solarpunk n.

A major difference between solarpunk and steampunk is that solarpunk ideas, and solarpunk technologies, need not remain imaginary, and I indulge a hope of someday living in a solarpunk world.

[Post peak oil resilient communities]
+ [low-energy computing]
+ [internet of things]
+ [adaptation of past technologies]
---------------
SOLARPUNK.

We’re solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.… And yes, there’s a -punk there, and not just because it’s become a trendy suffix. There’s an oppositional quality to solarpunk, but it’s an opposition that begins with infrastructure as a form of resistance.

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation.

Such stories are now called ‘solarpunk’, a literary genre that has grown in prominence over the last few years and is echoed by a real-world social movement. Solarpunk is driven by a need for people to imagine a better future from where we are, not necessarily a fantasy world set in an unfamiliar, unlikely future. Solarpunk pushes against the bleak Blade Runner future of cyberpunk — a speculative genre centered on urban dystopias dominated by corporations and technology. Solarpunk provides a shining vision of a positive future, grounded in our existing world, one that emphasizes the need for environmental sustainability, self-governance, and social justice. Solarpunk imagines an inclusive, sustainable, possible future, where renewable technology meets ecological enlightenment.

Solarpunk often depicts technology deployed not to conquer nature, but to complement it. [Ibid.] One intriguing aspect of solarpunk culture is that it feels proximal—achievable.