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Solarpunks - more diverse than you think (solarpunkstories.substack.com)

submitted 1 month ago by SteveKLord@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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When looking at the majority of comments going on certain online forums you can end up thinking that the vast majority of solarpunks all think the same way on certain issues.

Whether it’s plant-based diets, or the role of traditional media it can seem like 80%+ of the people are in agreement, sometimes very strong agreement and denounce alternative interpretations as not solarpunk at all.

This is why the pioneering research by Benjamin Maldonado Fernandez is so interesting. As part of his studies at the university of Leiden he conducted a survey of people in the solarpunk scene which gained 571 respondents, making it one of the largest, if not the largest so far. It had a wide range of questions which you can see all of in the published results here.

We interviewed Benjamin to unpack some of the findings of the survey.

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[–] poVoq@slrpnk.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Benjamin is also a member here @FarfromKnowhere@slrpnk.net but sadly they seem to have not been active lately.

[–] SteveKLord@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 month ago

Cool! It would be nice to hear directly from them about their research and how this instance fits into it but at least we have the their results and this interview to give an overall perspective.