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I had to look this up. It said it is the polar opposite of cyberpunk and that it is about having perfect harmony between nature and technology, is that accurate? (It was an AI answer). I’m down if it is.
Other answers are very good. It is about making a genuinely sustainable future, one that people actively wish to move towards. If something leads to a dystopia, then try to do the opposite. It happens on a personal level, local, community and eventually government and country scale. It’s not the easy path of defeat but the hard rewarding path towards a more peaceful and equitable world.
I think this manifesto sums it up pretty nicely. I find it a very compelling approach, a Solarpunk ethos is the core of my small scale farming project
At its core, Solarpunk is a vision of a future that embodies the best of what humanity can achieve: a post-scarcity, post-hierarchy, post-capitalistic world where humanity sees itself as part of nature and clean energy replaces fossil fuels. The “punk” in Solarpunk is about rebellion, counterculture, post-capitalism, decolonialism and enthusiasm.
Solarpunk embraces a diversity of tactics: there is no single right way to do solarpunk. Instead, diverse communities from around the world adopt the name and the ideas, and build little nests of self-sustaining revolution.
Ehhh kind of?
Cyberpunk is primarily focused on/associated with the dystopian aspects of society. Think capitalism, exploitation, pollution, etc.
Solarpunk is a conscious rejection of that idea, yes, but it’s less about “perfect harmony with nature” and more about reclaiming responsibility towards the climate, and ownership of our own aspects of life. Sustainability + taking power away from corporate elites puts the -punk in solarpunk, at least from my understanding of it.
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Hope it comes back in December like they say they might. But if not, we can start building up some replacement community now.
