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soilpunk

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • General-American: /ˈsɔɪl.pʌŋk/
  • General-American: /ˈsɔɪ̯ɫ.pʌŋk/

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noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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History

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".