Open Format 

Solarpunk Futures

Playing with the Sun is a project to develop open source creative learning activities so people can learn through playing with sustainable energy, born in Aarhus Public libraries. We’ll run an activity called “Your solarpunk future” that invites people to create something they want to see in future that is just and sustainable. You can see an example of this activity in pictures here.

We’ll set this activity up so people can observe, drop-in and participate. We’ll also run a workshop around it for up to 20 people that dives in depth into the potential for open source creative learning activities in libraries, and the potential for playful learning as a means of envisioning new and better futures. 

Host 

Amos Blanton, PhD, is a play designer, researcher, and educator exploring open-ended creative learning experiences and collective creativity. He left a practice as an individual and family counselor to join the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at MIT Media Lab, where he ran the Scratch Online community for six years. He has designed learning through play activities in collaboration with the Tinkering Studio at the Exploratorium, the Reggio Children Foundation, LEGO Foundation and LEGO House, the Leonardo da Vinci Museum of Science and Technology in Milan, and the IRIS team at Aarhus Public Libraries.