
The world is scheduling the abandonment of gas and petroleum power. So bring on electricity! That demand is being energized by activists and, increasingly, by government. And when governments are demanding about the need for new energy solutions, but otherwise unhelpful — even obstructionist — what’s a community to do?
Organize and do-it-yourself is the somewhat surprising solution at Lawrence Weston, an impoverished housing estate in Bristol, England. The estate has pieced together sufficient investment, without government assistance or financial support, to build a landmark wind power project that will pour money into estate.
Social housing residents helpless and hopeless? Not, apparently, if they are willing to put their ambitions and persistence to the test. There’s a message here for public/social housing projects everywhere pressured to deal with governments on a mission that are offering all stick and no carrot. Don’t.
Read more in The Guardian: Bristol community secures funding to build tallest wind turbine in England