Solarpunks

Rules

---No NSFW content

---No AI-made "art"

What is solarpunk?

Solarpunk is a genre of speculative fiction that is also its own distinguished aesthetic, focusing mainly on renewable energy, living in harmony with nature, and the better future envisioned through both.

Solarpunk futurism is not nihilistic like cyberpunk and it avoids steampunk's potentially quasi-reactionary tendencies: it is about ingenuity, generativity, independence, and community. At its core, Solarpunk is a vision of a future that embodies the best of what humanity can achieve: a post-scarcity, post-capitalistic world where humanity sees itself as part of nature and clean energy replaces fossil fuels.

The Solarpunk Manifesto may be found here. A reference guide for all things Solarpunk may be found at this link, and more content may also be found on www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/ and www.solarpunks.net.

Elements of Solarpunk

Everything from a positive imagining of our future to actually creating it: nature, art, cooperation, DIY, ecological restoration, engineering, futurism, gardening, geodesic domes, green architecture, green design, green energy, intentional community, science, music, permaculture, solar power, sustainability, tree planting, urban planning, and volunteering (amongst other things).

Visual Aesthetics

The visual aesthetics of Solarpunk are open and evolving. They can include a mash-up of the following:

-Creative reuse of existing infrastructure

-Art Nouveau

-High-tech in simple, elegant shapes: for example, biomimicry