على الرغم من أن التكنولوجيا الشمسية المُستدامة (السولار بانك) ليست جُزء من أيدلوجية سياسية مُحَددة، إلا أنها تدعوا إلى حركة إجتماعية تبتعد عن أشكال الطاقة الملوثة. [8] فتقوم بخلق مساحات يمكن من خلالها استكشاف مبادئ الحركة وإظهارها من خلال تفعيلها في الحياة الواقعية. وذلك عن طريق إنشاء المجتمعات والعيش فيها (مثل القرى البيئية )، وزراعة طعامهم، وأخلاقيات العمل مع ما هو متاح، بما في ذلك التطبيق المدروس للتكنولوجيا. [9][10]
^Thompson, Claire (4 Apr 2022). "Do you believe in climate solutions? You just might be a solarpunk". Fix (بالإنجليزية الأمريكية). Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2022-10-18. For practical inspiration, solarpunk looks to permaculture and Indigenous agriculture, sustainable architecture like Earthships and Arcosanti, as well as the maker movement and DIY culture.
^Reina-Rozo, Juan David (5 Mar 2021). "Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement". International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (بالإنجليزية). 8 (1): 47–60. DOI:10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292. ISSN:1927-9434. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Solarpunk is a movement in speculative fiction, art, fashion, and activism that seeks to answer and embody the question 'what does a sustainable civilization look like, and how can we get there?'
^Anderson-Nathe، Ben؛ Charles، Grant (2 أبريل 2020). "The Radical Potential of the Imaginary". Child & Youth Services. ج. 41 ع. 2: 105–107. DOI:10.1080/0145935X.2020.1789297. ISSN:0145-935X. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-03-06. Solarpunk might be easiest understood as a response to environmental degradation and social conflict that centers hope and possibility rather than futility and despair. It is a relatively new expression and has popped up across genres: in art, literature, and activism.
^ ابJohnson، Isaijah (مايو 2020). ""Solarpunk" & the Pedagogical Value of Utopia". Journal of Sustainability Education. ج. 23. مؤرشف من الأصل في 2023-06-14. "Solar" is itself a reference to solar energy, from photovoltaic cells to passive heating—clean, sustainable, renewable energies with minimal carbon footprint. In the darkness of climate anxiety, solarpunk is a beam of hope showing the way toward a livable future.
^Reina-Rozo, Juan David (5 Mar 2021). "Art, Energy and Technology: the Solarpunk Movement". International Journal of Engineering, Social Justice, and Peace (بالإنجليزية). 8 (1): 47–60. DOI:10.24908/ijesjp.v8i1.14292. ISSN:1927-9434. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. The 'punk' in Solarpunk is about rebellion, counterculture, post-capitalism, decolonialism and enthusiasm. It is about going in a different direction than the mainstream, which is increasingly going in a scary direction.