Solarpunk opts for optimism—and action—over despair, but sometimes I wonder if we are just being naïve. It’s not just that most people don’t want what we want, which is a change on par with the Industrial Revolution, but for the sustainable, livable, and socially just, including the extinction of ca
As someone casually familiar with solarpunk I would say it’s strength is in painting a picture of what a better world would look like, and popularizing that picture. Which isn’t to say that there won’t always be negative people or opponents, but solarpunk will work (if it works) by rejecting the framing of naysayers and refusing to be contained by a narrow worldview/overton window.
As someone casually familiar with solarpunk I would say it’s strength is in painting a picture of what a better world would look like, and popularizing that picture. Which isn’t to say that there won’t always be negative people or opponents, but solarpunk will work (if it works) by rejecting the framing of naysayers and refusing to be contained by a narrow worldview/overton window.