Solarpunk information

Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement that envisions and works toward actualizing a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community.^[3]^[4]^[5] The "solar" represents solar energy as a renewable energy source and an optimistic vision of the future that rejects climate doomerism,^[6] while the "punk" refers to do it yourself and the countercultural, post-capitalist, and decolonial aspects of creating such a future.^[7]

As a science fiction literary subgenre and art movement, solarpunk works to address how the future might look if humanity succeeded in solving major contemporary challenges with an emphasis on sustainability, human impact on the environment, and addressing climate change and pollution. Especially as a subgenre, it is aligned with cyberpunk derivatives, and may borrow elements from utopian and fantasy genres.^[6]

Solarpunk serves as a foil to the cyberpunk genre, particularly within the fashion industry.^[8] Both genres create and consolidate post-industrial countercultures; Solarpunk incites rebellion through its depiction of protoenvironmental socioecological relationships, whereas Cyberpunk advances the theme of rebellion through detached secondary environments, which often takes place in tangible dataspheres, virtual landscapes, and dystopian urban environments. Solarpunk draws inspiration from Bohemian style. The convergence of environmentalism and art serve as a framework for both subgenres. Solarpunk's interpretation of social collectivism strongly contrasts the individuality of Bohemian counterculture; Solarpunk recognizes individuality as an integral component of progressivism and identifies sociocultural distinctions as an impetus for change, though solarpunk encompasses these elements within the greater socioecological scaffolding in a manner that contrasts the Bohemian assertion that individuality alone acts as the sole impetus for change.^[9]

^ Thompson, Claire (2022-04-04). "Do you believe in climate solutions? You just might be a solarpunk". Fix. Retrieved 2022-10-18. For practical inspiration, solarpunk looks to permaculture and Indigenous agriculture, sustainable architecture like Earthships and Arcosanti, as well as the maker movement and DIY culture.
^ "Earthships: The sustainable buildings made from trash". Freethink. Retrieved 2022-10-18.
^ Reina-Rozo, Juan David (2021). "Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement". International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace. 8 (1): 47–60. doi:10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292. ISSN 1927-9434. S2CID 233805052. Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question 'what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?'
^ Anderson-Nathe, Ben; Charles, Grant (2020). "The Radical Potential of the Imaginary". Child & Youth Services. 41 (2): 105–107. doi:10.1080/0145935X.2020.1789297. ISSN 0145-935X. S2CID 221051729. Solarpunk might be easiest understood as a response to environmental degradation and social conflict that centers hope and possibility rather than futility and despair. It is a relatively new expression and has popped up across genres: in art, literature, and activism.
^ Gillam, William Joseph (2023). "A Solarpunk Manifesto: Turning Imaginary into Reality". Philosophies. 8 (4): 73. doi:10.3390/philosophies8040073.
^ ^a ^b Johnson, Isaijah (May 2020). ""Solarpunk" & the Pedagogical Value of Utopia". Journal of Sustainability Education. 23. "Solar" is itself a reference to solar energy, from photovoltaic cells to passive heating—clean, sustainable, renewable energies with minimal carbon footprint. In the darkness of climate anxiety, solarpunk is a beam of hope showing the way toward a livable future.
^ Reina-Rozo, Juan David (2021-03-05). "Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement". International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace. 8 (1): 47–60. doi:10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292. ISSN 1927-9434. S2CID 233805052. The 'punk' in Solarpunk is about rebellion, counterculture, post-capitalism, decolonialism and enthusiasm. It is about going in a different direction than the mainstream, which is increasingly going in a scary direction.
^ Reina-Rozo, J. D. (2021). Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement. International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, 8(1), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292
^ Wilson, Elizabeth. "Bohemian dress and the heroism of everyday life." Fashion Theory 2.3 (1998): 225-244.

[1] Thompson, Claire (2022-04-04). "Do you believe in climate solutions? You just might be a solarpunk". Fix. Retrieved 2022-10-18. For practical inspiration, solarpunk looks to permaculture and Indigenous agriculture, sustainable architecture like Earthships and Arcosanti, as well as the maker movement and DIY culture.

[2] "Earthships: The sustainable buildings made from trash". Freethink. Retrieved 2022-10-18.

[3] Reina-Rozo, Juan David (2021). "Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement". International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace. 8 (1): 47–60. doi:10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292. ISSN 1927-9434. S2CID 233805052. Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question 'what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?'

[4] Anderson-Nathe, Ben; Charles, Grant (2020). "The Radical Potential of the Imaginary". Child & Youth Services. 41 (2): 105–107. doi:10.1080/0145935X.2020.1789297. ISSN 0145-935X. S2CID 221051729. Solarpunk might be easiest understood as a response to environmental degradation and social conflict that centers hope and possibility rather than futility and despair. It is a relatively new expression and has popped up across genres: in art, literature, and activism.

[5] Gillam, William Joseph (2023). "A Solarpunk Manifesto: Turning Imaginary into Reality". Philosophies. 8 (4): 73. doi:10.3390/philosophies8040073.

[Johnson2-6] Johnson, Isaijah (May 2020). ""Solarpunk" & the Pedagogical Value of Utopia". Journal of Sustainability Education. 23. "Solar" is itself a reference to solar energy, from photovoltaic cells to passive heating—clean, sustainable, renewable energies with minimal carbon footprint. In the darkness of climate anxiety, solarpunk is a beam of hope showing the way toward a livable future.

[7] Reina-Rozo, Juan David (2021-03-05). "Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement". International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace. 8 (1): 47–60. doi:10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292. ISSN 1927-9434. S2CID 233805052. The 'punk' in Solarpunk is about rebellion, counterculture, post-capitalism, decolonialism and enthusiasm. It is about going in a different direction than the mainstream, which is increasingly going in a scary direction.

[8] Reina-Rozo, J. D. (2021). Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement. International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace, 8(1), 47–60. https://doi.org/10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292

[9] Wilson, Elizabeth. "Bohemian dress and the heroism of everyday life." Fashion Theory 2.3 (1998): 225-244.

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