There are lots of good explanations of what SolarPunk is all about – and these pages have attempted this over time, including a guide to the environmental art movement that is solarpunk. … solarpunk as narrative strategy … solarpunk can change the world … solarpunk as radical optimism … solarpunk as the ‘joyful counterpart’ to cyberpunk … conversations on solarpunk … solarpunk @ reddit

For an excellent and very full overview of the phenomenon, we can do no better than go to the pages What Is Solarpunk? History, Themes, Criticism & Real‑World Examples from the Built In website.

For a very succinct understanding, there is a nice little video which does well to answer the question What is SolarPunk?

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