I am teaching a 6th-8th grade hands-on solarpunk class in the fall. Please help build a reading list of short fiction!
Solarpunk class Public
Created and curated by Sean
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Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers by Wendy Nikel, D.K. Mok, Julia K. Patt, and 1 other
3 stars
Solarpunk is a type of optimistic science fiction that imagines a future founded on renewable energies. The seventeen stories in …
Sean says: - Caught Root (Pratt): talk of passive cooling; living wall design; hybrid plants to conserve water; shifting work schedules with season and time of day; hydro-electric; bioluminescence; . Section VII has a very mild but obvious sex scene, which is important for the plot. Hemingway says Grade 7.
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CatStronauts by Drew Brockington
With national pride and valuable scientific research on the line, the CatStronauts race against the CosmoCats and others to be …
Sean says: Betty says this has absolutely no “science” content. I don’t totally agree, but it’ll be more difficult to pull the physics and engineering ideas out. Probably worth it still, since it’s an engaging, quick, and easy read.
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Sean says: Unfortunately nothing here that resonates with the project
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Sean says: Evidence by Alexis Pauline Gumbs (who Greg told me wrote a great biography of Audre Lorde!) This is a contender for some 8th graders. The fact that one of the narrators is 12 is huge. Would need lots of vocab and syntax support. But probably worth it for the few who persevere.
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Sunvault: Stories of Solarpunk and Eco-Speculation by A. C. Wise
Every story and poem in this optimistic illustrated anthology of “solarpunk and eco-speculation” portrays a future in which environmental disaster …
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Solarpunk: Ecological and Fantastical Stories in a Sustainable World by Romeu Martins, Antonio Luiz M. C. Costa, Gabriel Cantareira, and 5 others
Imagine a sustainable world, run on clean and renewable energies that are less aggressive to the environment. Now imagine humanity …
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And Lately, the Sun by Commando Jugendstil Tales from the EV Studio, Kristen Schroeder, Sofia Mariah, and 19 others
Bushland is burning. The Arctic is shedding ice. And around the world, people are imagining futures which function.
Gritty, graceful, …
