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How To Power A City is an independent feature documentary showing stories from the front lines of the clean energy revolution.

From zeitgeist clean energy projects and early solar adopters to investors trying to bolster local economies with clean energy, to environmental justice communities fighting to keep the lights on, How To Power A City showcases the people leading the way to our nation’s clean energy future.

What began as a look at solar and wind power in the large urban sprawls of New York City, Atlantic City, Las Vegas, and Detroit/Highland Park soon expanded to include towns in mountainous Vermont and communities throughout Puerto Rico. This allows the film to subtly explore what it means to be a city and the malleability of developed environments, no matter the size.

How To Power A City is a behind-the-scenes exploration of leadership, innovation, technology, public participation, and what energy transformation looks like in everyday situations. From director Melanie La Rosa.

The screening will be followed by a panel conversation / Q&A featuring SEAS's own Prof. Parth Vaishnav and City of Ann Arbor Mayor Christopher Taylor.

We hope you can join us! Please register to reserve a ticket. (Given the limited number, and that we have paid in advance for these, we ask that you commit to attending or find a fellow student who will go in your place if you end up being unable to attend.)

Part of Cinema & Sustainability - Sponsored by the Ann Arbor Office of Sustainability and Innovations, Ann Arbor SPARK, & U-M Center for Sustainable Systems 

More details here.