over 900 members!
Just kinda wanna be that spooky misunderstood witch who lives in a small cottage in the woods that smells like sandal wood and cinnamon as well as walk around talking to a crow that chills on my shoulder
So my website is up and running and I’ve listed all the pipes I currently have, ready for purchase! I’m still working on listing all my jewelry and other products but if anyone wants a pipe check it out! My prices are very reasonable, a little lower than I’d normally sell them because I need these beauties to find new homes! This is only some of them, I have 25 listed.
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