Resources Page for the Soul

This is where I store my collection of relevent Solarpunk content, as well as bookmarks to useful sites and links. Feel free to browse and enjoy!

Solarpunk

• Earthsmiles transform African landscape // A possible strategy to combat desertification.
• Rain Gardens // Gardens that store water runoff and reduce water pollution.
• Bird Friendly Windows // An article with bird collision prevention tips.
• How to Make Homemade Suet for Birds // Help keep birds fed during the winter.
• Reasons not to discard all your leaves // Less work in the autumn in the long run too.
• Flow Hive // A beekeeping invention that harvests honey for you. This Becoming A Beekeeper site also has a review on the product.
• Solar Living Savvy // A website with informative articles regarding solar panels and other solar products.
• Criti.co // Online courses on social and sustainable development.
• DIY Fungi // A blog that teaches you how to grow your own mushrooms.
• Capturing Heat PDF // An instructive booklet on creating stoves and ovens that power on renewable resources.
• Practical Self Reliance // An online Homesteading guide.
• Grit - Rural American Know-How // Full of handy articles.
• Canning: A Beginner's Guide // Learn how to preserve food in jars. Found on an also really fun to explore homesteading site.
• Tips to Reduce Food Waste
• TERRA! The Armchair Made From Grass // What if you REALLY wanted to touch grass?
• Friendship Bracelets // Patterns to make friendship bracelets for your friends!
• Beginner's Guide to Making Shirts Cooler // A post on upcycling generic t-shirts for your fancy.
• iFixit: The Free Repair Manual // Learn to fix anything.
• Restarters Wiki // Principles for approaching mending appliances and gadgets.
• Instructables // The classic DIY site for projects and ideas.
• Mother Earth News: Crafting Articles & Ideas // Loads of articles on crafting.
• How to Weave a Wicker Basket // A basket is especially good for keeping vegetables fresh.
• FreeSewing // Free Bespoke sewing patterns.
• Sewing.com // Learn to sew!
• Zero Waste Pattern Library // A catalog of patterns with zero waste in mind.
• Savvy Homemade // Learn how to make soap from natural ingredients, bath bombs, face serum, etc.
• Terrarium Tribe // DIY Terrariums.
• Succulent Alley // A blog on caring for succulents.
• DIY Spring Flower Crown // The cottagecore vibes are immaculate.

Solutions and Ideas

• Expand Your City's Tree Canopy Cover // The benefits are critical to good urban planning.
• Green Roofs
• 10 Ways to Create Green Spaces for Cities
• Making Braille Maps For Public Restrooms // How we could improve accessibility for the blind.
• Little Free Library // Build your own little library to exchange books with neighbors.
• Little Free Pantry // Could be potentially be useful in combating food insecurity.
• Freedge // A community fridge - another strategy to combating food insecurity and food wasteage.
• Starting a Food Forest // An edible ecosystem that could make up for food desert areas.
• Urban Farming: The Ultimate Guide to Sustainable City Agriculture
• Solutions to Poverty That Actually Work // Humanitarian considerations to continue to value and fight for.
• Coral Reef Alliance and 9 Things Anyone Can Do To Help the Coral Reefs // Save the coral reefs.
• Sustainable Alternatives to Monoculture Farming
• Making Accessible Healthcare
• Environmentally Friendly and Efficient Mass Public Transportation
• Is Stainless Steel Straw Better? Uncovering the Truth Behind the Hype // This article explores the benefits, cons, and considerations in using stainless steel straws.
• Embracing Sustainability: Why Reusable Grocery Bags Are a Must-Have
• The Ultimate Guide To Bamboo Cutlery // A good alternative to plastic utensils.

Housing Considerations

• Building Renewable // How to build a sustainable home.
• This Cob House // Learn how to build a cob house. (Follow their Youtube channel for free videos!)
• The Tiny Life // Explore the benefits of building and/or living in a tiny home.
• Earthship Biotecture // Learn about Earthships.

Bookmarks

Game Development

• Itch.io / My go-to place for indie games and assets
• Godot / An open-source game engine used to make 2D and 3D games
• GB Studio / A free software for making your own game boy games
• Ren’Py / An open-source visual novel engine with an easy to learn programming language
• Twine / An interactive fiction tool
• Tiled Map Editor / A flexible 2D game editor for working with tilesets (I used this for GB studio maps and Stardew Valley mods)
• Blender / A well known 3D modelling software with a bit of a steep learning curve, but one that I've used for animating full rigs for Godot prototypes
• textadventures.co.uk / A site full of interactive fiction games, including free software that can be used to make your own
• Adventure Game Studio (AGS) / A software for creating point and click adventure games

Things To Enjoy With Company

• Pretend You're Xyzzy / Play Cards Against Humanity online
• Gartic Phone / A hilarious online drawing and guessing game
• Magma / A place where you can draw with friends in real time online for free
• Iron Valley / A cozy solo/co-op ttrpg inspired by Animal Crossing, Stardew Valley, and Harvest Moon
• PlayScrabble.com / Play Scrabble online
• Chess.com / Enjoy a game of Chess online
• Out Of Context / A party game where you write a story together whilst lacking the full context
• Roll20 / Play and host tabletop games online
• DiceRight / Play and host dnd games online

Site Content

• Symbol Sanatorium / A document with tons of symbols, kaomogis, and text layouts
• Fandom Scarves / For those wondering and wanting to implement their own fandom scarves on their site
• RGBlind Color Blind Website Checker / A handy tool for checking the accessibility of a site for the colorblind
• GIFYPET / Make your own Gif pet to watch over your site
• Bottlecaps / Design your own using the Photoshop template provided!
• 3D Gif Maker / Make 3D gifs from images
• CornerPetCreator / Create your own little clickable gif to be at the corner of your site
• Cursor Effects / Add cute little effects to your cursor
• Mf2Fm.com / An assortment of additional effects to add to your site, plus cursor effects
• Cursors4u / Find a cursor to use for your website

Reading Material

• StoryMarc / A blog I read with thoughtful articles on writing stories
• Vattu / An award-winning web comic I’ve read with a unique world and characters
• ashami.com / A roleplaying guide
• Mythcreants / Loads of articles on worldbuilding, storytelling, and social justice
• Reference for Writers / Where the research rabbithole begins
• Springhole.net / Generators and writing articles to sink into

Art Tools

• JS Paint / Re-experience the old MS Paint
• Collage Maker / A Moodboard creation tool
• Reference Generator / Generate random reference images
• Magic Poser / A nifty posing tool for artists
• POSEMANIACS / A pose reference site
• Line Of Action / References for studying
• The Pose Archives / A classic pose collection
• Pose My Art / Create scenes with 3D models to pose as references
• OpenToonz / An open-source professional animation production software
• Lospec / A color palette site for pixel art
• Aseprite / A pixel art drawing software that I use

Fun Stuff

• MyWishlist / Build your own wishlist for free to keep track of things you want
• Sakugabooru / A place to get inspired by impressive animation
• Rooms.xyz / A charming little online room builder
• Radio Garden / Listen to radio from all around the world!
• Tabletop Audio / Have specific ambience play in the background during your tabletop games
• Bandcamp / My go-to place to find music

Cool Neocities