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Futurespore is a software development and internet publishing project intended as a platform for promoting Solarpunk-inspired living in the modern, digital world.
Our mission is to improve food sovereignty and environmental restoration efforts through developing sustainable and private AI-enhanced applications designed to make horticultural literacy accessible and engaging and content creation.
We warmly welcome humans from all walks of life to study from The Mycelial Grimoire, whether you're a gardener, farmer, data scientist, software engineer, fellow Solarpunk, or are just in search of ways to alternatively live better.
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Solarpunk first emerged in 2008 in a Brazilian blog‑post titled "From Steampunk to Solarpunk", imagining a solar-powered world enhanced by software and biotechnology. Today, it's part artistic genre, part counter-cultural movement, and recognized as the alternative, techno-optimist option to dystopian and corporatecore Cyberpunk futurism.
The Futurespore project serves to further the Solarpunk movement through skill-based, botanical-related education media and applications, covering topics such as foraging, herbal medicine and plant derived medicine, sustainable agriculture, urban homesteading, community and guerilla gardening, nutrition, and more.
> In the 2nd or 3rd century CE, the Emerald Tablet was written by ancient Hermetic alchemists stating “That which is below is like that which is above, and that which is above is like that which is below, to accomplish the miracles of one thing."
> The principle of "As Above, So Below" has been used to investigate the truths of the universe and support self-inquiry, that through observing patterns in the microcosm, one could make discoveries in the macrocosm, and vice versa. We can observe this phenomenon in network structures both in nature and man made.
> In nature, mycologists have discovered that mycelium, or the fruiting body of fungi which develops as a complex web of intelligent fibers, acts as a neural web, forming the relationships that exist between plant life forms via electrical signals. This structure is similar to how animal brains and nervous systems have evolved to transmit electrical signals between organs and organ systems.
> Similarly, we exist as part of a food web, and our relationships to each other in our communities and countries take the form of a web. We've even invented our own means of electrical communication with the Internet, also known as the World Wide Web, an electrical communication structure that allows us to interact seamlessly with family and friends across the world. Most recently, artificial intelligence has entered the web of life, itself structured by neural networks which provide software the ability to "think".
> Through these same principles, Futurespore exists as a node, a meme, an idea, a spore in the digital realm to colonize, incubate, and spread Solarpunk concepts across the Internet. The Mycelial Grimoire is an archive of articles, or "spores", optimized for search engine discovery. Referencing databases, academic texts and journals, materia medica manuscripts, and current events, Futurespore aims to bring both traditional practice and modern science into the digital age.
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E is an Agriculture Technologist with a passion for exploring the alchemical relationships between ecology and technological advancements. With over ten years of experience in digital ecosystems development and half that of agricultural and horticultural hands-on study, she founded Futurespore out of a recognition that the post-industrial era has created a dangerous rift between humanity's connection to and understanding of nature in the western hemisphere. Through innovation with strong consideration for sustainability and the natural world, she believes that platforms like Futurespore may have the potential to exponentially increase botanical literacy and interest on a mass scale, resulting in better ecological and agricultural outcomes in the wake of environmental collapse.
Have questions or want to collaborate? Reach out to us at
info@futurespore.com
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