I saw an effort at trying to systematize solarpunk elsewhere that felt a bit confused, but it reminded me of this. I’m not typically inclined to try to taxonamize everything, but I’ll admit that the appeal definitely isn’t lost on me. This felt useful.
These are useful categories, and “shades” is a good name.
The “now solar” almost fees more like “ancient solar” to me, because 1800’s America, at least in the Appalachian mountains, very much had that kind of jugaad/frugal-engineering vibe. Places with water wheels, front yard gardens, small windmills, compost, wells, rainwater systems, and lots of clever wooden hacks. With a general style a little bit like this place