We the Power: The Future of Energy is Community-Owned | Patagonia Films

A film about the citizen-led community-energy movement in Europe and the visionaries lighting the way.

Imagine upending the traditional energy system and giving the power of clean electricity production back to your neighbors. We the Power follows friends, families and visionaries as they break down legislative barriers and take power back from big energy companies to put it in the hands of locals and strengthen their towns. The film chronicles local cooperatives from deep in Germany’s Black Forest to the streets of ancient Girona in Spain and the urban rooftops of London, England, as they pave the way for a renewable energy revolution and build healthier, financially stable communities.

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Directed by David Garrett Byars
Produced by Carlos Carneiro, Roos van de Weerd, Nicholas Weissman & Bas Zwartepoorte
Executive Producers Alex Weller, Alex Lowther & Monika McClure
Edited by Lyman Smith
In collaboration with Vacationland and Bureau Voorlichting

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[patagonia]

Hi Everyone! You can turn subtitles or closed captions on by clicking 'CC' on the bottom right hand corner of the player. Enjoy the film!

[stephenking]

"Money is abundant, good ideas are scarce"

[markpriest]

Really enjoyed this. Thank you Patagonia for your involvement. Man what leaders these people are and for the common good not for themselves.

[lonestarlaurel]

So grateful 🙏🏼♥️. Haw’aa. Miigwetch. Gracias. Merci. 🇨🇦

[browneyedginger]

Wonderful documentary showing the "power" of cooperation. I've had the pleasure of meeting Dirk Vansintjan and visiting the mill in Rostselaar. He's such a great guy. I also love how the advertising agencies helped the co-op in Germany raise money to buy the power plant.

[mobtz]

Super Film! Ich bin so motiviert weiterzumachen, die Energiewende zu rocken. "Probleme kann man niemals mit derselben Denkweise lösen, durch die sie entstanden sind." (Albert Einstein)

[klausschestag]

Klasse!!! So gelingt die EnergieWende. Mit vielen einzelnen Menschen, die sich zusammentun und bei sich selbst beginnen, konkretes zu erschaffen. Gegen alle Widerstände hin zum Erfolg. Nur so kommen wir zu 100% unendlich verfügbarer Energie in unserem System.

[velocita]

A truly great this concept that makes perfect sense anywhere, but especially in the EU.

[carolinacorrea]

Hi from Uruguay we want to say Congratulations on your achievements. we are very proud of you!! looking forward to see you again

[clifflucas]

Wonderfully produced and wildly inspiring. Thank you for sharing this.

[frogmouth]

Fantastic achievements and a great film. India needs such 'energy' cooperatives, opportunities are huge!

[chulwoongchoi]

Beautiful and hopeful story. Thanks from Korea!

[thejourneyofmalu]

Beautiful and wonderfully inspiring. Thank you

[suzannescurlock]

This is wonderful and inspiring - I have been hearing whispers of this for years, but didn’t realize how far it has come.

[bonniemiddleton]

Great film with a strong message - Amazing to learn about new tools that will help us avert the climate crisis and bring people out of energy poverty!

[alanfortunysicart]

The time of action has come, Som Energia, here we go!

[energiewender]

einfach gut, klar, "der Weg", . Klasse und das beste EE sind copy right frei.

[weeFILM]

excellent work all round. what a bunch of champs!

[tmyles]

Amazing achievements here that I had no idea about. Thank you for this!

[SiSwitzer]

This is amazing to see the de centralisation of energy and into the hands of the community. I need to look into this more, the energy system in the uk at the moment as well as other parts of the world I’m sure is completely screwed…..we need to de centralise energy and food production as a high priority, these things are both a huge problem when it comes to logistics of a leviathan system breaking down. Bring it back to the people!