In 1979 Jimmy Carter installed solar panels on the White House.
In 1986 Ronald Reagan removed them.
Next week, Bill McKibben and a team of students from Unity College in Maine will be traveling to Washington D.C. to deliver one of the original Carter panels to President Obama, asking him to reinstall solar on the White House, and to follow this symbolic gesture with substantial legislative action.
We're calling it the Solar Road Trip, and we hope you'll be able to celebrate with us when the panel makes a stop in Boston on its way to D.C.
Here are the details of the event:
5:30pm - Bicycle pedal-powered climate rock band, Melodeego
6:00pm - Guest Speakers, including Bill McKibben, Tony Cortese of Second Nature, representatives from Students for a Just and Stable Future and Interfaith Power and Light
7:00pm - Screening of "A Road Not Taken," new documentary that tells the story of the original Carter White House solar panel installation.
Did you catch Bill on Letterman Tuesday night? If not, you can watch the clip here!
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