As a science fiction literary subgenre and art movement, solarpunk works to address how the future might look if humanity succeeded in solving major contemporary challenges with an emphasis on sustainability, human impact on the environment, and addressing climate change and pollution.Decade of originCoined c. 2000sGained prevalence in the 2010s.Location of originBrazilCreator(s)Matt Stagg, John Robert, Adam FlynCoined byJohn RobertOverviewSolarpunk is a,, and, closely related to the movement, that envisions and works toward actualizing a interconnected with nature and community. The "solar". . The term solarpunk was coined in 2008 in a blog post titled "From Steampunk to Solarpunk", in which the anonymous author, taking the design of the (the world's first ship partially powered b. . While solarpunk has no specific political ideation, it does by default embrace the need for a collective movement away from polluting forms of energy. It practices, creating spaces where the principl. . As an art movement, solarpunk emerged in the 2010s as a reaction to the prevalence of bleak and media alongside an increased awareness of social injustices, impacts of climate change, and inextricable.
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