How solarpunk can help us rewild our lives

Ana Sun, Susan Kaye Quinn

The Ecological Citizen Vol 8 No 2 2025: 186–92 [epub-139]

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Abstract

This paper discusses the mindset shift that the genre of solarpunk embraces: that nature is talking and, if we want to live sustainably on the planet, we need to learn to listen. Solarpunk stories help us see our relation to nature differently – as porous beings, hosts and beneficiaries of entire microscopic communities, intimately intertwined with our environment. Solarpunk stories can help us to decentre ourselves, shift our perspectives and re-imagine what it means to relinquish control and reconnect with nature.

Keywords

Ecological empathy, Societal change, Sustainability, Values

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