Lunarpunk Futures: Kitchens

Kitchens that grow the food you eat; whether its fresh greens, algae lamps, kefir grains, sprouts, or freshly grown mushrooms.

Tea kettles that redirect steam to cook part of your meal.

You feed the coffee grounds from your shatterproof french press to your growing mushrooms.

Lights that don’t need to be plugged in or use bulbs because you rely on solar pot lights and bio-luminescent rods inspired by lightning bugs and bio-luminescent bacteria.

The electricity you do use is minimal and wind or solar powered.

Your pantry is stocked with package free lightweight shatter proof jars of bulk goods you picked up at your local market down the street, freshly dried herbs, diy pickled foods, and things you are storing for winter.

Your refrigerator holds separate compartments complete with sprouting trays, ice creation, water dispenser with charcoal filter, and cells of varying sizes to hang or chill certain veggies.

Your kitchen table does double duty with the middle section replaced with freshly growing plants.

Water is collected into a gray water system for reuse in your garden.

You do not have a traditional ‘trash’ can. Instead, you have a bokashi system for veggie scraps that you put on your garden once a month to help your root veggies grow. Since items are completely reusable those things you do have never need to be recycled. You no longer require a bin in your kitchen. A small bin sits in your garage for things that will be repurposed or traded later instead.