Switch On! Documentary Screening
Event description
- Community service
- Free
- Open to the public
- Science
- Sustainability
Switch On follows energy researcher Dr. Scott Tinker into communities across Colombia, Nepal, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Vietnam, documenting what daily life looks like for the 2.5 billion people living without reliable energy access, and what changes when that access arrives. It's the follow-up to Switch Energy Alliance's award-winning film Switch.
Following the screening, stick around for a live Q&A moderated by Shelton Dube, Switch Ambassador Network Regional Ambassador for the Americas and a graduate student in Construction Management and Technology at ASU, joined by Gary Hines (President, Switch Energy Alliance), Meghan Morgan (Manager of Education, Switch Energy Alliance), and Zach Carr (Program Manager, Higher Education, Switch Energy Alliance).
Light refreshments and drinks will be provided.
To learn more about Switch Campus and the Switch Global Case Competition, a $50,000 student case competition, visit switchedu.org.
About Switch Energy Alliance
Switch Energy Alliance (SEA) is an Austin, Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing understanding of energy systems and accelerating solutions to global energy poverty. Since its founding in 2016, SEA has built on the remarkable popularity of the global energy film Switch, screened in over 50 countries and thousands of universities and viewed by more than 15 million people, and the more recent film Switch On, which showcases the realities of energy poverty in several developing countries.
Thursday, August 27, 2026
Switch Energy Alliance (SEA) is an Austin, Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing understanding of energy systems and accelerating solutions to global energy poverty. Since its founding in 2016, SEA has built on the remarkable popularity of the global energy film Switch, screened in over 50 countries and thousands of universities and viewed by more than 15 million people, and the more recent film Switch On, which showcases the realities of energy poverty in several developing countries.