Solarpunk Stories: The Brightest Futures Imagined

Let’s talk about solarpunk stories.

Do you love sci-fi and speculative fiction but dislike the doom and gloom of dystopian novels?

If you answered yes, then here is an amazing new sub-genre to dive into. Solarpunk stories.

The solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, and fashion that seeks to answer: what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?

In fiction, solarpunk stories imagines what the future that could be, based on current-age technology. The solarpunk vision of society is powered by green energy.

Therefore, this imagined culture is founded on radical inclusiveness, unity-in-diversity, free cooperation, participatory democracy, and personal self-realisation.

Three Solarpunk Anthologies to Add to Your TBR List

Solarpunk stories that you should add to your reading list are:

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation (Anthology) edited by Pheobe Wagner

Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation focuses on solutions to environmental disasters. The stories envisions a future of green, sustainable energy used by societies that value inclusiveness, cooperation, and personal freedom.

Winds of Change: Short Stories about Our Climate (Anthology) edited by Mary Woodbury

This anthology is a diverse collection of 18 insightful, witty, and emotional short stories about climate change. The selected stories are the result of a short story contest run by Eco-fiction.com in the summer of 2014.

Ecopunk! – speculative tales of a radical future (Anthology) edited by Liz Grzyb and Cat Sparks 

Ecopunk! – speculative tales of radical futures contains 19 optimistic tales. Consequently, these solarpunk stories show how humanity can survive and flourish, despite the looming uncertainty from climate change.

Read More About Solarpunk Stories

And, here is further details on solarpunk to help you better understand the guiding philosophies of the movement.

• What is solarpunk? 
• Solarpunk a reference guide
• Explainer: solarpunk or how to be an optimistic radical.

I am also new to this sub-genre but I am excited about the possibilities of optimistic future. Solarpunk stories are exciting.

And, I am currently making my way through Ecopunk! I enjoy reading anthologies but I  tend to read them slowly, no more than one story per day.

Have you read any solarpunk stories or novels? If you have please share your recommendations below.

Until next week, happy reading!