Interesting things on Solarpunk

Solarpunk is an intersting alternative to the popular steampunk genre, and it also offers a more hopeful version of the future.



Whereas steampunk has a grungy, vaguely victorian aesthetic, peppered with cogs and gears which serve no obvious purpose, solarpunk favors the clean organic twists and twirls, as well as bright soothing colors.











Here are some links expanding on the concept of solarpunk:

http://hieroglyph.asu.edu/2014/09/solarpunk-notes-toward-a-manifesto/
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Tumblr post on solarpunk

http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2014/11/10/4122309.htm

http://solarpunks.tumblr.com/

http://www.pinterest.com/jackalakala/solar-punk/

Here's an interesting discussion on reddit concerning world-building for the solarpunk genre:

http://www.reddit.com/r/worldbuilding/comments/2g0dhw/discussion_solar_punk_what_do_you_picture_it_like/