A brighter tomorrow starts today!
SOLAR
PUNK
...agency for the future
We amplify, connect and celebrate the creative and practical work of grassroots organisations for social change. Writers, artists, activists and community members dedicated to building resilience and inspiring climate action through creativity, storytelling, and social engagement."We are artists and writers and musicians. We are activists and community organizers and urban planners. We are architects and scientists and engineers. We are gardeners and gamers and makers. We are the solarpunks. You might be one, too."
Field Guide to Solarpunk
IMAGINE THE FUTURE
A world where cities thrive amidst flourishing greenery, where technology dances in harmony with nature, and where communities stand against the rising tide of climate crisis."Our futurism is not nihilistic like cyberpunk: it is about ingenuity, generativity, independence, and community. Solarpunk emphasizes environmental sustainability and social justice."Click the star below to read Jeet Heer on Kim Stanley Robinson and The New Utopians, novelists who want to build a better future through science fiction.
Welcome to the Solarpunk Futures Agency
"where imagination takes flight, and stories become blueprints for survival."
Where Imagination meets transformation
Solarpunk HEALING
Cultivate Hope and Imagine Change through Climate FictionSolarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question “what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?” Solarpunk recognizes science fiction as not just entertainment but as a form of activism.Solarpunk is a vision of the future, a thoughtful provocation, a way of living and a set of achievable proposals to get there. Solarpunk is about finding ways to make life more wonderful for us right now, and also for the generations that follow us.Read: A Solarpunk Manifesto (2014)
Future Leaders
Alternative Narratives
"The 'punk' in Solarpunk is about rebellion, counterculture, post-capitalism, decolonialism and enthusiasm. It is about going in a different direction than the mainstream, which is increasingly going in a scary direction."Solarpunk literature encourages readers to co-create alternative narratives for the future, stories that challenge dystopian views, ignite creative potential for change and a brighter future.Imagine 2200: Climate Fiction for Future Ancestors is Grist’s climate fiction initiative. Join writers from across the globe to envision the next generations of climate progress. Write your own future stories!
Reading for Healing
SOLARPUNK STORIES
Solarpunk Futures Agency explores speculative fiction as a vehicle for change. By harnessing the power of bibliotherapy, creative exchange, and storytelling. Built on stories with themes around climate action and social justice, Solarpunk educates and inspires people to connect and share local knowledge to empower grassroots change.
SOLARPUNK FIELD GUIDE
HOW tO BE A SOLARPUNK
We are Solarpunk.
We choose hope, not as naive optimism, but as an intentional act of defiance and love for all life. We are the creators, dreamers, and doers who imagine—and build—a world where humanity and the planet thrive together. Cultivating community resilience, empathy, and collective action in the face of the climate emergency. Find hope for the future.
Join the Solarpunk Community on reddit.
Solastagia
eco-anxiety
It feels like we're at the end of the world facing climate change and species extinction…
Eco-Anxiety is rising along with global temperatures,
Climate Distress, or Solastagia is a form of emotional or existential distress or dread caused by environmental change. How do we manage these feelings?
Remember, you are not alone...
Feelings of rage, despair and grief are common responses to our genuine climate distress.
Click below for advice from Generation Dread author Britt Wray on How to cope with climate anxiety.
Solarpunk Agency
Innovative Approach
Solarpunk Agency offers a beacon of hope, a sense of agency and a catalyst for grassroots change.We transform eco-anxiety into eco-action. Through online courses that offer creative and practical ideas to explore future possibilities, and help chart a path to get there.Built on stories with themes around climate action and social justice, Solarpunk educates and inspires people to connect and share local knowledge to empower grassroots change. We are building stronger, more resilient communities through optimistic storytelling, activism and deeper connection.
Future Solarpunks
FUTURE VISIONS ACADEMY
We offer online courses and a community program that brings together people looking for solutions with those designing and creating them to build a better world.
Embedded in Solarpunk philosophy, creative thinking, environmental consciousness, and hands-on skills.
Sign up to co-design and create Practical Utopian Futures.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF COUNTRY
Solarpunk Agency creates on nipaluna (Hobart) home of the the muwinina people, land that was forcefully taken through invasion and colonisation upon Aboriginal people.
We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of country throughout Australia and specifically recognise the Traditional Owners of lutruwita (Tasmania) we acknowledge their continuing connection to land, waters and culture as the original story tellers on this land.