Every few days, there is something in the news looking at this thing called ‘solar punk’.

Here are just a few from the last week:

Solar Punk Farms Provides a Vision for a More Joyful, Sustainable Future

This rural west county farm built on reclaimed land centers community, resilience and sustainability in solarpunk-style.

Nick Schwanz and Spencer Scott are living a vision for a more joyful and sustainable future. On their experimental land project in rural Guerneville, the couple demonstrates how a life that centers caring for the earth can be forward-thinking, delicious — and serve the wider community.

In early 2020, Nick and Spencer were living in San Francisco but dreamed of moving to a place where they could build a more thoughtful relationship to the natural world. They began to draw up a list of what that different life could look like, centering the importance of community and resilience. “We made this impossible list so that we wouldn’t do it,” jokes Spencer. “But then when we found this place, it definitely felt like, ‘OK, we’re in.’”

Solar Punk Farms Envisions a More Joyful, Sustainable Future – Sonoma Magazine

‘For anybody who could use a break’: A Q&A with sci-fi author Becky Chambers

What climate lessons can we learn from a pair of cozy solarpunk novellas?

What would the world look like if it were built on compassion — for ourselves, our fellow humans, and the other things we coexist with? That question drives the Monk & Robot series, a pair of gentle novellas by Becky Chambers, set on a moon called Panga in a future where sustainability and care are baked into the workings of society. Last week, we had the opportunity to discuss this world with Chambers, who joined us for our book club discussion of A Psalm for the Wild-Built, the first book in the series.

‘For anybody who could use a break’: A Q&A with sci-fi author Becky Chambers – Grist | Grist

Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam announces winners of game jam

“You can sense the desire for honest, optimistic games in the Solarpunk Jam’s submissions,” said Dan Zubrzycki, Head of Games at Day Zero Productions, in a statement. “Teams from Indonesia, South Africa, Norway, Colombia, and beyond treated the theme not just as an aesthetic, but as an invitation to engage the climate crisis with hope and ingenuity. We’re excited to be in conversation with our winner and finalists about where they want to take their projects, and to keep building community-driven events like the Solarpunk Jam.”

Day Zero Games: Solarpunk Jam announces winners of game jam | VentureBeat

What Is Solarpunk? A Guide to the Environmental Art Movement.

Solarpunk is a literary, artistic and social movement and sci-fi subgenre that envisions a sustainable future of technology in harmony with nature. It emphasizes greentech, renewable energy and social cooperation.

Solarpunk, a science fiction subgenre that visualizes the successful combination of nature and technology, has since grown from an online aesthetic into an ideology that some want to see applied to our real world.

So why, when I ask Jay Springett — longtime co-administrator of solarpunks.net — about what solarpunk looks like in practice, does he talk about an old phone box that was converted into a seed library? “That wouldn’t be out of place in a solarpunk story,” Springett said. “But also it’s real life.”

What Is Solarpunk? History, Themes, Criticism & Real‑World Examples | Built In