Solarpunk, is it Utopian Dreaming?

“It’s hard out here for futurists under 30,” declares one manifesto. “We’re solarpunks because the only other options are denial or despair.”

Solarpunk & The New Utopians https://t.co/ZzD8braR0y Tx @futuresedge

— Rachel Armstrong (@livingarchitect) November 10, 2015

Code for Boston co-captain and web developer Matt Cloyd introduces the idea of solarpunk: a future that's bright, green, and optimistic. --- National Day of Civic Hacking, 2015

I read that Solarpunks do not like to be called utopian, but I think they are. In a good way, the one Cory Doctorow described in my last post. Great to know they exist. Looking forward to hear much more from them.

Solarpunk: Notes toward a manifesto https://t.co/NzRVxs0kDq @threadbare "Solarpunk is a future with a human face and dirt behind its ears."

— Céline (@krustelkram) November 10, 2015