Part 3: Sustainability Pioneers: It Takes a Village
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Balcombe people celebrating their first solar installation. Photo by Malachi Chadwick
Sustainability Pioneers “It Takes a Village” is a story about community power. Sustainability Pioneers visits two communities, Butler in Pennsylvania and Balcombe in the UK. In Balcombe, oil and gas industry wants to drill and frack, and in Butler, the shale gas development is in full swing. In both places, some local have visions for a different kind of a future.
Also in this episode, Josh Roberts, an environmental lawyer from Client Earth talks about community power. Community power is a new energy system based on renewable energy that benefits the largest number of people.
This episode is part of a series entitled
Sustainability Pioneers
Short documentaries on the transition to renewable energy and sustainable living by filmmaker Kirsi Jansa
Documentary Filmmaker
Kirsi Jansa
Kirsi Jansa is a documentary filmmaker and a journalist specializing in environment, health and sustainability.
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