Recently featured at the Telluride Mountain Film Festival, this movie was a hit among festival goers and locals alike. Here's Jeff Barrie's description:
"Follow filmmaker Jeff Barrie as he searches America's cities, towns and countryside for solutions to the great energy problems of our day.
Along the way you'll meet power companies, schools, businesses and everyday Americans finding ways to meet our energy needs using conservation and green power.
Find out how Jeff and his wife Heather cut their energy bills in half and use a portion of the savings to buy green power.
Best of all, Kilowatt Ours will teach you how to dramatically reduce your own energy bill and improve the environment at the same time!"
Here is the trailer:
A Hybrid Home in Onekama - 16 min
A video slide show showing the construction of a Hybrid Home in Onekama; this is Michigan's second LEED-H Platinum level home, and is featured during the Michigan Energy Fair, June 27-29, 2008. The house is of insulated concrete forms (ICF) construction, passive solar design, with active solar collectors and a Skystream wind turbine. We're trying to show that it's possible to build 'green' and have an attractive and comfortable home that can stand up to the climate in Michigan. For more information, please check the builder's website.
Sustainable Energy Technologies in Nepal
Documentary of a Nepalese organization called FoST, which stands for "Foundation for Sustainable Technologies". The organization FoST is providing low-cost, low-tech, easily-applicable and locally built sustainable technologies for improving the quality of life of poor rural communities and to protect the fragile environment of Nepal. Nepal is a beautiful country and is famous for it's cultural treasures, but Nepal is one of the poorest countries in the world and has many problems. FoST has been developing a wide selection of products such as parabolic solar cookers, solar ovens, briquette burners, solar dryers, solar water pasteurizers, water purification systems and heat retain boxes to fight burning issues such as poverty, pollution, deforestation, water-borne and smoke-borne diseases. They are also working to further empower women by providing training and employment opportunities through projects designed to create micro-enterprises in sustainable technology. The documentary was made by a Dutch family donating their time and skills to increase awareness for the founder of FoST Sanu Kaji Shrestha and all the dedicated volunteers working at FoST.
The Backyard Farmer Builds a Green Roof - 5 min
A green roof was recently installed at the Nature Center at Pioneers Park in Lincoln Nebraska. Native plants were installed and project leaders talk about it's impact. Produced by Backyard Farmer, Nebraska's premier gardening program.
Farmers' Almanac TV: Wind Power - 4 min
Farmers' Almanac TV visits the American Wind Power Center in Lubbock, Texas to learn about the past, present and future of windmills in America.
Clean Power Show Episode 4 - Solar House - 8 min
In today's episode we visit a grid-connected solar-powered house.
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