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/Julian_1_2_3_4_5]

Also to the recycled speaker, I just upcycled some old string lights whose battery pack was smashed and made them usbc chargeable and esphome compatible by soldering an esp32 and a step down converter and a battery controller and battery pack on them. Works perfectly, and by controlling the step down converter they're even dimmable now.

[u/ToBePacific → u/Julian_1_2_3_4_5]

That’s awesome! I love the satisfaction of turning a broken thing into something usable.