This week:
Please enjoy this hopeful ditty on how we have finally harnessed the sun ☀️ — and how we’re just getting started.
Here's What You Can Do:
• Donate to Grid Alternatives (https://gridalternatives.org/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) to advocate for community-powered solar policy that gets everyone on a clean energy grid (🌎 go global: Donate to GiveDirectly (https://www.givedirectly.org/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) so people have the agency to buy their own solar)
• Volunteer to become a member of the Green Workers Alliance (https://actionnetwork.org/forms/gwa-membership-form?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) to help ensure the creation and maintenance of well-paying, sustainable green jobs in the clean energy transition.
• Buy solar for your home (https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) , company (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/ceos-for-electrification?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) , school district (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/schools?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) , and/or your town (https://www.rewiringamerica.org/local-gov-leaders-for-electrification?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) with help from our best friends at Rewiring America.
• 🌏️ Get educated about where your power is coming from with electricityMap (https://app.electricitymap.org/map?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh) .
• Be heard about continuing to expand solar access and ask your representative to support clean energy progress. (https://action.votesolar.org/a/100-ces?source=vswebsite&utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh)
• Invest in positive climate action and use your money to fund solar expansion with ATMOS. (https://www.joinatmos.com/?utm_source=importantnotimportant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=the-sun-machines-cometh)
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