At RE:WIRED Green, actress Regina Hall and Sarah Shanley Hope of The Solutions Project spoke about the work being done by communities hardest hit by crisis.
Energy Company removed 1,200 streetlights from the city of Highland Park, Michigan. A Black working-class suburb of Detroit that was once a boom town for the automotive industry, Highland Park was on the verge of bankruptcy. Unable to pay DTE the $4 million it was owed, the city went dark.
The streetlights were removed as part of an agreement between DTE and city leaders to pay the debt. Literally without light, residents were left to find a solution. In the weeks and months following the decision,, a local organization that promotes “people-powered clean energy,” stepped up. The answer: solar-powered Wi-Fi-enabled street lights, of which the organization has put up many in the city’s residential neighborhoods, with help from local companies and the use of affordable technology.
“The people closest to the problems are also the first to the solutions,” Hope said. “In our country and the world, when you think about compounding crises—and the consequences of racialized capitalism—you’re solving multiple problems at once. In building community, a solar panel or renewable energy as a climate solution is also being seen as a good job creation strategy, as something to bring about more positive health in the community.
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