Not content to accept the dictates of a tomorrow ruled by authoritarian states, rapacious corporations, and a despoiled biosphere, solarpunk is an eco-futurist movement which tries to think our way out of catastrophe by imagining a future most people would actually like to live in, instead of ones we should be trying to avoid; a future characterized by a reconciliation between humanity and nature, where technology is utilized for human-centric and eco-centric ends, and where a society driven by hierarchy and competition has given way to one organized on the basis of freedom, equality, and cooperation. Its purpose is to serve as a compelling counter-narrative to the material and ideational conditions which keep us trapped in an authoritarian and ecocidal world where, as Margaret Thatcher put it, “there is no alternative”. From ‘What is Solarpunk?’ by Connor Owens. Artwork was created using https://artbreeder.com Artbreeder app was created by Joel Simon https://www.joelsimon.net/