Current Revolution
a Film Series for the Energy Transition
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Upcoming Episodes
Power Scavengers — inside the Army’s electricification efforts in the name of mission readiness with Gen. Joseph Martin, Vice Chief of Staff
Charging Time — building an electrified workforce, featuring the founders of ChargerHelp!
Electric Bus — reducing air pollution, the greatest threat to human health, through electric bus fleets
The Last Mechanic — helping service techs, mechanics and others in the internal combustion engine industry make prosperous transitions
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EPISODE 3
Workforce Rising
The rapid advancement of electric vehicles is disrupting numerous industries and workforces, and the lack of charging infrastructure and grid capacity is lagging behind advances in automotive technology. The already-passed Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill provides the greatest opportunity to accelerate the transition, as long as the money is spent quickly and wisely.
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EPISODE 2
Nation in Transition
Nation in Transition explores the coal-to-renewables transition on the Navajo Nation and across northern Arizona through the stories of workers, their families and communities, business and tribal leaders, utility executives, policy makers and environmental activists. The film offers a roadmap for accelerating and navigating just energy transitions for workers and communities everywhere.
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“The shift to clean energy and electric vehicles is already happening—and it’s happening faster than anyone expected. Now our task is to manage the transition to ensure it’s both just and sustainable.”
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EPISODE 1
The Transformation Cannot Be Stopped
American Resilience Project’s new film series and associated outreach campaigns tackles the challenge of how the utility, auto, tech, and defense industries can help modernize the aging power grid to make it more secure and responsive to the needs of its users while enhancing environmental performance. With a focus on national security, economic prosperity, and environmental justice, the films, and campaigns will show how the nation can embrace smart policies and investments that support grid modernization through distributed renewable energy generation and the development of an electric vehicle infrastructure.
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For decades, the utility industry has been a driving engine of the U.S. economy, contributing significantly to our progress and standard of living with a business model that focused on centralized generation. But now, because of reduced demand from a number of factors, including more efficient energy systems, power companies face a crisis that requires them to capture new market share to survive in the 21st century. The industry has its sights on the transportation sector, which means a chance to catalyze the electric vehicle industry, but which also sets it on a collision course with major petroleum interests. And with the need for a smart, cyber-secure grid, the tech and defense industries also have critical roles to play.
Through interviews, observational and archival footage with top executives, military personnel, utility workers, elected officials, and others -- from substations to gas stations, board rooms to military bases -- the film tells the story of a towering American industry on the brink of massive change. Whether it fails, prevails, or adapts, the outcome will profoundly affect us all.
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Toolkits
For educators seeking to use the film and incorporate energy transition topics into their classrooms this toolkit provides lesson plan ideas, key terms, suggested readings, discussion questions, and more. The resources are geared for a variety of primary, secondary, and post-secondary classrooms. Educations institutions can purchase and license to the use the film. (Under-resourced schools can request a fee waiver.)
Business and Workforce Toolkit
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For businesses and groups looking for workforce development wanting to learn and disseminate more information on the coming energy transition and what that will mean for businesses large and small as well as the employees who will be affected and those powering the change.
Policy Toolkit
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For the general public, students and researchers, utilities, developers, regulators, and policy-makers. This guide is for anyone interested in the policy aspects of a Just Transition and what policy corridors in the past and going forward may make this transition not just possible, but successful.
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