As Americans we are largely disconnected from the power we use every day; we turn on our lights and we don't know that we are burning huge amounts of coal — about 3.5 tons every year for every person - contaminating our water and air and harming our health. We have an opportunity right now to re-energize our economy by solving global warming, but we need to reach people at a visceral level in order to create the requisite political will. Despite the overwhelming scientific data showing the necessity of bold action, the climate movement has been largely moribund and has failed to enact substantive legislation at the state or federal levels. The challenges before us — climate change and peak oil — requires us to quickly rethink our energy system in America. It requires a restructuring of our entire society, and will require all segments of our society to come together to develop solutions that light a path to a future that is powered by the sun, the wind, and the land.