Welsh renewable energy co-operative Egni Co-op aims to raise awareness of climate change and its all-Wales solar share offer by celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with artist-poet Emily Hinshelwood.
Hinshelwood is building a sustainable space capsule that will imitate a ‘moon’ landing and live-stream footage from NASA’s space station for one moon-day – 28 earth days – in Pontardawe Arts Centre’s gallery.
She also aims for to showcase Egni Co-op’s share offer during the event.
Emily is inviting people help build the capsule, attend the ‘lift off’ on 4 October and having arrived on the ‘moon’ she will then host creative workshops.
The workshops will encourage people to think about Planet Earth as a whole and consider that in the vastness of the universe.
Wales Future Generations Commissioner Sophie Howe said: “It’s vital we raise awareness of climate change and look at new ways to focus on our future generations in Wales and worldwide.
“This is the only space project I’ve seen which focuses on sustainability, and is unique to Wales as part of World Space Week.
“I’m encouraged that the project is also drawing attention to the Egni cooperative share offer which has already raised £500k and is aiming to be the biggest rollout of rooftop solar in Welsh history.
“This will save £8m in electricity costs for the sites over the next 30 years and 35,000 tonnes in carbon.
“And this will be the first low carbon space mission which I hope will inspire our young people to take better care of Earth. Nasa might learn a thing or two.”