A short morning in a solarpunk future
A short morning in a solarpunk future
I wake up and get dressed in one of the three outfits I own, which is locally crafted with enough quality to last a decade, and only washed when it needs to beI have a breakfast of fruit from the trees outside and locally made breadI pull out my phone, which is the only one I've ever owned and will last my whole life, and talk to my friends over a messaging app that works over a distributed network owned by the whole communityThere's an alert that the hydro generator at the creek is broken, so I 3D print a part from open designs and go replace it. The old part is put in my plastic-composting bin, which uses genetically engineered bacteria to break down plasticI hop on my bicycle and ride to the local train station. The tracks have moss between them and trees overhead. The trains are powered by a renewable power gridI don't lock up my bike at the rack, because everyone already has a bicycle and there's no point in stealing them, they're freeSo is the trainThe city is dense, to reduce its land footprint, and made from sustainable materials. Housing is freeThere are no cars, and the trees grow everywhere with sound dampening leaves, so it's pleasantly quietI have some tea at a restaurant, because coffee beans can't be grown locally. It's freeI breathe in clean air, and thank my pagan gods that I live in a sensible society