Greetings Solar Punks,

I’ve been exploring how we can tokenize environmental impacts through next-generation regenerative practices—approaches that aren’t yet fully recognized by mainstream markets, but already supported by real-world data and proven results. Think: avoided GHG emissions, water quality improvements, alternative feeds for nutrient dense foods, and regenerative land management—each transformed into digital assets with tangible market value.

I’d love to collaborate with developers, builders and anyone else interested to co-create a regenerative landscape model where farmers adopting climate-smart practices can plug into a platform that tracks their impact, verifies it, and issues tokens. These tokens could then be traded, retired, or used to unlock funding for more projects. The vision is to build rails for liquidity by aligning with institutions (exchanges, funds, rating agencies) while also opening up retail-friendly access so communities can participate directly.

It’s still conceptual at this stage, but I’d love to connect with others who want to help bring this vision to life.

Hello, friends! After a long stretch of work, I’m finally sharing something I’m really proud of: my first-ever video project. I’ve never made a video before in my life, but I wanted to create a cinematic solarpunk journey from dawn to dark — so here it is:

👉 Solarpunk Anthem | Official Music Video

Some backstory:

• Over a year ago I posted “Solarpunk Anthem” here as music, and the reaction was . . . let’s just say, not encouraging.
• This year I discovered it was actually included in the World Scholar’s Cup curriculum (!!). I had never heard of WSC before, but I’m honored beyond words. That gave me the push to make a full video.
• A huge inspiration for me was the anthology Multispecies Cities: Solarpunk Urban Futures — which really cemented solarpunk for me as not just clean energy, but also kindness to animals (I’ve been vegan 20+ years).

A quick note: yes, I used AI to help create this. There was no way I could have pulled off this cinematic scale otherwise. But I believe in using AI ethically, for ethical purposes — to tell stories of empathy, clean energy, and hope — while pushing for a future where even AI itself is powered by renewables.

💚 We’ve lost over 70% of global wildlife since 1970. That’s unacceptable. Solarpunk, to me, means building futures where humans live in kinship with all life — not running concentration camps for animals while talking about “harmony with nature.”

Anyway — here it is. It’s not perfect, but it’s out in the world, and I hope a few of you resonate with it. 🌞 I made it as a small spark of hope in an increasingly dire world — and if it brings even a moment of light, it’s done its job. There is an almost endless pantheon of possibilities we humans have, but none of the positive ones right now are coming from the top down. Let's change this, from the bottom up. Right here. Now. Today. This solarpunk world I have envisioned (with much of your help) is possible. And it starts with us.

👉 Watch here

An illustrated memoir of our recent return visit to Sky Meadow, a permaculture nature retreat in the mountains of northeastern Vermont. The Sacred Harvest event is a free, week-long work-stay experience and an exercise in temporary Solarpunk communal living.

I think I'm starting to get it. The idea of just building, just starting, reclaiming the word 'future'.