Tribal Work

Photo credit Carly Rixham

Please note: Project Tiošpáye is currently terminated, and we are disputing this termination and awaiting further updates from the EPA.

ZEN’s latest effort is Project Tiošpáye, a collaboration between ASES and Red Cloud Renewable at the Oglala Lakota Reservation in Pine Ridge South Dakota.  Project Tiošpáye in Lakota means home and security in the biggest sense, intergenerational compound living, sharing of resources, caring for all members and for the land.  This project will be putting solar on beautiful new dome homes for community members, bringing greater sustainability, resiliency, and energy sovereignty to Lakota people.

We plan to provide solar systems for electricity, solar stills for water purification, solar pumps for gardening, and even a few solar refrigerators.

Details on this project were featured in New Energy World magazine and also in a recent interview with Nick Forster on Boulder’s own E-Town where we got to share the stage with Sam Weber and Leslie Feist.

Check out our article in the Fall 2024 Solar Today magazine, Project Tiošpáye: Net Zero Solar Living for the Oglala Lakota Sioux Tribe.

For more information, write to us at ZEN@ASES.org or donate to our work!

Photo Credit: Karen Soares

The ASES Zero Emissions Network Team and ASES Board worked with Red Cloud Renewable on designs for a new solar system for the Wakpamni District dome cluster at Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota.  A big thank you to our installation crew, Marie Kills Warrior, Dylan Tobacco, Terri Iron Cloud, Jack Red Cloud, and Silas Red Cloud.