A Block Party Celebration of Creativity,
Climate Action, and Community
📅 May 23rd | 🕙 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM + Evening Film
📍 The Evergreen State College –
Red Square, Purce Hall, Evans Hall Lobby
Solarpunk is a movement including stories, art, and real-world projects that ask a core question:
What if we actually solved the climate crisis —
and built a more just, caring world while we did it?
Instead of dystopias or an apocalyptic collapse, Solarpunk imagines hopeful futures where communities:
- Transition away from fossil fuels to renewables,
- Repair relationships with land, water, and other living things
- Build systems based on cooperation, mutual aid, and justice, and
- Blend appropriate technology with local knowledge and culture
Join us for a day of workshops, food, educational displays, and music.
Help imagine a better future – open to all!
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If you’d like to be involved, you could share your work, table for your organization, or volunteer here.
🌿 About the Event🌿
Evergreen’s theme for the past year has been “Public College, Public Good“, inspired by Washington Monthly‘s ranking it as the best of the 600 liberal arts colleges they evaluated in 2022 for their contributions to the public good, “based on what they do for the country”. We believe that learning, creativity, and collaboration can build a more sustainable and fairer world. We want to celebrate and inspire folks with works not just from Evergreen, but Olympia, Thurston County, and the PNW!
In fashion of Evergreen’s historically beloved “Super Saturday” and the Science Carnival event, throughout the day, there will be:
- 🎤 Interactive workshops & presentations
- Solarpunk displays illustrating William Gibson’s maxim, “The future is already here; it just isn’t evenly distributed.”
- 🎶 Music and performances
- 🖼️ Displays of student research & projects
- 🌮 Food, community spaces, and tabling
🎬 As well as a potential the evening film screening inspired by solarpunk themes.
Whether you’re part of Evergreen or the broader community, this is a space to connect, learn, and imagine better futures together!
🧭 Event Schedule
A full schedule for day-of of workshops, performances, and activities will be available soon this Tuesday May 19th.
| Time | Main Activities | Additional Activities |
| 10:00 – 12:00 PM | Morning Workshops | Tabling Groups Arrive |
| 12:00 – 1:00 PM |
Food and Live Music on Red Square
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Games on Red Square |
| 1:00 – 4:00 PM |
Main Table Activities +
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Games on Red Square & Evergreen Theatre Production: Rumors @2pm in COM Building |
| 6:00 – 8:00 PM | Film Screening |
A few Activities and Workshops to expect!
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- Presentation: Community and HEAT Resilience by TCAT
- Forest Walk & Mindfulness Activity: by Walkabout with Julie
- Presentation & Tabling: Resources on City of Olympia’s Climate programs with Dr. Pamela Braff
- Workshop: “Resilience in Action: Creating Community in Challenging Times for Environmental Education” by Phoebe of ECO-Net
- Workshop: “How to Build with Hempcrete: How Housing can become Decarbonized” with Suneeta of Whatcom Women’s Waves
- Showcase: Evergreen Students’ Electronic Media
- Contribute to solving a solarpunk jigsaw puzzle
- Favorite reading for an optimistic future
- Posters display – “The future is already here – it just isn’t evenly distributed.”
- Presentation & Live Demo: “GIS and Drones for Ecological Research and Good” by Evergreen Faculty Mike Ruth (with live demonstrations at the soccer fields)
- Student Showcase: Master of Environmental Studies (MES) Thesis Proposal Posters.
- Campus Sustainability Tour: New SEM I & Campus Solar Sites with Evergreen Facilities and INTEGRUS Architecture
- Student Showcase: Posters from this years Study Abroad Students
- Student Showcase & Demonstrations: Original Games by The Evergreen Game Design Collective
🌱 Get Involved!
To get involved or get updates, use our sign-up form!
📣 Submit a Workshop, Showcase, or Activity |
🙌 Volunteer for the Event |
🤝 Help Coordinate |
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We’re inviting students, faculty, staff, and community members to share their work! You can submit:
Unsure if your topic is relevant or Solarpunk? |
Help us bring Solarpunk Super Saturday to life! Any area you’d like to help in is welcome! Volunteer roles can include:
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Hosted with the Public Service Centers and supported by a growing network of partners, including:
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FAQs
- Logistics
- Parking – Saturdays parking is free (though we encourage folks to take the bus, bike, or carpool if possible!)
- Navigation – Arrive in Parking Lot B or C, or on the 41 Library Bus Loop. Follow signs to “Red Square” or listen for the music!
- Themes/Presentations
- “I want to present/showcase my work, but I’m not sure if it’s ‘solarpunk’ enough?” – It probably is!
- Who else is part of this?
- Check out our Community Partner Page!
- Dress attire
- Dress however you like! Though for those wanting to have fun with it “Flower Power” (anything floral, bright, or with flowers in hair, etc.) is one theme! This is also an invitation to bring back out your Procession of the Species, or test-run your summer Renaissance Faire outfits! 😀
📧 Contact
Have other questions, ideas, or want to get involved?
Email: climateaction@evergreen.edu
Follow/DM: www.instagram.com/ccasevergreen/
Gallery of Past Iterations & Inspirations (Coming Soon)
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- Pop-up Bike Repair Clinic held on Evergreen’s Red Square in early fall of 2024
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- Students and Staff discuss Coyote & Crow
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- Newest Evergreen Solar Array Display
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- Students and staff engaged in a Coyote & Crow game!