Solarpunk going mainstream

Posted on October 6, 2023Comments Off on Solarpunk going mainstream

How can we counter all that climate doomism? Here’s a look at what we can do – and how the ideas are becoming mainstream:

Solarpunk is going mainstream.

This couple’s $1M Kickstarter proves it

Canary chats with the co-creators of the forthcoming video game Loftia, set in a renewables-powered utopia that celebrates community and climate optimism…

Martina Qin and Michael Su, developers of Loftia, a solarpunk video game, visit a wind and solar farm in New South Wales, Australia. (Martina Qin and Michael Su)

One definition of solarpunk is ​“an optimistic environmentalist subgenre of speculative fiction, art, and design that envisions future life on Earth transformed by the use of sustainable energy, close co-existence of human beings with nature, and progressive sociopolitical values.” (Grist and Vice also have great explainers on the topic.)

More recently I’ve come across a couple of solarpunk videogames on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, including the aptly titled Solarpunk, and another called Loftia that has raised, at the time of this writing, an impressive $1 million from over 13,300 backers...

Solarpunk is going mainstream. This couple’s $1M… | Canary Media

Here’s that video game:

solarpunk: the video game – Sidmouth Solarpunk

Yes, Solarpunk is going mainstream:

What Is Solarpunk? A Guide to the Practical Movement. | Built In

Solarpunk Is the Future We Should Strive For | Earth.Org

Solarpunk is the next big literary-design movement

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