Solarpunk
Solarpunk is a cultural and literary movement and subgenre of speculative fiction that imagines futures shaped by renewable energy, ecological design, and social equity. It emphasizes community resilience, cooperative technologies, and participatory governance, with an optimistic or constructive tone while acknowledging real-world challenges.
It drew on cyberpunk and climate fiction but diverges by focusing on constructive solutions rather than dystopian
Common themes include decentralized renewable energy, green infrastructure, urban agriculture, circular economies, and environmental justice. Aesthetics
Solarpunk appears across literature, comics, film, games, and zines, as well as design and community projects.
The movement is connected to climate activism and sustainable design discourse but has faced critiques for