Solarpunk Futures

About Solarpunk Futures

THE PRESENT Our newly renamed podcast, Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast is all about radical hope and resistance in the age of climate disaster. This newest iteration of Solarpunk Magazine's podcast will launch it's first episode on Monday, January 27, 2025. On Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast, host Justine Norton-Kertson (founder and co-editor-in-chief of Solarpunk Magazine) envisions a world where humanity thrives in harmony with nature, equity and justice guide our communities, and creativity fuels solutions to our shared challenges. By imagining brighter futures and confronting current crises with resilience, we aim to cultivate hope and empower individuals to co-create a sustainable, inclusive, and thriving planet. Our mission is to inspire hope and action by exploring solarpunk ideas, sharing grassroots solutions, and amplifying the voices of change-makers who challenge dystopian realities. Through critical analysis, meaningful conversations, and creative storytelling, we provide listeners with the tools and inspiration to build a more just, equitable, and sustainable world while nurturing optimism in the face of adversity. THE PAST Our podcast began with the title Solarpunk Futures and has gone through a few different iterations. Starting in the fall of 2021, the original podcast ran for seven monthly episodes. Then beginning in fall 2022, the podcast was rebranded as Solarpunk Presents. That iteration was hosted by our then non-fiction co-editors Ariel Kroon and Christina De La Rocha. In January of 2023, Solarpunk Presents branched off on its own as a separate podcast, and in the spring of 2024 Solarpunk Futures came back briefly for a few episodes before going on hiatus for a reworking and rebranding. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Justine Norton-Kertson

Category

fiction · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Sept 2021

Latest episode

27 Jul 2026

Latest episodes

56 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   27 Jul 2026

   Disaster Prep is Disability Justice

   On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, Today, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care with part 7, an entire episode accessibility in disaster planning. Website: https://solarpunkmagazine.com (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbklMNGZqdWpBdlc5c3R2OTVReElLOEVaR3dTZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsOGRhXzRna1lNQ3NpbG5icWRDUFFBcWtHanFCVG5fTW5CVjByV1U5Y0dWd1RLZi13dWFUeWtXSlpPUkttNTAwU0ltT1dYeXJkVXFQVEozQTd2X0xCeWRXcjFacVVQWExaRDJmZDZDUUJNTHJnaVdscw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsolarpunkmagazine.com%2F&v=eOuwfnPIS90) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkmag (https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkmag) Our Social Media Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunklitmag.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunklitmag.bsky.social) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solarpunklitmag (https://www.instagram.com/solarpunklitmag) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@solarpunklitmag (https://www.tiktok.com/@solarpunklitmag) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solarpunklitmag (https://www.facebook.com/solarpunklitmag) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

2. 

   23 Jul 2026

   Public Housing Is Climate Infrastructure

   On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues talking about fire season with a consideration of Indigenous land stewardship. How we can build a better relationship with fire and the land through Indigenous land stewardship practices while respecting sovereignty rather than continuing our settler-colonial history of Indigenous cultural appropriation and exploitation. Website: https://solarpunkmagazine.com (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbklMNGZqdWpBdlc5c3R2OTVReElLOEVaR3dTZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsOGRhXzRna1lNQ3NpbG5icWRDUFFBcWtHanFCVG5fTW5CVjByV1U5Y0dWd1RLZi13dWFUeWtXSlpPUkttNTAwU0ltT1dYeXJkVXFQVEozQTd2X0xCeWRXcjFacVVQWExaRDJmZDZDUUJNTHJnaVdscw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsolarpunkmagazine.com%2F&v=eOuwfnPIS90) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkmag (https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkmag) Our Social Media Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunklitmag.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunklitmag.bsky.social) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solarpunklitmag (https://www.instagram.com/solarpunklitmag) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@solarpunklitmag (https://www.tiktok.com/@solarpunklitmag) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solarpunklitmag (https://www.facebook.com/solarpunklitmag) News Articles and Other Sources Climate-focused regeneration breathes hope into a long-neglected Rome suburb https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/cop/climate-focused-regeneration-breathes-hope-into-long-neglected-rome-suburb-2026-07-20 Letter: Heatwaves highlight need for resilient infrastructure https://www.ft.com/content/7f8e1c6c-89ea-4bb0-a9a1-d5c9732def46 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

3. 

   20 Jul 2026

   The Disaster Pantry Is Not a Bunker

   On this episode of Demand Utopia: A Solarpunk Podcast from Solarpunk Magazine, host Justine Norton-Kertson continues our series on Disaster Prep as Community Care with part 6, on building a shared, community food pantry. Website: https://solarpunkmagazine.com (https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbklMNGZqdWpBdlc5c3R2OTVReElLOEVaR3dTZ3xBQ3Jtc0tsOGRhXzRna1lNQ3NpbG5icWRDUFFBcWtHanFCVG5fTW5CVjByV1U5Y0dWd1RLZi13dWFUeWtXSlpPUkttNTAwU0ltT1dYeXJkVXFQVEozQTd2X0xCeWRXcjFacVVQWExaRDJmZDZDUUJNTHJnaVdscw&q=https%3A%2F%2Fsolarpunkmagazine.com%2F&v=eOuwfnPIS90) Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkmag (https://www.patreon.com/solarpunkmag) Our Social Media Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunklitmag.bsky.social (https://bsky.app/profile/solarpunklitmag.bsky.social) Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/solarpunklitmag (https://www.instagram.com/solarpunklitmag) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@solarpunklitmag (https://www.tiktok.com/@solarpunklitmag) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/solarpunklitmag (https://www.facebook.com/solarpunklitmag) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

4.3 / 5

6 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

16 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 16 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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