Pittsburgh, PA, Thursday, May 29th, 2025
Join us on May 29th from 1-6pm at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for an afternoon full of art, fun, and a hopeful vision of our future.
Join us at the 2025 event in Pittsburgh
At SolarPunk Future 2025, attendees will immerse themselves in a dynamic fusion of interactive art exhibits, mesmerizing performances, thought-provoking discussions, and a sustainability-focused job fair. Whether you’re an eco-enthusiast, a tech aficionado, or simply intrigued by a greener tomorrow, there’s an experience tailored just for you.
This visionary collaboration brings together a coalition of organizations committed to sustainability.
Join us at Solar Punk Futures 2025
Be part of the event! You can table, sponsor, donate, or all three!
Tabling
Interested in tabling at our event? Apply by May 1st, slots are limited and a space is not guaranteed.
Sponsor
If you’re interested in sponsoring our event, check out our Sponsorship Package!
Donate
If you enjoy Solarpunk Future, please consider making a donation to help make it happen every year!
Organized by:
ReImagine Jobs, Geek Art/Green Innovators, New Sun Rising, Communitopia, involveMINT, The Climate Reality Project, The Breathe Project, and The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund
Sponsored by:
Pittsburgh Regional Transit, Duquesne Light, ReImagine Appalachia, Green Mountain Energy, The Climate Reality Project, The League of Women Voters, FracTracker Alliance, and The Breathe Project.
Foundation support provided by the Heinz Endowments.
Photos from previous years!
Meet Our Team
Christine Bethea of Geek Art / Green Innovators (GA/GI)
Geek Art/Green Innovators (GA/GI) was a ground-breaking, wildly successful, and award winning celebration of Art, Tech, and Sustainability in Pittsburgh. Created by artist and Creative Strategist, Christine Bethea, GA/GI was held on Penn Ave annually for ten years showcasing hundreds of artists, inventors, and scientists and dozens of university eco & tech programs from the southwestern Pennsylvania region and beyond. Now Team GA/GI and Ms. Bethea, as the event’s Arts Chair, has joined ReImagine Jobs, a leader in sustainable initiatives to celebrate the possibilities of a cleaner and greener Pittsburgh.
Nina Gibbs of Most Wanted Fine Art
Nina Gibbs is an accomplished and energetic professional with more than 20 years of experience in the fast-paced arena of fundraising and community engagement across classes and cultures. Nina has a proven track record of achieving exceptional results in grant writing, individual giving, corporate giving, volunteer recruitment, and event planning. Nina and her arts organization, Most Wanted Fine Art, have been honored as a “40 under 40” by Pittsburgh magazine, “Community Development Award” from Pittsburgh Community Reinvestment Group, “Power of Work Award” from Goodwill of Southwestern PA, and “Best Art Gallery for Local Artists” 2014-2017 by Pittsburgh City Paper readers.
The Breathe Project
The Breathe Collaborative is a coalition of citizens, environmental advocates, public health professionals and academics working to improve air quality, eliminate climate pollution and make our region a healthy and prosperous place to live. The Collaborative powers the Breathe Project through science-based work and a community outreach platform. We use the best available science and technology to better understand the quality of the air we breathe and provide opportunities for citizens to engage and take action.
Communitopia
Communitopia envisions a world where solution-based climate change education has transformed community thought and practice resulting in empowered and healthy local communities. We exist to provide transformative climate change education that develops today’s climate leaders and advances equitable solutions.
involveMint
involveMINT’s mission is to make visible, recognize, and provide resources to reinforce patterns of living that contribute to social and environmental well-being in our communities.
The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania Citizen Education Fund
The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania encourages informed and active participation in government, works to increase understanding of major public policy issues, and influences public policy through education and advocacy. Through research and advocacy, the League seeks to encourage Pennsylvanians to actively participate in government.
New Sun Rising
New Sun Rising believes that everyone has the potential to make a positive change. Some people strengthen culture by creating a greater sense of connections and shared purpose, honoring diverse experiences and traditions, making everyone feel valued and open to possibility. Others promote environmental sustainability, ensuring that natural resources are respected and protected for the well-being of current and future generations. While some provide economic opportunity for all, through access to good jobs, education, and entrepreneurship. It is at this intersection of culture, sustainability, and opportunity that Vibrant Communities exist. New Sun Rising promotes this vision by serving as a trusted partner with nonprofits, social enterprises, collaboratives, and investors. Our services enhance their effectiveness through capacity building, accessible funding, and data advocacy. We are guided by our core value commitments to an equitable & inclusive society by using adaptive processes centered in asset-based practices. In 2019, New Sun Rising established the Vibrant Communities Framework to help people ignite, launch, and grow community development efforts in the Pittsburgh region and beyond.
The Climate Reality Project
Kelly, Josephine, and Jason are Climate Reality’s regional team of organizers. They are supporting Solarpunk Future in a logistical capacity. This team spends most of their time on Climate Reality’s Petrochemical and Pollutions campaign to fight for a cleaner future in the Ohio River Valley, and coordinate a variety of green jobs programming for ReImagine Jobs.
What is solar punk future?
Solarpunk is an art, literature, and political movement juxtaposed in opposition to the cyberpunk concept of the future. While cyberpunk often depicts a postapocalyptic, dystopian and disconnected future, solarpunk imagines a community-led, sustainable future that offers a hopeful alternative to the uptick in climate-doomism circulating in social media. Solarpunk provides us a goal to work towards together.
To learn more about Solarpunk, check out EARTH.ORG.
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Join us on May 29th from 1-6pm at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center for an afternoon full of art, fun, and a hopeful vision of our future.
