The SolarPunk movement is essentially about looking with hope to the future and yet with pretty down-to earth proposals of how to build that future. It is not an easy thing to do in the
The solarpunk idea is totally inspiring – but is it condemned to sit there as just an idea? Or is there real practice to inspire and to get us to take actions to live a
The brilliant essay In solarpunk cities of the future, tech follows nature’s lead has stimulated a lot of interesting and intelligent comment on its pages. And it’s inspired three pieces in turn on this blog:
A couple of weeks ago, we looked at how we seem to be going from Anthropocene to Symbiocene, when “human technologies take their cues from living systems and work in partnership rather than through dominance”. The piece
One of the things that’s attractive about the Solarpunk movement is that it is not ‘demographic specific’ – in that its creativity and openness and hope is open to all generations to be inspired and
Let’s take the idea that we have the tools right now, we just need to use them correctly’ – for example, making full use of things like floating gardens and clean energy. But let’s take it one step
How useful is it to think in terms of ‘utopia’ – and even to work towards it? Looking back at earlier posts, there should be something between the visionary and the utopian. That might even give
Africa has a lot to say to the rest of the world, as these pages have already showcased. Whether it’s how to use local materials! Rediscover earth to build with! Soil and mud in East
The SolarPunk movement is fundamentally about using creativity to envisage the future – because we need a ‘heightened imaginary response to climate change’. In science, that might mean seeing salt as a material for the future or using biodesign
To quote from a very inspiring piece from the Countercurrents site from the end of last year: “The solarpunk future isn’t speculative fiction but rather something that’s already materializing.” Yes, SolarPunk science fictions are ‘playgrounds for