The Sun belongs to everyone | VPRO Documentary

The sun provides as much energy in one hour as the entire human race consumes in a year. So why don't we harvest it? Artist Marjan van Aubel argues for a 'solar democracy'. The moment solar technology is linked to aesthetics and design, a whole new perspective emerges.

Solar energy can be a great godsend for people in today's energy crisis. In 2022, significantly more solar energy will be harvested in the Netherlands than in previous years. That seems nice, but a fanatical club of sun-believers wants to go much further.

The sun belongs to and is for everyone, so let's produce solar lamps, make clothes and windows that harvest sun, cover buildings and noise barriers with solar foil and start a real 'solar movement.'

Together with mostly female kindred spirits, solar designer Marjan van Aubel (b. 1985) is presenting a first Solar Biennial, a solar manifesto and an installation at Dutch Design Week.

Originally aired on October 22, 2022
Directed by Kees Brouwer
Research: William de Bruijn and Sharine Rijsenburg
Production: Marie Schutgens
Final editing: Doke Romeijn and Geert Rozinga

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[TiempoNuevo-ewty]

Good! I'm glad for her. I been thinking of creating solar indoor lighting my self. Here is a thought create a southwest facing green house as part of the home/building.... store the energy in the batteries for whole house usage. Or create solar lamps that are sensitive enough to take in day light for night usage. I think with Solar we need to think independent .... and not a central usage as we currently use now. It would be wonderful if batteries didn't have to be used at all.

[TiempoNuevo-ewty]

It would be great if solar would work with out more nasty lithium and other toxic materials.

[sangoprime]

Vpro. Y’all should look into interviewing the architect Francis Kere. He is the father of all this

[ozDomaNET]

Nice, but I cant read subtitles while

[winstonmaraj]

So ALL OF US ought to chip in funds and in kind to generate energies.

[tomk-pheu]

cool shit happens when people work together. the big back straggling industries are dinosaurs who will die out <3

[jatinchopra]

SUN IS GOD WHO IS VISIBLE. NO OTHER GOD IS VISIBLE. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[superspeederbooster]

Why the solar panels are covered in bird shit?