A basic idea behind the SolarPunk ethos is that there is actually enough ‘technology’ already available to improve things considerably. One example is this from over twenty years ago: Remote Street Lights Powered by Solar

Soon, there won’t be enough wood – so we need to come up with sustainable options. Here’s an idea: According to a report by the WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), it is estimated that the amount

Here’s a fine piece from the SolarPunk Anarchists – telling us what it’s all about: Solarpunk is a Revolt of Hope Against Despair Solarpunk is a rebellion against the structural pessimism in our late visions

Here’s a brilliant STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, maths) project just open: A glowing silicone sun measuring 2.3 metres in diameter and a pinhead-size Pluto have been brought down to earth in an extraordinary scale

There is ‘solar’ – which is about realising all those alternative technologies which we already have at hand. And there is ‘punk’ – which is about all those creative and ingenious approaches which we are

Here’s one view of Solarpunk – from an advert for margarine: Dear Alice – YouTube Solarpunk — A Story Of The Tomorrow We Want To Live In | by Matterless Studios | Medium Here are

There’s a lot of ‘eco-anxiety’ which is not doing our mental health much good: Climate anxiety is driving the West into dangerous mass hysteria  As Janet Daley concludes in the Telegraph piece: Enough with crying

Sidmouth has some fine examples of Art Deco: Fat Face on Fore Street – Leisure Wear in Sidmouth EX10 8HU, Devon Or at least it did: sunburst | The deco windows at Knight’s clothing shop

We’re heading for climate breakdown – but a vision of a way out which is also ‘utopian’ is not only very SolarPunk, but is being seriously considered as one of the only realistic ways out.

We need to give our children hope. Unfortunately, there is so much despair being thrown at them – as lamented by Mary Wakefield in the latest Spectator magazine: Our children are at breaking point –