SF Bay Area’s First Solar Powered Studio
We are all living with the dramatic effects of climate change everyday. From heat waves, to raging wildfires to devastating floods. Urban communities, like Oakland, being the most impacted and vulnerable.
To those of us that follow these trends, and are concerned about environmental and social justice, it’s easy to go from feeling overwhelmed to totally despondent. But the truth is We Have Power - individually and collectively. We can make a choice to support sustainable development that considers our impact on others… or to, well… ignore it all. Ultimately, what do we want our impact to look like? How do we want to live even when the odds are stacked against us? And of course, what kind of home are we leaving for future generations?
That’s why we decided to take action! Corduroy Media and Mama Dog Studios chose to go solar! Nestled in Downtown Oakland, with a large barreled roof, whose only function is to be, well, a roof, it just made sense to us. “Let’s make this roof more than just a roof - let’s turn it into a solar power plant!”
Sun Light and Power came and did just that! Talk about supporting the kind of people and businesses you want to see in the world - these folks rock! Based in Berkeley, Sun Light and Power is a B-Corp COOP that has been making an impact for nearly 50 years.
Now we can happily say that they have enabled us to join the solar revolution! Mama Dog Studios is the only fully-solar-powered sound stage in Northern California and Corduroy Media creative services clients can feel great about reducing their long-tail CO2 emissions, while producing great content. So, clients on both sides can feel confident that they are making a decision to reduce their environmental impact. Like we said, personal choice matters!
Urban Rooftop Solar (ie. generating power where it is used) is the most sustainable form of solar energy there is. Rather than degrading open land that’s miles away, we can locally source our energy right where we live and work. Every unutilized rooftop is a potential energy source, what can be better than that!
We could go on, and on and on. But instead, we’ve done what we do best - produce a short documentary film!
