Solarpunk is a literary and artistic movement, close to the hopepunk movement,3(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#cite_note-3) that envisions and works toward actualizing a sustainable future interconnected with nature and community.4(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#cite_note-4)[[5]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#cite_note-5)[[6]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#cite_note-6) The “solar” represents solar energy as a renewable energy source and an optimistic vision of the future that rejects climate doomerism,7(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#cite_note-Johnson2-7) while the “punk” refers to do it yourself and the countercultural, post-capitalist, and sometimes decolonial aspects of creating such a future.8(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solarpunk#cite_note-8)
by Dami Lee