It’s time for our communities to have a real stake in an energy system that prioritizes our livelihood.
Whether our backyards are power plants, parking lots, or parks, we all deserve the power to live through the seasons.
We’re going beyond renewable energy technologies to call for a people-powered energy model. We know that, together, we can shift control from corporations to communities to ensure that people–not profits–are prioritized.
A Crisis of Profit Over People & the Planet
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The People-Powered Energy Model We Need
An energy system that can meet our needs today
and for generations to come.
DECENTRALIZED
Local renewable energy provides safe and reliable power.
DEMOCRATIZED
Communities have the power to decide how environmental, economic, and social justice needs are met.
(RE)DISTRIBUTED
All people have access to the energy needed to live, learn, and work, without sacrificing the health or well being of any community.
DIVERSIFIED
Community-scale energy systems are designed to work in harmony with local ecosystems, protecting biological and cultural diversity.
We are real people, practicing Energy Democracy.
Ruth Santiago
A renewable, distributed
energy system for Puerto Rico
Catherine Robinson
The Power to decides who controls rural electric cooperatives
Jessica Tovar
Designing energy systems that actually work for all of us
Our Energy Future
We know that Renewable Energy alone does not achieve justice. Together, we’re going beyond technologies, and calling for a transformation of the extractive economy that created the climate crisis.
