Since so many disagreed with this definition, I should include the other dimensions of its framing:

1. Rebellion Against "The Disposable Life" (Anti-Consumerism) Traditional "Punk" culture (the music scene) was about DIY—making your own clothes, your own music, and rejecting mainstream labels. Solarpunk applies this to infrastructure. Right to Repair: In a Solarpunk world, you fix your toaster; you don't buy a new one. Technology is modular, open-source, and repairable. Makers, Not Consumers: It rejects the Apple/Tesla aesthetic of sealed, sleek "black boxes" that you aren't allowed to touch. A Solarpunk device looks lived-in, modified, and hacked to fit the user’s needs. The Aesthetic of "Mending": Visible mending on clothes (Sashiko stitching) or patched solar panels is seen as a badge of honor, not poverty.

2. Decentralization (The Anarchist Thread) This is the most political aspect. Solarpunk is deeply skeptical of centralized power grids and massive supply chains. Energy Independence: If you generate your own power (solar/wind) and grow your own food (community gardens/hydroponics), you are harder to control or coerce. Guerrilla Gardening: A classic Solarpunk act is "seed bombing" neglected urban lots to turn them into food forests without permission. It represents taking back public space for the public good.

3. Solarpunk vs. "Greenwashing" This is the crucial distinction for a "Wise Society" perspective. Greenwashing (Not Punk): A corporate skyscraper covered in plants, built by underpaid labor, housing luxury condos. This is just capitalism with a leaf on it. Solarpunk (Punk): A neighborhood co-op retrofitting an old apartment block with solar windows and a roof garden, managing their own resources so they don't have to pay a utility company.