SolarPunk is becoming very mainstream…
Here are a few excerpts from a piece put out over the weekend by the RD:
What is solarpunk, and can it really save us from the climate crisis? We explore the sci-fi art movement that’s preaching radical optimism and politics Solarpunk’s central premise is that there are ways for nature and tech to exist in harmony—we just need the imagination and motivation to make it happen.
Solarpunk incorporates the sinewy lines and earthy colours of plants, just like Art Nouveau
“We’re solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair,” Adam Flynn writes in a seminal essay that sketches out some of solarpunk’s core principles. Rather than give in to dystopian pessimism, solarpunks preach radical optimism. It’s a solutions-focused movement that concentrates, in Flynn’s words, on “finding ways to make life more wonderful for us right now, and more importantly for the generations that follow us”.
Head to the r/solarpunk subreddit and you’ll find reams of posts sharing new innovations in renewable energy, vertical farming or sustainable architecture. Key to the solarpunk mindset is a belief that today’s threats to humanity’s future, no matter how seemingly insurmountable, can and will be fixed.