Conversations in Solarpunk, Climate Fiction, and Futurisms

By its nature, no one person defines solarpunk and it evolves as people join the movement. It tends towards interconnectedness, justice, mutualism, library economies, technology aligned with Nature, creating trajectories towards diverse futures, community-building, and is antithetical to fossil fuel extraction, uber-capitalism, racism, authoritarianism, fascism and the like. As a genre, solarpunk spans all other genres. In this session, four noted and diverse authors join together to discuss climate fiction, solarpunk, and futurisms. Collectively, they are members of the Climate Fiction Writers League, have written solarpunk and futurist fiction and nonfiction, and edited acclaimed anthologies in these genres. In the spirit of solarpunk and mutuality, they will ask one another questions about the work and co-create the session, weaving in examples from their work.