Episode 25: Library Economies and Third Spaces

Hello Friends! In this episode, I explore how libraries are prefiguring a solarpunk world today.

LINKS Ep. 25: Library Economies and Third Spaces

* Nothing is Inescapable comic by Dylan Meconis, Jan 2018

* Solarpunk Dreams: A Liminal Life substack, Feb 2025

* The Existential Crisis of a 30 Hour Power Outage: Wild Letters substack, May 2024

* A Library of Everything, Andrewism (2025)

* If you want to belong, find a third space, Vox, May 2024

* Closure of ‘Third Places’? Exploring Potential Consequences for Collective Health and Wellbeing, Jessica Finlay et al. Health Place. 2019 Oct 14

(transcript available on substack)

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