solarpunk

Etymology

solar + -punk, modeled after cyberpunk.

noun

1. (uncountable) A movement and subgenre of speculative fiction that focuses on community, sustainability, technology powered by renewable energy, and a free and egalitarian society.
   Coordinate term: biopunk
   In a short blog written for the LGBT magazine Vitality, Claudie Arsenault explains that “solarpunk is all about envisioning a positive future, deeply rooted in sustainability, community, and acceptance.” 2015, Evelyn Deshane, Beyond Monsters and Myths: The Transgender Future and Progress Narrative in Speculative Fiction
   “Letters to Lovelace” takes place before the “revelation” as mentioned by Novice Broder in “Moss Piglets.” and is pre-greentech, but is the catalyst for the founding of their solarpunk world. 2017, Marisha Knutson, Summus Deus: A Collection of Short Stories (Honors Thesis, Portland State Univeristy)
   Lastly (although actually the first paper on the panel), Rhys Williams explored the merits and limitations of the emerging sub-genre of 'solarpunk'. 2017, Paul March-Russell, “Organic Systems: Environments, Bodies and Cultures in Science Fiction, Birkbeck College London, 16 September 2017”, in Foundation, volume 46, number 128
   Most of my novels, I think, are actually fun because I'm doing realism in a way the world needs. As for anyone picking up the mantle, there's a group of young writers who call themselves solarpunk, and what they're trying is all about adaptation. 2017 June, Sally Adee, “The power of good”, in New Scientist, volume 234, number 3129
   Drawing from literary movements like Afrofuturism, hopepunk and solarpunk, this collection of 12 short stories approaches climate change with hope for the radically different futures humans might create. 2023-02-02, “Newly Published, From Climate Fiction to a Lost Congolese Princess”, in The New York Times
2. (countable) A supporter of the solarpunk movement.