The two main issues I see are:

• In any kind of anarchist system, the need for financial capital is replaced by a need for social capital. It’s easy to tell people “jUsT go TaLk To YoUr NeIgHbOrS” and hard for many people to do. There should be room in society still for people who don’t feel like talking

• Locally grown and unprocessed foods with unpredictable taste and texture

If you see any more problems or solutions then you can comment them below

EDIT: I tried to delete this post but I don’t really know how. I deleted it but it still shows up. Sry for the bad post

EDIT 2: I guess I will undelete if it’s going to show up on the feed either way

They have a lot of educational articles and resources available on the museum’s website

Hello, I am looking for recommendations and examples of Polarpunk in various forms of media.

My favorite one so far is the village of Hope Town in Tom Rob Smith’s sci-fi novel Cold People, but I am struggling to think of others.

Any Polarpunk music recommendations are welcome here as well!

This just felt like a combo of Polarpunk/Lunarpunk to me. 💜

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