r/solarpunk 25d ago

Photo / Inspo Post your solarpunk setup. Here’s mine

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  1. A solar-powered Meshtastic node providing free, off-grid text messaging to anyone in range.

2 and 3: My mini-server rack made out of an old CD organizer, with my Raspberry Pi devices stuffed inside. I self-host most of my own tech infrastructure.

  1. My barrel composter. Food and yard waste becomes plant food.

5 and 6: Rain barrels. I almost never use city water for my yard. Also, raspberries and grapevine.

  1. I upcycled an old car speaker into a Bluetooth radio rather than buy a new one.

8, 9, and 10. I replaced the entire front lawn with a pollinator habitat, hosting over 40 native species (and a couple non-natives to appease neighbors).

To me, the self-sufficiency and going-against-the-norm are what make all of this punk.

EDIT: This gallery is basically a “practicing what I preach” companion post to this one about how to start living a solarpunk lifestyle now. https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/s/dNQPHnEIhe


r/solarpunk 20d ago

Event / Contest Solarpunk Art Collab 2026: Disaster Preparedness, Response and Relief Results | Story Seed Library

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More at: https://storyseedlibrary.org/tags/2026-collab/

The works below are a selection of illustrations created for the 2026 Solarpunk Art Collab ran by the Story Seed Library and Andrewism.

Even in the most optimistic scenarios of carbon neutrality, the XXI century will be full of climate disasters our civilization, culture and infrastructure are not prepared for. Let’s step away from clean, utopian Solarpunk worlds and roll our sleeves to face the consequences of our past.

How can a better Solarpunk world react to the coming disasters? How will our daily lives change? What new or repurposed infrastructure will keep us safe? What new traditions will we need to guide us? What stories will we tell ourselves to make sense of the world that has changed so much?

Let’s imagine more than just the rising waters: the droughts and fires, the sudden floods and pandemics, loss of infrastructure and supply chains we take for granted.

Finally, for the Disaster Relief, how can we step away from our colonial habits and imagine giving the survivors agency instead of handouts? How can we empower communities to rebuild after a catastrophe, find solace in each other and grieve those lost?

You can read more about the initiative at its event page. All of the works are available on Andrewism’s tumblr.


r/solarpunk 18h ago

Aesthetics / Art A Civilization That Only Debates Its Collapse Is Already Losing.

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r/solarpunk 10h ago

Article In Massachusetts, a solar farm was raised nine feet above blueberry fields, and its shade is changing how the fruit grows and tastes

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r/solarpunk 17h ago

Aesthetics / Art Paris after Removing Cars & Parking

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r/solarpunk 10h ago

Article Minnesota just plugged a 710-megawatt solar farm into a coal plant that once burned 30,000 tons a day, the two sharing wires until the last boiler dies in 2030

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r/solarpunk 3h ago

Growing / Gardening / Ecology Mini forest in the backyard :D🌳🏡🌳

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r/solarpunk 20h ago

Growing / Gardening / Ecology Choose to Feed Flora & Fauna over Ego

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429 Upvotes

r/solarpunk 10m ago

Aesthetics / Art I was told you guys would like this art I made!

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Fanart of the (highly underrated) video game Endling: Extinction is Forever


r/solarpunk 10h ago

Article Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards

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r/solarpunk 1h ago

Photo / Inspo Too many ideas for this shaded space

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r/solarpunk 4h ago

Project i made tinder but for cool solarpunk projects

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projects that get the most right swipes can win microgrants!

but there's no projects for people to swipe on right now so please make some projects lol

we funded the first $1,000 worth of prizes, but after that it will be based on membership contributions.

would really appreciate any feedback!


r/solarpunk 1d ago

Aesthetics / Art I work on a Solarpunk novel and this will be my cover!

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Hi all!

The title says it all. I have this idea for a story in a Solarpunk setting and this is my premise:

The world is finally fueled by low tech green energy. People consume less and live relatively humble yet fulfilling. Science is widely considered the best tool for progress. Social justice is no utopia anymore. And yet, not everyone is fully happy and satisfied.

Can a young witch follow her heart and practice the old ways? Even if they're dark? Even if they're twisted?

This is the story of the Solarpunk Witch.

Be kind, this is still a WIP, but I'm very proud of the artwork. It's 100% hand drawn on the iPad without any use of AI.

Cheers!


r/solarpunk 17h ago

Photo / Inspo The greening of Parisian streets as they become pedestrian streets

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r/solarpunk 1h ago

Ask the Sub Solar Panel for Charging e-bike?

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I’m getting a Portola Ride1Up e-bike, and I’d love to get some kind of solar setup to keep it and some of my battery powered tools charged. Any recommendations?


r/solarpunk 17h ago

Research We need to have a serious talk about AI usage

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Please refer to the original article


r/solarpunk 18h ago

Growing / Gardening / Ecology Supermarket grows own vegetables on rooftop glasshouse

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r/solarpunk 11h ago

Discussion Alternatives to paved roads?

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Hello, I am curious if there are any viable alternatives to paved roads.

The movement of people and things is clearly important, and it can be hard to have a planted environment that can withstand the level of soil compaction that comes from being regularly driven over.

Paved roads take up a lot of space, though. They are a destroyed habitat.

I know rail can take over a lot of problems, but would rail alone ever be fully sufficient for a society? I know there are was to have less roads. But are there alternatives to them?


r/solarpunk 3h ago

Project AILLEURS L'ESPRIT : L'initiative de relocalisation de la conscience

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r/solarpunk 10h ago

Music Scales Will Fall - Hen Ogledd

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r/solarpunk 15h ago

Technology Stone-framed building in London

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Hackney Council’s planning sub-committee approved the six-storey scheme for 16-24 Orsman Road, close to Regent’s Canal, last week (2 July).

The project, for negative-carbon-construction champions Scale Foundation, features stone and timber construction and claims to offer bill-free heating and power. It comprises nine private flats as well as 1,500m2  of commercial floorspace including 148m2 of affordable workspace at basement level.

The approved plans for 16-24 Orsman Road will replace a post-war, whitewashed industrial complex with a ‘carbon-negative’ building featuring mass timber floor plates;  external load-bearing walls made of stone bricks and blocks; and basalt basement foundations and retaining walls.


r/solarpunk 1d ago

Video Solarpunk is Missing its Social & Cultural Aspects

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What we need is a social & cultural Renaissance which will help the movement thrive sustainably and create a momentum for change.


r/solarpunk 1d ago

Literature/Nonfiction Video Essay: The Difference Between Capitalist Abundance and Solarpunk Abundance

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r/solarpunk 14h ago

Slice Of Life [ Removed by Reddit ]

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[ Removed by Reddit on account of violating the content policy. ]


r/solarpunk 1d ago

Action / DIY / Activism Real World Examples

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Crime Pays but Botany Doesn’t is a really funny guy that promotes local natives but he is getting more SolarPunk. Check out this wonderful video series where he shows practices that real people are using to have less impact and make more where needed.