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 ==== What is Solarpunk? ==== ==== What is Solarpunk? ====
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 +The term solarpunk has been buzzing around the internet since around 2008 and describes both a science fiction genre and social movements that strive for a climate-neutral future and are framed or discussed under this term. 
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 +Solarpunk sees itself as a counter-movement to the dystopian view of cyberpunk. While cyberpunk usually takes a cynical and dystopian view of our future, with large corporations exploiting the world and only a few heroes, usually hackers, turning against it. Solarpunk rather tries to tell a positive version of the future, in which communities of people have made it or are on their way to living in harmony with nature and the resources of our planet in a climate-neutral world.
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 +The term itself was coined in 2008 in a blog post entitled [[https://republicofthebees.blogspot.com/2008/04/from-steampunk-to-solarpunk.html|“From Steampunk to Solarpunk”]] in which author John-Robert suggested solarpunk as a new literary genre after seeing a press release from SkySails featuring sailing cargo ships. 
  
   * [[https://iandennismiller.github.io/solarpunk/manifesto/english.html | solarpunk manifesto]]   * [[https://iandennismiller.github.io/solarpunk/manifesto/english.html | solarpunk manifesto]]
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   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3aauiR9M88| Why This Gives Me Hope for the Future (OCC, Youtube, 2021)]]   * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3aauiR9M88| Why This Gives Me Hope for the Future (OCC, Youtube, 2021)]]
   * [[https://alxd.org/solarpunk-lenses-and-foundations.html|Solarpunk: lenses and foundations with Think That Through (alxd, 2023)]]   * [[https://alxd.org/solarpunk-lenses-and-foundations.html|Solarpunk: lenses and foundations with Think That Through (alxd, 2023)]]
 +  * [[https://www.solarpunkstories.com/blog/what-is-solarpunk-one-thing-or-many|What is solarpunk? One thing or many? (solarpunkstories, 2023)]] 
 +  * Solarpunk Tumblr since 2012: https://solarpunks.net 
 +  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVlBmdvIC6s|SolarPunk Cities: Our Last Hope? (damilee, Youtube, 2023)]] 
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 ==== Literature ==== ==== Literature ====
  
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   * [[https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/ | Imagine 2200: Write the future]]   * [[https://grist.org/climate-fiction/imagine-2200-contest-submissions/ | Imagine 2200: Write the future]]
 ==== Animation & Movies ==== ==== Animation & Movies ====
-  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ng5ZvrDm4|Dear Alice (animation/commercial by The Line, 2021)]]+  * [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-Ng5ZvrDm4|Dear Alice (animation/commercial by The Line, 2021)]] impressively shows a variety of solar punk visions, but as a capitalist advertisement, it is simultaneously solarpunk and anti-solar punk. 
   *  **A message from the future** (animation) by activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In it, she explains how a fairer and more environmentally conscious world would have to differ from the one we live in today. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9uTH0iprVQ|Youtube Link]], 2019)   *  **A message from the future** (animation) by activist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. In it, she explains how a fairer and more environmentally conscious world would have to differ from the one we live in today. ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d9uTH0iprVQ|Youtube Link]], 2019)
   * **Studio Ghibli** is a great inspiration for Solarpunk in its depiction of man and nature.   * **Studio Ghibli** is a great inspiration for Solarpunk in its depiction of man and nature.
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 +==== Games ==== 
 +  * [[https://www.stardewvalley.net | Stardew Valley ]] 
 +  * [[https://www.terranil.com | Terra Nil]] 
 +  * [[https://nikaleksandr.itch.io/solarpunkfutures | Solar Punk Futures (Card Games)]] 
 +  * [[climate_game_examples|Long List of Climate Games]]
 ==== Activism / Politics ==== ==== Activism / Politics ====
  
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   * **Community welfare economy** [[https://web.ecogood.org/de/idee-vision | Gemeinwohlökonomie]] - Values such as solidarity and the welfare of the community take precedence over individual profit.   * **Community welfare economy** [[https://web.ecogood.org/de/idee-vision | Gemeinwohlökonomie]] - Values such as solidarity and the welfare of the community take precedence over individual profit.
   * **3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle**: [[https://earthhow.com/reduce-reuse-recycle]]   * **3 R’s – Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle**: [[https://earthhow.com/reduce-reuse-recycle]]
 +  * **Sustainable building and living**: [[https://www.aardehuis.nl|Aardhuis.nl]], [[https://earthship.com/|earthship.com]] 
  
  
 ==== Technology ==== ==== Technology ====
   * Growing fresh air, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmn7tjSNyAA   * Growing fresh air, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmn7tjSNyAA
 +  * [[open_source_and_hardware|Open Source / Open Hardware]]
  
 ==== Press ==== ==== Press ====
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 [[https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5aym/solarpunk-is-not-about-pretty-aesthetics-its-about-the-end-of-capitalism|Vice magazine]]: Solarpunk Is Not About Pretty Aesthetics. It's About the End of Capitalism. At its core, and despite its appropriation, Solarpunk imagines a radically different societal and economic structure.  [[https://www.vice.com/en/article/wx5aym/solarpunk-is-not-about-pretty-aesthetics-its-about-the-end-of-capitalism|Vice magazine]]: Solarpunk Is Not About Pretty Aesthetics. It's About the End of Capitalism. At its core, and despite its appropriation, Solarpunk imagines a radically different societal and economic structure. 
  
 +[[https://builtin.com/articles/solarpunk|builtin.com: What Is Solarpunk? A Guide to the Environmental Art Movement]]