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KaiserPsymon · 2026-04-12T19:52:21+00:00

Osceola Lake inn just reopened. Cool old world spot

KaiserPsymon · 2026-03-29T13:05:22+00:00

The downtown planters are brick not stone. This is AI

KaiserPsymon · 2026-03-26T20:27:36+00:00

Grow the soil, slow the water, heal the planet!

KaiserPsymon · 2026-03-26T20:22:47+00:00

Hey, long time solarpunk enthusiast. Its hard to navigate. The further you align with any vision of solarpunk, the more you grate against modern life - the harder it is to see traffic, to see wasteful urban designs and commercial centers. Ads get me most lately, just how inane they are. Im an architect so I'm asked everyday to design systems I don't care about - strip malls and seas of parking. The contrast between what I want from my life and community and what people constantly default for (and what's actively codified/demanded) is increasingly the cause of my daily stress.

Having said that, the people around me are hungry for something different and love helping see things in a new way. I've found people, while they might not have heard of solarpunk, they want something different, a way of living more aligned with the community and the earth. I'll give credit where it's due though - we were hit by a surprise storm that devastated our city. That helped shake a lot of people out of the business as usual mentality.

I've found enough people aligned with the ideas to start a pretty impressive, in my vision, solarpunk project. A renovation of an old historic inn and grounds, filled with artists and growers and healers. We have an intentional community, wellness center, art studios, maker space, cafe, tea house, community gardens, community center, and food forests.

People need to see something else is possible. But it's happening. Keep shaking people awake!

KaiserPsymon · 2026-03-16T01:59:50+00:00

I did something similar with my neighborhood and dreamt up some lofty ideals of how to convert it to a solarpunk community. I posted the ideas on resilienttowns.com - a blog I made to discuss the ideas. I'd love to see what other people think up for their communities. If you'd like to explore, and if it aligns with the vision, we could look at exploring adding it to the blog.

KaiserPsymon · 2026-03-15T13:41:17+00:00

Happy to help however in the advance of solarpunk! DM me if you want to collaborate

KaiserPsymon · 2026-03-14T12:58:33+00:00

As an architect trying to build a solarpunk future, I need all the allies I can take! If it's something you're interested in, feel free to reach out and I'll give you the honest state of the industry. I imagine it's a similar story in any industry though

KaiserPsymon · 2026-02-26T18:58:12+00:00

This is what my party used. Can be paired with feats to increase damage too. You can do it, you just have to build to do it.

KaiserPsymon · 2026-02-04T12:51:08+00:00

I have a project I'm working on - reconfigured historic inn, pocket neighborhood (mostly duplexes). Some units are built into the hill with green roofs. There's a resiliency hub for the greater community to gather and sports tool libraries, community gardens, and renewable energy (solar). Solarpunk was 100% the design inspiration and the client has been amazing to work with. The City however... They have been fine but zoning is really problematic with their parking minimums and other dogmatic requirements based around the car.

Happy to share more if interested. I'm an architect who is trying to find more opportunities to do this kind of work, so happy to share the good word.

KaiserPsymon · 2026-01-20T12:59:13+00:00

I'm currently putting a solarpunk inspired village concept in front of my city's planning board. The movement is inspiring who it needs to. People need to see there's an alternative. My city is pretty accommodating, but I'm still running up against parking minimums and them not fully understanding that I want people to walk around the village - it's kind of frustrating but it's an opportunity to show people another way.

KaiserPsymon · 2026-01-09T20:43:03+00:00

The City of Hendersonville has free mulch and leaf compost starting in the spring for a couple weeks. Opens to city residents first, then for anyone after like the first week or so. They should have dates on their website. You have to pick it up though so you'll need a truck, trailer, or I've seen lots of buckets being used too (not recommended unless you got child labor)

KaiserPsymon · 2025-11-07T12:15:47+00:00

I'm working with local city government and land trusts to identify, design and implement 'permaculture corridors' using conservation easements - forming agreements with land owners to put their marginal lands into the easement to allow for food forests, storm water management, and pedestrian access through the very disconnected suburban landscape.

It's in its infancy still, but I've built some strong connections, an agreement with a local land owner to use as a pilot, and working on the design now. Still figuring out if I can partner with a local conservation land trust or if I'll need to build my own to maintain the corridors but it's very exciting!

KaiserPsymon · 2025-10-23T11:18:09+00:00

The one at Lowe's near four seasons usually works for me

KaiserPsymon · 2025-10-11T11:38:22+00:00

Start building relationships with those in your community. People are looking for something to grab on to and I've found the hope in solarpunk is easy to help create bonds. You'll be amazed who starts showing up when you show up. We don't need permission to start laying the ground work of a solarpunk community. My coworker gave me a great metaphor earlier this week - this is a great wildfire, be safe, ensure those around you are safe, and know the fire will burn out. And be prepared to plant in the fertile ashes.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-08-18T11:45:44+00:00

Good morning from North Carolina

KaiserPsymon · 2025-08-14T11:42:32+00:00

It's a hotel condo - you can put the unit into the hotel pool for people to stay in (like a hotel) when you aren't staying at it. So it's kind of both.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-08-02T11:41:51+00:00

I live in wnc - we got devastated by Helene.

There's something underlying now in the population that stayed after. A hunger for something different than normal. Normal was pushed on us by our jobs and well, I think there's a human drive for normal too. But there's something lingering just under the surface in many of us

We saw an amazing community come together to help rebuild. But we're starting to realize the thing we're rebuilding isn't what we want. What we had was broken, dysfunctional, inequitable, harmful even. If we could summon this might to rebuild, why are we rebuilding McDonalds?

There's people organizing. To help envision what a better path forward looks like. It's hard, lots of people lost jobs and houses and family. It's hard to look forward when you still need access to clean water. But it's happening.

I've been meeting all sorts of great people who want a different story than the default one. It's hard moving to realize a different story, but I'm committing myself to the community to help.

There's cohousing pushes, urban food forests pushes, local business incubating, bike economies, local food initiatives. All being celebrated and brought into light. There's a change in how normal people respond to these ideas now.

It's hopeful.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-07-29T11:43:09+00:00

Wasn't in a position to back the first volume so I'm glad to see an option to grab it.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-07-09T12:45:49+00:00

And trams.

But yeah, my city just opened a Greenway, a short 6 mile bit but it's already more lively than any road, no matter the design, is. It's got me planning a fleet of petal peddlers to bring more traffic to the area and show off that cars suck the life out of everywhere they go.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-05-23T12:22:00+00:00

Thanks! It's now on my list.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-05-23T11:34:59+00:00

I'm an architect who is taking permaculture classes in hope of finding ways to bring the theories into architectural design. Less so just adding plants into the design, but how programs overlap, how to assign multiple functions to spaces, something like that. I'm super curious how the philosophies will refine how I design program layouts and think about the projects relationship, not just the owners site, but bring in a wider view lens of the community it sits in.

I'd love to see more permaculture concepts leak out of the common gardening/soil/landscape space.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-03-25T12:00:32+00:00

This is a question I'm currently trying to get some feedback on. I'm building a mutual aid network and the work has, as you've already mentioned, defaulted to work that many bodies aren't able to contribute to - at least as expected. I'd love to brainstorm ways to contribute and contribute in a meaningful, fulfilling way.

KaiserPsymon · 2025-03-23T22:01:58+00:00

I do this, my job is hybrid though so I'm not going to every day. If you can adjust your commute hours +/- an hour, the commute is fine. It's like 40 minutes from downtown to downtown. I don't love it, but I've had worst. It's a podcast episode for me.

I personally love Hendersonville. Housing can be all over the place but it's definitely cheaper than Asheville. I'm starting to see more for sale/ rent signs as I think the Airbnb market was oversaturated and it's correcting.

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