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Join the Summer of Solar Love!
In order to advance the decentralized energy transition and urban solar expansion, the Parents for Future have declared in June the Summer of Solar Love together with climate and renewable energy partners.
The action weeks will run until the end September and include a series of events and creative outreach activities across Germany, Europe, and beyond.
End Fossil Fuels
Parents Call for a Fossil Fuel Treaty #EndFossilFuels
Parents For Future Global, a diverse network of international climate parent groups, has united their voices to end fossil fuels and is demanding a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, which is a concrete plan to reduce emissions at a global level. The window of opportunity to prevent worst climate disasters is rapidly closing, please support our call to world leaders and sign the open letter:
Join the campaign and take further action leading up to theCOP27 climate conference in the fall!
Reach for the sun
Become a solar advocate. #ReachForTheSun
As we are grasping for solutions to the causes and consequences of the climate crisis, a solution is visible to us all the time, every day.
The Sun has by far the greatest potential of all renewable energy sources. If we could harness the solar energy that hits the Earth efficiently, for just a few minutes, we could meet the world’s power demands for a year.
The Little Sun Foundation provides sunny inspiration on how you can become a solar advocate.
We The Power
#WeThePower — The Future of Energy is Community Owned
During the Summer of Solar Love action weeks, local groups are invited to host free community screenings of the 40-minute documentary film We The Power (2021 Mountainfilm, directed by David Garrett Byers).
It tells the story of communities across Europe taking on Big Energy Companies and restoring power back to the people.
The film introduces inspiring community energy pioneers and lighthouse projects, such as EWS Schönau in Germany’s Black Forest, Som Energia in Catalonia and Repowering London.
The film is available in English and other languages (DE, FR, IT, NL). Here you can register your screening, either as a physical or virtual event.
SolAHRtal
From Ahr Valley to SolAHRValley –
A year after the 2021 flood disaster
July 14/15 marks the one-year anniversary of the European floods.
The SolAHRtal project supports a sustainable, climate-friendly reconstruction in the Ahr Valley — with 100% renewable energies and the sun as the main source of energy.
“The flood disaster in the Ahr valley with 134 fatalities showed us that the consequences of climate change have reached Germany,” says Rainer Doemen, who lives in the Ahrweiler district and is a co-founder of the German Round Table Renewable Energies.
It is crucial that not only flood protection is taken into account in the reconstruction efforts, but that electricity, heat and mobility are converted to renewable energies. The Ahr Valley can thus become a model region for the energy transition in rural areas.
WeThePower Podcast with Lucie Siegle
In this episode, we travel to the Ahr Valley in Germany, where, in summer 2021, viewers across the world watched in horror as unprecedented flood waters swept through the region.
But what happens after the TV cameras leave and residents are left to pick up the pieces? Do they go on relying on climate-destroying fossil fuels that helped to cause the disaster? Or do they dare to dream of something different? Hear from Julia, Sandra, and Stefan as they introduce their work to turn the Ahr Valley into the ‘Sol-Ahr’ valley—ditching dirty fossil fuels to rebuild a cleaner future.