History Main / SolarPunk

** As of ''Neon Dysnasty'', the Japanese inspired setting of Kamigawa has progressed technologically to CyberPunk levels. However, spirits and nature are respected and dpiplomats are actually used to negociate the will of kami in regards to technology.

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Compare to PastoralScienceFiction. In some ways SolarPunk has looped back to a version of the CrystalSpiresAndTogas that CyberPunk was originally rebelling against in the first place.

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* ''WesternAnimation/{{Droners}}: Solar panels, holographic screens and remote-controlled drones coexist alongside wooden buildings, stone statues, boats made from giant conchs and wind turbines embedded into the scenery. Many characters show strong environmental concern and conflict regularly arises from the fact that some drone manufacturers do not care that they use polluting technology.

* [[http://www.philipsibbering.com/wh40k/03-ecopolis.shtml The Ecorium concept]] of Philip Sibbering's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fanfiction, or at least their "present day" M41 incarnation, are a dark deconstruction of this trope, illustrating how the basic principles of Solarpunk can easily serve dystopic ends. They are sustainable environments run entirely by renewable energies, designed to meet every community need... which are sealed away completely from the outside world in colossal, Gothic structures to prevent nuclear attack. Most of their inhabitants eke out a dismal existence reminiscent of medieval peasants, and it's explicitly stated that the vast, vast majority of their inhabitants [[CityInABottle will never see the Sun, or even go outside]] unless [[FromBadToWorse they're conscripted]] into the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]]. Considering the fact that they were conceived at least a decade before the Solarpunk manifesto of 2014, (and their first mention on his site being in 2007) it might even be an UnbuiltTrope.\\

Interestingly enough, however, [[https://philipsibbering.com/2020/01/solar-punk/ Sibbering himself discussed the relationship of Solarpunk and the Ecorium]] in response to ThisVeryEntry, noting how Dark Age of Technology-era Ecoriums were much closer to vanilla Solarpunk before the Age of Strife and the rise of the Imperium of Man, and that early incarnations of them in fact had elaborate facades and even rooftop gardens.

* [[http://www.philipsibbering.com/wh40k/03-ecopolis.shtml Ecoriums]] of Philip Sibbering's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fanfiction are a dark subversion of this trope. They are sustainable environments run entirely by renewable energies, designed to meet every community need... which are sealed away completely from the outside world in colossal, Gothic structures to prevent nuclear attack. Most of their inhabitants eke out a dismal existence reminiscent of medieval peasants, and it's explicitly stated that the vast, vast majority of their inhabitants [[CityInABottle will never see the Sun, or even go outside]] unless [[FromBadToWorse they're conscripted]] into the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]]. Considering the fact that they were conceived years before the Solarpunk manifesto of 2014, it might even be an UnbuiltTrope.

* ''WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}}'': The city of Zootopia itself fits the aesthetic with its beautiful architecture, sprawling design and districts environmentally controlled through advanced civil engineering. Although the perfect {{utopia}}n aspect of this trope is somewhat {{subverted}}, as it turns out to be [[RealityEnsues a real city with real social issues like prejudice, stereotyping and political corruption.]]

Compare to PastoralScienceFiction.

*** Averted, however, by [[MeaningfulName Oreburgh Town]], one of the first settlements you visit in the Sinnoh games, whose economy relies almost completely on coal mining operations, which is even maintained by the local Gym Leader. This is the natural antithesis to Solar Punk.

* This is present in ''VideoGame/{{AnnoDomini}}'', specifically Anno 2070, where the Eden Initiative is an Eco-Faction with the main goal of achieving what essentially amounts to Solarpunk.

*** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] by [[MeaningfulName Oreburgh Town]], one of the first settlements you visit in the Sinnoh games, whose economy relies almost completely on coal mining operations, which is even maintained by the local Gym Leader. This is the natural antithesis to Solar Punk.

** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Futurism Neo-Futurism]] is current popular art movement are main inspirations along (Neo)-Art Nouveau, Neo-Victorian with Asian/African arts.

* At the end of ''Film/TheOne'', [[spoiler: Gabe Law is sent to an idyllic world with a green civilization where he meets the dimensional counterpart of his wife, whom had been killed over the course of the film.]]

* In Marge Piercy’s ''Woman on the Edge of Time'', the future which protagonist Consuelo has the most contact with is the one in which the seemingly utopian (although the inhabitants admit that there are flaws in the system, and they haven’t eliminated war or capital punishment) community of Mattapoisett, which blends small-scale agrarianism with advanced green tech, exists. Oh, and there’s a war going on against a horrific (if [[TakeOurWordForIt only vaguely outlined]]) dystopia.

Other aspects of Solarpunk include a quasi-{{Utopia}}n setting, usually TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, with the occasional CrystalSpiresAndTogas and even sometimes {{Beast M|an}}en ([[BioAugmentation Bio(-genetic) engineered]] or not) to add weirdness or other unwanted proposed elements. Like the Tumblr community that fostered the genre, Solarpunk also tends to feature a high level of cultural awareness, gender equality, self-expression, and artfulness. Likely to combine lighter and more utopic versions of [[BioPunk Biopunk]], [[OceanPunk Oceanpunk]] and [[TheSkyIsanOcean Skypunk]] themes, randomly set in the near/far future (rarely in the far past), with [[MagicalRealism realistic]] [[ScienceFantasy (sci-)fantastic]] elements. Solarpunk works usually believe in ScienceIsGood, as the marriage of nature and technology is what leads to such a utopic setting.

* "Miles Past Xanadu" by Matt Stephens is focused almost exclusively on a sub-culture of people who leave the cities of a near-ruined world to restore the ecosystem on their own, supporting themselves and creating communities of their own according to a far more Solarpunk philosophy.

* [[http://www.philipsibbering.com/wh40k/03-ecopolis.shtml Ecoriums]] of Philip Sibbering's ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'' fanfiction are a dark subversion of this trope. They are sustainable environments run entirely by renewable energies, designed to meet every community need... which are sealed away completely from the outside world in colossal, Gothic structures to prevent nuclear attack. Most of their inhabitants live a dismal existence reminiscent of medieval peasants, and it's explicitly stated that the vast, vast majority of their inhabitants [[CityInABottle will never see the Sun, or even go outside]] unless [[FromBadToWorse they're conscripted]] into the [[RedshirtArmy Imperial Guard]]. Considering the fact that they were conceived years before the Solarpunk manifesto of 2014, it might even be an UnbuiltTrope.

* In the ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' story ''Coraline: Invasion of Portland'', it's revealed that the city of UsefulNotes/{{Portland}}, Oregon in the Coreline universe was transformed by the Vanishing into a forest-like city. This was also done as a nod to the city's real life progressivism on environmental issues.

* In the ''Coreline'' story ''Coreline: Invasion of Portland'', it's revealed that the city of Portland, Oregon in the Coreline universe was transformed by the Vanishing into a forest-like city. This was also done as a nod to the city's real life progressivism on environmental issues.