Description
Since June 2022, we have been building and sharing the vision of Solarpunk Nomadism: an expansive ecosystem with three core elements:
- Solarpunk Nomads: Nomadic changemakers utilizing zero-carbon emission vehicles—such as EV vans, EV bikes, and sailboats—powered by renewable energies.
- Solarpunk Hubs: Community third spaces where local residents collaborate on climate action and adaptation initiatives.
- Solarpunk Safe Places: Regional community centers for solarpunk nomads, situated in areas resilient to climate change.
All the vehicles we create are community-owned and are employed to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable and climate-resilient society.
WHO ARE THE SOLARPUNK NOMADS
Changemakers, dreamers, and builders who live nomadic or semi-nomadic lifestyles using zero-carbon emission vehicles - such as EV vans, EV bikes, sailboats or even traveling on foot- powered by renewable energy.
🚐 🛰️These nomads stay constantly connected to the internet through satellite connections and are proactive in forging a Solarpunk society.
☀️🗣️ They are the storytellers and primary catalysts of a society where technology and ecological wisdom converge to craft a brighter future for all.
UPDATES & CONTINUATIONS
These are all our active projects, your contribution will enable us to build this and much more.
🔜The first land based project of SPN was officially activated.
FOLC is our first Solarpunk Hub, a third place located in Northern Italy that will act as:
-research center for Climate Adaptation
-forest farm for testing regenerative agriculture practices
-third place to run trainings and events
We are looking for funds to build & activate:
-electric tools including a chainsaw, trimmer, shredder
-biodiversity research equipment including a set of wildlife cameras, a bird recording station
-solar energy setup + power station to recharge electrical tools and research equipment
-native trees, fruit trees and berry shrubs planting activities
-soil amendment activities
-solar-powered electric fence for the farming area
-professional, solar-powered tented outdoor classroom
-workforce
First concept art of the development of the property of 3.7 acres plus recent pictures of food production, clean-ups, land management and first tests:
🔜 A bamboo expedition bike in Uganda with the aim of doing Climate Advocacy in southern Uganda, in collaboration with Comrades to Youths
The Bamboo Bike is taking shape and the upcoming expedition in Uganda as well!
More updates in the next months.
🔜 Alpine and foraging e-bike: a special electric vehicle for exploring the Alpine regions, connecting regional Solarpunk projects and supporting the works at the Solarpunk Folc hub in Italy.
The frame has been bought and basic accessories have been mounted.
We are looking for funds to complete it with a four seasons tent, portable solar oven, foldable solar panels, power station and multifunction cargo trailer.
This is our first Solarpunk Nomads Vehicle developed in Italy!
🔜 The Solarpunk Board Educational Game has taken shape!
While this is just the beginning of a multiyear project co-financed by the European Union, we are happy to share that we have brought the game to many events all over Europe and have play-tested it multiple times.
This initiative wants to create an educational game that focuses on envisioning sustainable futures, in particular on the sustainable competence of Future Literacy. The project is being co-developed with Zavod Erea based in Slovenia. This is an extra project for SPN, necessary to delve deeper in the world of Climate Education and of European grants.
🔜 The opening of the 2nd Route for Solarpunk Nomads, from the Backwaters of Kerala to the Himalayas of Ladakh only with local public transport, no flights. 4500 kilometers planned.
The route will be opened by one of our founders and another friend of the project with the objective of tracing a route between green projects and regenerative initiatives of India.
The end will be Ladakh, considered the third pole of the world due to its ice fields containing the largest reserve of freshwater outside the polar regions. Solarpunk Nomads is currently researching the possibility of running a local project there. Get in touch with us if interested in joining or meeting us!
🔜Three (two completed) Solarpunk World Building workshops, online or in real life, co-creating spaces where participants are brought to an immersive solarpunk reality and invited to craft their own vision of the future.
🔜Develop an Interactive Map of the Future featuring Nomads, Safe Places, Routes and Tribes. [2024]
🔜 Build the Solarpunk Nomads DApp to assist traveling changemakers in:
-monitoring and reducing CO2 emissions [2024]
-accessing community vehicles and safe places [2024]
-leveraging regenerative activities at the local level [2025]
ACTIVELY EXPLORING, RESEARCHING…
💡A network of solar powered recharge stations, testing area in Nigeria with Switch Electric.
💡A project in Ladakh, India to increase the Climate Change resilience of the local population. The region of Ladakh is considered the third pole of the world due to its ice fields containing the largest reserve of freshwater outside the polar regions.
Reaching soon in September for the field visit phase.
💡A Solarpunk cargo bike in South Africa made with recycled plastic transporting a recycling station to local communities to recycle plastic on the spot and educate about the reprocess of resources. The project is currently under study, more updates coming at the end of 2024.
💡A solarpunk cargo bike in Latin America in collaboration with Web3Beach, assisting a local changemaker in reforestation and beautification activities in the city of Lima.
This initiative is on hold due to security reasons on the field. More updates in the next few months!
WHAT WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR [2024]
Update on all that was done since the start of the year 2024.
✔️Our first Solarpunk Camp in the Alps was a success. For 11 days, 6 friends from the Solarpunk Nomads community imagined the future of the alpine region together and also tested various types of Solarpunk alpine setup.
A diary will soon be published with all the insights from the participants!
✔️Two Solarpunk World Building workshops, online, co-creating spaces where participants are brought to an immersive solarpunk reality and invited to craft their own vision of the future.
Announcement: https://x.com/Earthbasedsoul/status/1794017129898848429
✔️ Side quest in Sweden to open the way of the creation of a safe place in Scandinavia, May 2024.
One of our co-founder spent two periods in Scandinavia in the last months to create the first connections needed to initiate the process of creating a Solarpunk Nomads project in Northern Europe.
✔️ The Climate Tracker tool to help regenerators monitor and improve their individual Climate Change Resilience. [2023] Test your Climate Resilience now HERE!
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✔️ Upgrade of the Nomad Hub thanks to our help of our designer from Mexico Adriana, with new sections showcasing:
-European Solar Bike
-The E-Tuk Tuk
-The Solarpunk Nomads Routes
✔️ GAIA, an AI infused with Solarpunk ideals and human creativity. GAIA is more than just a chatbot; it's a beacon guiding us towards a sustainable future, fostering innovation, connecting minds, and inspiring collective action. Test the 1st version HERE!
WHAT WE HAVE BUILT SO FAR [2022-2023]
Solarpunk Nomads started in May 2022. These are all the projects we have completed in the last 2 years.
✔️Completed a European Tour of Solarpunk World Building IRL workshops with events happening in London, Amsterdam and Berlin (+India few months before with 2 events)
✔️ The first version of the Nomad Hub, a gamified digital platform where:
-you can explore the world of Solarpunk Nomads
-you can discover the first ever Solarpunk Nomads Vehicles
-you have access to the tools of the nomads, including the Nomad Fund, Solarpunk World Building, and in the future, the Climate Tracker and G.AI.A chatbot.
-you can see how we manage the funds of the project
✔️Completed a revision of the Solarpunk Nomadism digital guidebook.
✔️Launched Solarpunk World Building, generating over 900k views in 5 months and over 1000 AI artworks.
✔️Opened the first Solarpunk Nomads Route by riding the first Solarpunk camper bike for over 1500 kilometers from Italy to Belgium, testing the set-up from Southern Europe to Northern Europe.
✔ ️ Completed the set-up of the electric Tuk Tuk in India, to be used for education activities and expeditions to document Climate Change.
✔ ️Completed the setup of the first solarpunk E-bike, now stationed in central Europe.
✔️ Established a social treasury for nomads in need (Nomad Fund).
✔️ Kickstarted this new concept from scratch.
✔️ Created over 50 original visual artifacts in collaboration with artists.
✔️ Built an ongoing virtual art exhibition about Solarpunk Nomadism (https://spatial.io/s/Solarpunk-Nomads-exhibition-6315b520c490500001340a6b?share=4245792330981123574).
✔️ Co-founded the Solarpunk Guild, a collective that supports SP-inspired projects
TEAM
🐻 Marco: Solarpunk Nomad in passion with education, electrification and Climate Activism.
Marco can be found in other Climate Infrastructure projects like All For Climate and Climate Coordination Network
🌍 Earthbasedsoul: wildlife biologist and visionary changemaker. Founder of Hyperchange.xyz, passionate about sailing, mushroom foraging and baking pizza.
IMPACT AND CLIMATE
Solarpunk Nomads is a complex, multilevel project aimed at igniting a movement of nomadic Change Makers dedicated to building a brighter, sustainable future for all. Our methodology is rooted in action, translating into the implementation of a myriad of climate solutions and initiatives across the globe, all implemented in direct collaboration with local actors.
Our direct climate impact can be divided into:
- the development and deployment of carbon neutral camper vehicles that can be used for free to actively lower greenhouse gas emissions
-the establishment of Solarpunk routes that promote sustainable mobility and reduced carbon footprints from sustainable travel.
-the creation of third places such as Safe Places and Solarpunk Hubs, which are essential in order to activate local communities on Climate Adaptability & Action and to provide support to traveling Solarpunk Nomads.
In addition to these tangible actions, we recognize the significant indirect climate impact of our educational and cultural initiatives. These projects include workshops, public art exhibitions, long term trainings and financing of artists.
While these impacts are not easily measured by traditional metrics like carbon sequestration, they are crucial for long-term change. For these initiatives, we utilize the Green Comp Framework developed by the European Union, which helps us track the development of sustainability competences among participants.
Through this dual approach, combining direct climate actions with educational and cultural efforts, Solarpunk Nomads strives to create a solid and enduring impact on the path to a sustainable future.
Our detailed impact, including the summary of the climate impact over the past year and all the metrics we actively track, can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14S86ujLQIswhWsdi-hHjN28OJ5MksNbALutSUZBJb5o/edit?usp=sharing
How do we reduce GHGs and why are an important core infrastructure of web3 climate:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E9JHRkGSCSSKHw04NMV20PXnTXuF-UvcMHYHpA6VXeo/edit?usp=sharing
WHY IS SOLARPUNK NOMADISM A CLIMATE SOLUTION?
🌳 Promotes sustainable mobility, electrification, renewables adoption and climate resilience through Educational Workshops, Real Life Prototypes and the building of innovative web2/web3 tools
🌳 Leverages nomadism to promote the Solarpunk vision
🌳 Helps changemakers to increase their personal Climate Change Resilience and to maintain functionality in challenging times
🌳 Helps to reduce the carbon footprint of various types of communities
🌳 Promotes minimalism and a rethinking of lifestyle toward sustainability and Climate Resilience.
🌳 Facilitates low carbon IRL connections between changemakers, projects, events
SCALABILITY & TIMELINE
Since the beginning of the project we have been building seriously following hard deadlines. This process has been proven effective and the amount of projects completed demonstrates that.
Methodology & Strategy
We are guided by the principles of Public Goods and Open Source, always open to collaborating with other regenerative projects. This approach ensures that the knowledge generated by our project can be utilized and scaled by others.
To maintain our momentum, we have set the following key growth goals:
We aim to double the amount of Solarpunk Camper Vehicles designed and produced every year.
We aim to increase the number of Solarpunk Hubs made every year (first one in 2024)
We aim to activate in 2026 the first Solarpunk Safe Place and to keep building them steadily.
We aim to keep building and running a minimum (3 to start) amount of educational initiatives & tools every year.
We aim to keep building and running a minimum (3 to start) amount of educational workshops and trainings every year.
To be mentioned, we have started in 2024 to actively explore the diversification of our income with European Union Climate grants, with the idea of broadening the support system of the project.
Backed by numbers
Solarpunk Nomads has been built so far with resources coming solely from our donors and for pure non profit reasons.
Our completed projects can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IgDnkLnDmdU4ZpkOq1S8pOvR16ireN56HKx4nGYKG2Y/edit?usp=sharing
Our project finances can be found here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kSctzK495e45S60Zb-VEYzBTYP8MYFmUXkjga7qdTEM/edit?usp=sharing
Timeline
Always updated project Roadmap https://www.canva.com/design/DAF23g9jHNQ/cwqkjtFHuHL6TFZ49KwpHg/edit?utm_content=DAF23g9jHNQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link2&utm_source=sharebutton