This Hawaiian island is the future of energy

Kauai might be a tiny island on the map, but it holds big lessons for the rest of the world. Watch our video to see how goats, Tesla, a former Miami Dolphin, and (formerly) Thoreau-lovin’ off-gridders came together for solar energy.

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