Dan Edelstyn & Hilary Powell

Artists and filmmakers Dan and Hilary are tackling both the climate and cost-of-living crises with their project POWER STATION. It began with the pair spending 23 days in the winter of 2022 sleeping on the roof of their home on Lynmouth Road in Walthamstow, to help raise money to bulk buy solar panels for other homes on the road. The aim is to transform every viable building and street across the country into its own power station by installing renewable energy tech, like solar panels, and retrofitting insulation. As well as reducing carbon emissions and lowering energy costs for households, the project puts power back into the hands of local communities and uses grassroots collective action to demand change – specifically making renewable energy accessible immediately – on a national scale. The pair have made a documentary about the project, which is being released this autumn, and have also worked with local schools to help them access funding for solar power.

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