Traditional door, Ile De Re, France.

A woman walks past a traditional mud hut home with a solar panel on the top of it, Tanzania, East Africa, Africa

Traditional door with metal design, Ile De Re, France.

Altarpiece of Santa Marina, Museum of Fine Arts of Asturias, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain

Beautiful raised silver work on panel on the side of an elephant howdah, Mehrangarh Fort Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Newspaper Rock, a petroglyph panel etched in sandstone recording perhaps 2000 years of human activity in the area, Newspaper Rock Recreation Site, Utah, United States of America, North America

Vision of hell, tryptych panel painted by Wilson Bigaud in 1957, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Central America

Solar panels and air conditioning on apartments next to the City Wall, Xian, China

Traditional home with bicycles, Ile De Re, France.

Traditional door, Ile De Re, France.

Door with net panel, Ile De Re, France.

Mosaic panel in tesserae tiles inside Aya Sofya (Sancta Sophia), UNESCO World Heritage Site, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Solar panels in Northern Spain

Surveyor at work, Temple of Panels (Templo de los Tableros Esculpidos), Mayan ruins, Chichen Itza, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Yucatan, Mexico, North America

Solar panels in Northern Spain

Doorway, Ile de Re region of France.

Traditional door, Ile De Re, France.

Vision of heaven, tryptych panel painted by Wilson Bigaud in 1957, Port au Prince, Haiti, West Indies, Central America

Traditional double door, Ile De Re, France.

Detail of ornate dome calligraphic panels at Hagia Sophia (Aya Sofya), UNESCO World Heritage Site, mosque museum in Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

A young craftsman painting detail on a panel, in the craft market at Madrassa Selimiye, Damascus, Syria, Middle East

Solar panels at Murlo in Tuscany, Italy

Doorway, Ile de Re region of France.

An elderly Polish man wearing traditional clothing in a building with carved wooden panels in the town of Zakopone

Solar panels on rooftops of apartment blocks in Xian seen from the Dayan Pagoda, China

Ancient stone carved panel, Borobudur Temple, UNESCO World Heritage Site, island of Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Solar panels in Liwa desert, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Traiditonal door, Ile De Re, France.

Tiled panel sign board for tapas bar, Seville, Andalucia, Spain, Europe

Glass panels of folk art at Redykokka Restaurant, Zakopane, Makopolska, Poland, Europe

Solar panels at old restored farmhouse at Murlo in Tuscany, Italy

Ornate doorway in Domfront medieval town, Normandy, France

Information panel at Piccadilly Railway Station, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ornate door panel in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China

Azulejo panel on Carmo church, Oporto, Portugal, Europe

Close-up of closed shutters on doors and windows and decorative panels on the front of a house in Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia

Panel from the south door of the Battistero (Baptistry), Florence (Firenze), Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Solar panels, near Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Large bank of solar panels, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States of America, North America

Stained glass window by Mucha, St. Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Syria, Damascus, Saladin Tomb Monument, Detail Of Faience Panels On Walls, Arabic Lantern At Fore

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

The Kamal factory in Bangalore, Karnataka, India that manufactures solar thermal panels for heating water.

A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.

Workers washing the dust off solar panels at a 1 MW solar power station run by Tata power on the roof of an electricity company in Delhi, India, to make them more efficient.

A WWF project to supply electricity to a remote island in the Sunderbans, a low lying area of the Ganges Delta in Eastern India, that is very vulnerable to sea level rise. Prior to this project the subsistence farmers had no access to electricity. The project involves charging large batteries from solar panels. Each villager collects a battery to run household lighting, and returns to the recharging station once a week to recharge their battery. This shot shows women carrying the heavy batteries (20Kg) from the charging station.

The Kamal factory in Bangalore, Karnataka, India that manufactures solar thermal panels for heating water.

A workman fitting solar thermal panels for heating water, to a house roof in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A workman fitting solar thermal panels for heating water, to a house roof in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A workman fitting solar thermal panels for heating water, to a house roof in Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Camping pods powered by small solar panels at Lagganlia, Feshiebridge, Cairngorm, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The Old School house, electricity provided by solar panels and a hydro turbine in the nearby stream,Torran, Isle of Raasay, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels in a field behind a farm house powered by them on the edge of Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels in a field behind a farm house powered by them on the edge of Ilkley Moor, West Yorkshire, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels on a house roof in a Berber village in the Anti Atlas mountains of Morocco, North Africa, Africa

Blackfriars Bridge undergoing a transformation in which the whole parapet is being covered in solar panels, making it the largest solar bridge in the world, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar thermal panels on a house on the Isle of Eigg which is 98% powered by renewable energy, west coast, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels on the Isle of Eigg off Scotland's west coast, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels on the Cabanne D' Orny in the Swiss Alps, providing electricty for this off grid mountain hut at over 10,000 feet.

Solar panels at the Furnace Creek Visitor Centre in Death Valley. Death Valley is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

Solar panels amongst Badland scenery in Death Valley which is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

Solar panels at the Furnace Creek Visitor Centre in Death Valley. Death Valley is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

Solar panels on the Mono Lake visitor centre in Lee Vining, California, USA.

Asia's largest solar popwer station, the Gujarat Solar Park, in Gujarat, India. It has an installed capacity of 1000 MW. Here workers wash dust off the panels to increase their efficiency.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a cook preparing chapatis on a biofuel stove.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Hematology Analyzer for analyzing blood in one of the labs in the specialist cancer hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows solar panels that focus the suns rays on heat exchangers to boil oil, which is then sent down to the kitchens below to heat the cookers.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the solar air conditioning for the Ashram's hospital.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a Varian nuclear proton therapy machine in the specialist cancer hospital.

Approaching Philadelphia, over the Benjamic Franklin Bridge on the Delaware River, with harbour front warehouses covered in solar panels. USA.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows a woman planting trees for onward growth in the Ashrams forests.

The Muni Seva Ashram in Goraj, near Vadodara, India, is a tranquil haven of humanitarian care. The Ashram is hugely sustainable, next year it will be completely carbon neutral. Its first solar panels were installed in 1984, long before climate change was on anyones agenda. Their energy is provided from solar panels, and wood grown on the estate. Waste food and animal manure is turned inot biogas to run the estates cars and also used for cooking. Solar cookers are also used, and the air conditioning for the hospital is solar run. 70 % of the food used is grown on the estate. They provide an orphanage, schools for all ages, vocational training, care for the elderly, a specialist cancer hospital withstate of the art machinary, and even have a solar crematorium. This shot shows the girls school.

Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of the Crystal building which is the first building in the world to be awarded an outstanding BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. London, UK.

Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of the Crystal building which is the first building in the world to be awarded an outstanding BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. London, UK.

Solar thermal and solar PV panels on the roof of the Crystal building which is the first building in the world to be awarded an outstanding BREEAM (BRE Environmental Assessment Method) rating and a LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) platinum rating. London, UK.

Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.

Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.

Technicians work on Wymeswold Solar Farm the largest solar farm in the UK at 34 MWp, based on an old disused second world war airfield, Leicestershire, UK. It contains 130,000 panels and covers 150 acres.

Solar photo voltaic panels powering a Guest house at Annapurna Base Camp in the Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

A small vertical axis wind turbine and solar panel on Kirkstone Pass, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels at Clifton Lido, architects Marshall and Kendon, Bristol, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels amongst Badland scenery in Death Valley which is the lowest, hottest, driest place in the USA, with an average annual rainfall of around 2 inches, some years it does not receive any rain at all.

Solar panels attached to a cliff above the Refuge Bertone, which provied electricity to this off grid mountain hut.

Solar panels in Bakersfield, California, USA. following the four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA.

Solar panels on Council houses in Chapel Stile in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Aird of Sleat lighthouse, powered by solar panels, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar photo voltaic panels powering a Guest house at Annapurna Base Camp in the Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Solar photo voltaic panels being used to power a mobile phone mast at Ghandruk, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

A light-filled elementary classroom. A white ceiling reflects light from the windows above. Traditional building methods and materials, such as the poplar and willow ceilings are combined with modern solar and passive solar technology. Druk Padma Karpo Institute. Shey, Ladakh, India

The Kamal factory in Bangalore, Karnataka, India that manufactures solar thermal panels for heating water.

Panel discussion about melt down in tibet sponsored by tibetan woman's association, highlighting the future of nomads and the drastic resettelment measures they are undergoing by the chinese. And the effect of the construction of 30 storey high dams in tibet by the chinese. Michael buckley did a film "meltdown in tibet"

A tea house advertising a hot shower powered by solar thermal panels, Himalayas foothills, Nepal, Asia

An automated weather station being powered by solar panels at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Solar photo voltaic panels and solar thermal panels providing electricity and hot water for a 16th century farm house on Bodmin Moor, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Sheep and lambs in field with a 35 Kw solar panel system on a barn roof in the background, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Solar panels on a visitor centre in the Vallon de la Lex Blanche below Mont Blanc, Italy, on the Tour de Mont Blanc long distance footpath.

An automated weather station being powered by solar panels at Machapuchare Base Camp, Himalayas, Nepal, Asia

Solar thermal panels for heating water with solar photo voltaic panels on the rooftops of a tea house in the Himalayan foothills, Nepal, Asia

The Aird of Sleat lighthouse, powered by solar panels, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Uganda the haven resort near jinja. solar electric cells