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The ambitious documentary - A Fierce Green Fire - premiers Monday, January 23, at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City. Additional screenings during the week are scheduled in Park City, Salt Lake City and Robert Redford’s Sundance Resort. The film chronicles the modern environmental movement from its 1960′s genesis to modern day’s climate change. Filmmaker Mark Kitchell was recently profiled in onearth magazine and has worked on this documentary since 2001 to define what the environmental movement means to us today.
Construction has begun on Solar Decathlon’s solar village in Washington D.C. The 20 college and university teams have begun to assemble their solar homes for the competition to be held September 23 to October 2. The Solar Decathlon was first held in 2002 and has been held every other year since 2005. The challenge for the 20 selected teams is to design, build and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient and attractive. The solar village will be open:
- Weekday hours: 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
- Weekend hours: 10 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
This year’s U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon competition will be located at West Potomac Park in the National Mall,
which is situated between the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and the Potomac River. This is the preliminary school solar house location map for the competition. The event includes consumer demonstrations and workshops.
Energy Secretary Steven Chu
Energy Secretary Steven Chu announced on Monday, August 1, that the Department of Energy will consider change of venue offers for Solar Decathlon 2013. The Solar Decathlon has been held on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. since 2002. The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon is a competition that challenges collegiate students from across the globe to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are affordable, highly energy efficient, attractive, and easy to live in. The purpose of the venue change solicitation is to encourage greater participation from other regions of the country.
The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Decathlon challenges collegiate teams worldwide to design, build, and operate solar-powered houses that are cost-effective, energy-efficient, and attractive. The winner of the competition is the team that best blends affordability, consumer appeal, and design excellence with optimal energy production and maximum efficiency.
Solar Decathlon 2011, the fifth of its kind, will take place at the National Mall’s West Potomac Park in Washington, D.C., September 23 through October 2, 2011.
Many world-wide organizations are assisting in Japan in response to the devestating events of the past week. 
The American Red Cross is assisting the Japanese Red Cross in response to the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami. Please visit the Red Cross website to see how you can help.
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has teams in Japan working with local medical staff.