Can Solarpunk Save Us?
Illustration for the 2022 printed issue of gal-dem zine
Words by Eilidh Akilade
𝘈 𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘶𝘣𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘧𝘶𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘸𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭, 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥.
𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳-𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 '𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬', 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 - 𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘩𝘪𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘴.
𝘐𝘯 𝘴𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘪𝘵𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘺, 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 '𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘬' 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘮, 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯.
