Patagonia x Together Films We the Power Speaker Series

We’re excited to be teaming up with Patagonia to launch a new speaker series focusing on community-owned energy as one potential solution to Europe’s energy crisis!
In the UK, higher energy prices are poised to push an estimated 2 million additional households into fuel poverty, taking the total to 6 million, the highest level of fuel poverty in more than 25 years. What’s happening in Britain is playing out across Europe and there’s growing acknowledgement that it didn’t have to be this way. As energy bills skyrocket across the continent, can community-owned energy provide the answer we need?
Featuring experts such as Alice Aedy and Jolyon Rubinstein, the We the Power speaker series will focus on Patagonia’s short film of the same name, and will bring together leading experts in climate action across a series of free events between April 21st – June 5th.
The We the Power campaign asks European citizens to imagine a new energy system, moving away from big, extractive energy monopolies, controlling the systems of power and money, while exacerbating the climate crisis. In place of this outdated and damaging model is one of local, community-owned, renewable energy production, that is socially innovative and economically beneficial to local communities.
Here’s the full schedule of events.
Whether you join one or all of these events, we’d love to see you there and hope you can join the conversation! Check back for ongoing updates as more events are added.
APR 21 | 7PM BST | Earthrise x Energy Garden ft. Alice Aedy & Agamemnon Otero | Instagram Live @patagoniaeurope | View replay. |
APR 25 | 1PM BST | Patagonia x Energy Garden ft. Alexander Beasley & Agamemnon Otero | Twitter Spaces @patagoniaeurope | View replay. |
APR 26 | 1PM CET | Solar for Schools Germany x EWS-Schönau & Bündnis Bürgerenergie ft. Matthias Schmuderer, Sebastian Sladek, & Krisztina André | Facebook Live @patagoniaeurope | View replay. |
APR 27 | 6PM CET | Solar for Schools Spain x Somenergia Coop & Energy Garden ft. Mike Marques, Nuri Palmada, & Agamemnon Otero | Facebook Live @patagoniaeurope | View replay. |
APR 28 | 4PM BST | Solar for Schools UK x Power for People & Energy Garden ft. Wendy Litherland, Steve Shaw & Agamemnon Otero | Facebook Live @patagoniauk | View replay. |
MAY 3 | 7PM BST | Jolyon Rubinstein x Power for People | Instagram Live @patagoniaeurope | View replay. |
JUN 7 | 7PM CET | We the Power Italy: Altreconomia x ReCommon, Enostra, & Banca Etica ft. Duccio Facchini, Filippo Taglieri, Chiara Brogi, & Roberto Marino | Facebook Live @patagoniaeurope | Replay available after event. |
JUN 16 | 7PM CET | We the Power France: Energie Paratagee x Enercoop ft. Marc Mossalgue & Julien Courtel | Facebook Live @patagoniaeurope | Replay available after event. |
Did you know you can host your own screening of We The Power for free?
Sign up below and get resources to help start the conversation in your community.
https://togetherfilms.org/we-the-power-host-a-screening/
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#WethePower #CommunityEnergy #EnergyCrisis