Solarpunk street art
A solarpunk mural in an unusual spot, plus nine protopian videos and articles as part of our regular round-up of solarpunky stuff
Imagine walking along the road and seeing an artwork portraying your community in a solarpunk future on a piece of public infrastructure. Well the lucky residents of Boise, Idaho don’t need to imagine! They can see just such a piece of art thanks to our solarpunk sister Same Henze. We interviewed Sam before about her comic ‘Bounty Hunter Solarfunk’ which you can read here.
She has created ‘Solarpunk Boise’, a mural covering a traffic box at 12th St & W Main St, SE Corner. In Sam’s own words;
“Solarpunk portrays vibrant, optimistic spaces where communities work together and use renewable technologies to thrive. Solarpunk Boise imagines what our city could look like. Flora has been added to buildings and green energy tech is shown in the background and a community garden is in focus for the foreground. Through this project, I invite Boiseans to join me in envisioning a future that honors both our people and the environment.”
You can see an Instagram video here where Sam talks more about why she made this piece and what it means to her. To find out more about Sam herself check out her Instagram and website.
Would you like to see more public art like this? Do you know of any other examples of solarpunk street art that you can share with us? Let us know in the comments below.
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Links
From solarpunk cities and fashion to Denmark's renewable energy success. Below are some of our favourite recent protopian things to share.
This country SWITCHED to SOLAR in 1 YEAR - Pinpin, Solar Punk
SOLARPUNK cities® Video Almere - SOLARPUNK cities®
In neighbors we trust: Commitment pools can help rebuild monetary systems from the ground up - Solarpunk Nerding Club
Making 2030 // building futures with our hands still dirty - London School of Solarpunk aka LSoS
Solarpunk isn’t coming. It’s already here. - Mike Jones in Resilient Tomorrow
How we get to a Solarpunk Future by 2036 - Jessica Friday in Connectioning
Passion For Fashion| Solarpunk 👯♀️♻️💐| Fashion Week - Hollie Would
Solarpunk - ColourNext 2026 @ India Design ID - ColourNext
How Denmark’s wind and solar investments shield it from global energy turmoil – PBS NewsHour
Solar’s hidden problem (and how to solve it) DW - DW Planet A
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Alex Holland
Founder, SolarPunk Stories
Fantastic.
What a happy little future moment!