Peril and Promise
How Indigenous Communities and Artists Capture Solar Energy
Season 2020 Episode 6 | 15m 3s
A Lakota Elder and student artist discuss the power and beauty surrounding solar energy.
This episode of "Planet Forward" asks Lakota Elder Henry Red Cloud, founder and owner of Lakota Solar Enterprises, about the role of solar energy in Indigenous culture as well as the innovative climate and economic solutions it provides Indigenous communities. Then, we hear from Simone Ameer, a student at Middlebury College, as she describes the unsung beauty of solar energy through photography.
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Peril and Promise is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.
Peril and Promise
How Indigenous Communities and Artists Capture Solar Energy
Season 2020 Episode 6 | 15m 3s
This episode of "Planet Forward" asks Lakota Elder Henry Red Cloud, founder and owner of Lakota Solar Enterprises, about the role of solar energy in Indigenous culture as well as the innovative climate and economic solutions it provides Indigenous communities. Then, we hear from Simone Ameer, a student at Middlebury College, as she describes the unsung beauty of solar energy through photography.
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Peril and Promise is a local public television program presented by THIRTEEN PBS
Major funding for Peril and Promise is provided by Dr. P. Roy and Diana T. Vagelos with additional funding from The Marc Haas Foundation, Sue and Edgar Wachenheim III, and the Cheryl and Philip Milstein Family.