The aesthetics of solarpunk, cyberpunk and steampunk are often juxtaposed, the first taking on organic motifs (from Art Nouveau to today’s environmental movement), the second saturated in a dystopian mix of ‘low life and high tech’. When

As we look forwards into 2025, probably most of us want to be defying dystopian doomerism and looking beyond climate apocalypse. First, let’s look back at a piece from 2024: VISIONARY… We could say the Vision Group for

IN THE SID VALLEY It’s now over a decade ago since the Sid Vale Association planted its ‘golden copse’ in the Byes park. Would we call this a ‘pocket’ forest today? Now these ‘tiny forests’ are

We are now learning that stories can be powerful tools to change organizations. And indeed we know how a powerful story can inspire people to change. In particular, we are realising how storytelling boosts environmental impact and engagement:

There’s too much of the over-complex, out-of-bounds technology and not enough hands-on stuff. How about using LEGO as inspiration? A wee robot to ‘find the perfect place for a plant to take root’? Solarpunk BOTanist

Envisioning the future is a good start if we want to get the sort of future that we actually want – and there are more and more, particularly young, people looking to their Dream For

The solarpunk aesthetic is key to the ethos of this burgeoning movement – as there can be a real power to an aesthetic: Known for its burgeoning stock of illustrations depicting futuristic cities spilling with vegetation, radical

A lot of movies about the future are decidedly dystopian – but there are counters to this genre and we could indeed call them Solarpunk movies. There is even a Solarpunk vision embedded in the

This year’s Design for Planet Festival from the Design Council was pretty impressive. It was all about “repurpose, repair and retrofit”: Design for Planet Positive Business. Showing that design can help businesses prosper whilst also regenerating the

A follower of the Sidmouth SolarPunk snippets has sent in a suggestion for “local electricity production” – and because it’s so quirky and so clever, it has to have a feature of its own. As