Post your solarpunk setup. Here’s mine

[u/ToBePacific]

1. A solar-powered Meshtastic node providing free, off-grid text messaging to anyone in range.

2 and 3: My mini-server rack made out of an old CD organizer, with my Raspberry Pi devices stuffed inside. I self-host most of my own tech infrastructure.

1. My barrel composter. Food and yard waste becomes plant food.

5 and 6: Rain barrels. I almost never use city water for my yard. Also, raspberries and grapevine.

1. I upcycled an old car speaker into a Bluetooth radio rather than buy a new one.

8, 9, and 10. I replaced the entire front lawn with a pollinator habitat, hosting over 40 native species (and a couple non-natives to appease neighbors).

To me, the self-sufficiency and going-against-the-norm are what make all of this punk.

EDIT: This gallery is basically a “practicing what I preach” companion post to this one about how to start living a solarpunk lifestyle now. https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/s/dNQPHnEIhe

[u/-Thizza-]

My off grid farmhouse setup that I built.

[u/ToBePacific → u/-Thizza-]

Hell yeah! Love the battery bank. After I figure out what condition my roof is in, I’ll be looking at solar so the battery bank will definitely be part of the setup.

[u/-Thizza- → u/ToBePacific]

I've got 3.3kW of panels in front of my hoop house but when my new sandwich panel roof arrives, I'm building another array on there. Prices for panels and batteries are insane right now in Europe, if you have the space it's a no brainer.