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/ˈsəʊ.ləˌpʌnk/
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/ˈsoʊ.ləɹˌpʌnk/
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- General-American
Noun
A literary, artistic, and social movement that focuses on community, sustainability, technology powered by renewable energy, and a free and egalitarian society.
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So, in honor of the Beluga Skysail's maiden voyage, I'm going to suggest a new literary genre: solarpunk.
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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.”
“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.
Lastly (although actually the first paper on the panel), Rhys Williams explored the merits and limitations of the emerging sub-genre of 'solarpunk'.
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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.
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.
A supporter of the solarpunk movement.
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