In 2019, Philly-based artist/curators, Ricky Yanas and Kristen Neville Taylor organized ​The Green Sun: A Micro-Symposium,​ a day-long series of artist presentations, activities and panel discussions focusing on the intersection of art and policy as they relate to solar power, the history of energy and possible futures. It was comprised of three presentations followed by lunch, a break-out session and a panel discussion. Swiss artists, Roman Keller and Christina Hemauer presented on their project No. 1 Sun Energy which originally brought them to Philadelphia in 2007 to research Frank Shuman, an early solar pioneer who kept a laboratory in Tacony, PA. In addition to serving on the panel, Aurash Khawarzad will present on his project Decolonize Energy Mixtape, a method he’s developed to generate multimedia educational content about public policy based on the way audio mixtapes shaped the way music was produced and shared. Award winning, film-maker and sound artist, Chet Pancake will present "Slow Selves Futures", a brief overview of Pancake's creative work regarding mountaintop removal in southern WV, air pollution from natural gas infrastructure for the project "Citizen Sense," and a recent work "Arboreal" exploring somatic and phenomenological experiences of arboreal blockaders on the Mountain Valley Pipeline. These presentations will provide a context for the solar panel discussion later in the program. Organizers, Nora Elmarzouky and Anthony Giancatarino led a group activity breaking down the power structure of Philadelphia’s energy system. The day ended with a panel discussion addressing the ways that professionals in the fields of art, policy and commerce can use their expertise to make solar energy technology accessible to more Philadelphians. Panelists included founder of Solar States (Philadelphia-based solar energy equipment supplier/educator), Micah Gold-Markel, head of Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA)'s Solarize Philly campaign, Laura Rigell, cultural broker/ organizer, Nora Elmarzouky, and individual artists Aurash Kawarzhad (NYC Artist, Educator, and Urban Planner) and Chet Pancake (Bloodlands (2016) & Queer Genius (2019)). The panel was moderated by Bethany Wiggin, founding director of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities.