This episode of “Planet Forward” asks Lakota Elder Henry Red Cloud, founder and owner of the 100% Native-Owned and Operated Lakota Solar Enterprises, about the role of solar energy in Indigenous culture as well as the innovative climate and economic solutions it provides Indigenous communities. Then, we hear from Simone Ameer, a student at Middlebury College, as she describes the unsung beauty of solar energy through photography.
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