Aug. 12, 2024
Essay: The Sun Machines Cometh
This week:
Please enjoy this hopeful ditty on how we have finally harnessed the sun ☀️ — and how we’re just getting started.
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- Donate to Grid Alternatives to advocate for community-powered solar policy that gets everyone on a clean energy grid (🌎 go global: Donate to GiveDirectly so people have the agency to buy their own solar)
- Volunteer to become a member of the Green Workers Alliance to help ensure the creation and maintenance of well-paying, sustainable green jobs in the clean energy transition.
- Buy solar for your home, company, school district, and/or your town with help from our best friends at Rewiring America.
- 🌏️ Get educated about where your power is coming from with electricityMap.
- Be heard about continuing to expand solar access and ask your representative to support clean energy progress.
- Invest in positive climate action and use your money to fund solar expansion with ATMOS.
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- Edited by Anthony Luciani
- Produced by Willow Beck
- Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com
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