Power to the People (U) + Q&A

About us

The screening will be followed by a Q&A hosted by Climate Action Plymouth.

Tickets £5 / £4 concessions.

Dir. Bryony Stokes, UK, 2024, 41 mins.

With fantastic resources of wind, sun, tides, geothermal heat and critical minerals, Cornwall could drive the whole country's clean energy revolution.

However, the UK's 100-year-old grid infrastructure means this potential can't be harnessed – while huge numbers of local people are living in poorly insulated homes they can't afford to heat.

Power to the People explores the exciting opportunities and huge challenges facing us as we wean ourselves off fossil fuels – from a farmer who's found a novel way to combine food production with solar panels, opportunities to use our historic heritage to power the future, and projects to harness the amazing untapped heat 5km down in the Earth's crust.

Power to the People is the latest documentary produced by Cornwall Climate Care as part of the Cornwall's Climate Stories series highlighting the impacts of climate change already being felt across Cornwall - and the fantastic businesses, researchers, community groups and individuals working hard to prepare us for the challenges coming our way.

Q&A Panel:
Didier Cavrot, Energy Advisor at Plymouth Energy Community
Prof Tim Daley, Associate Professor of Climate Science and Sustainability at the University of Plymouth
Film producer Claire Wallerstein, Cornwall Climate Care
Panel hosted by Ricky Lowes, Climate Action Plymouth

Climate Action Plymouth is a grass-roots local group affiliated to Friends of the Earth. We exist to bring together people and organisations to promote positive change in this time of global climate crisis. Our focus is on actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions locally and nationally to achieve true net zero by 2030. We meet fortnightly. Time is running out to make the necessary changes to save our planet! Everyone is welcome and everyone is needed!
https://climateactionplymouth.wordpress.com/