Solarpunk Snippets

An extraordinary piece of architecture has been in the news of late, reflecting Valencia’s urban utopia. And this week it has been very much part of the Open House 2025 with guided tours through more than 70

Solarpunk Snippets

One of the most commonly-used images of the SolarPunk movement is that of Singapore’s famous Gardens by the Bay: Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay combines tropical flora with the iconic ‘supertrees’: artificial structures providing a vertical

Solarpunk Snippets

The ideas driving the SolarPunk vision are going more and more mainstream. Now the latest edition of the New World/New European is keen to look at “Utopia, with solar panels”: Solarpunk began as a sci-fi vision

Solarpunk Snippets

Solarpunk Snippets

Solarpunk Snippets

What is the thinking behind Solarpunk? An oft-quoted piece on Solarpunk [and often referred to on these pages…] is that solarpunk is not about pretty aesthetics. it’s about the end of capitalism. And yet the author

Solarpunk Snippets

Solarpunk Snippets

Solarpunk Snippets

As a genre, science fiction is perhaps one of the best for exploring ‘big ideas’. And in particular, both solarpunk and cyberpunk science fictions make ‘playgrounds for thought experiments’. Whilst the solarpunk aesthetic and movement is

Solarpunk Snippets