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