Welcome to the new community for Polarpunk! Here are some initial thoughts about what Polarpunk might look like, feel free to add anything you can think of.
- “Solarpunk in winter”
- Life in cold regions
- Learning from indigenous survival technologies
- Solar energy is unavailable for much of the year but they will use it when it is available
- Heavy geothermal energy use (and wind)
- Huddling together to keep warm
- Less outward expression of conflict as they have to get along for at least the winter before travel is possible, so mental privacy is paramount
- Not low tech but slow tech. They will only adapt tech that is proven to work in their extreme climate and is worth the cost of getting it there
- Use it up, wear it out, recycle elements
- Seasonal ways of life are completely different
- Summer is for outdoor work, prepping, shipping supplies, and travel; more individualistic
- Winter is for rest, with traditions, festivals, holidays, music and art to keep spirits up; more communal
- Importance of survival over all so a conservative approach to risk taking
- How to be solarpunk in adversarial political, social, or weather climates
- Death rites are well established and can be relied on, as nature can be adversarial
- We and the animals are no different, respect for their life and death and being
- Low expectations (it’s okay for a community member to spend all winter in bed; only if they are depressed and unproductive in summer is it cause for concern)
- Batteries and food are stored underground
- A “survival mode” that solarpunks and lunarpunks can also tap into if faced with natural disasters or scarcity
- Caves with SAD lamps
- Villages, not cities
- Train tunnel to Solarpunk land
- Helps Lunarpunk plan off-world survival in space
- Covered walkways/pedestrian tunnels help with being carfree in bad weather
- Accomodating of lateness/work from home/pajamas
- Maximum coziness
- Protecting and appreciating the icy climate and fighting to save it
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