Solarpunk is a literary genre as it is an aesthetics. It is a movement as well: it envisions a better future and constructs operational strategies to attain it. Solar. Solar is the prime source and symbol of life, solar is the energy alternative to fossil fuels, it is what already is there, and that we must employ in a sustainable and shared fashion in order to survive. Punk. Germs and practice of rebellion. Rejection of the unsustainable, predatory, deadly model of capitalist development.