English Explanatory Dictionary

soilpunk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A literary, artistic, and social movement focusing on a utopian future achieved through the use of earth-conscious activities such as microbiome hacking, rewilding, soil remediation, and other DIY permaculture techniques, with a focus on collectivism and constructive optimism about the environment and climate change.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɔɪl.pʌŋk/ /ˈsɔɪ̯ɫ.pʌŋk/

Word forms

soilpunk soilpunks

Etymology

From soil + -punk, by analogy with cyberpunk, coined by DIY permaculture, ecology, architecture, and fiction magazine Tractor Beam in its debut Spring 2025 issue, "Generation".

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on S Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary