This workshop is part of the summer celebration series: Healing Earth
We are at a critical juncture in Ontario - the proverbial fork in the road. Our hydro prices are amongst the highest in Canada (and we’re feeling it). Furthermore, we’re sourcing more than 60% of our electricity from ageing nuclear reactors. That makes us the second most nuclearized jurisdiction on the planet. Our three nuclear stations (with their 18 working reactors) are all coming to the end of their lives in the next decade. This is a fantastic opportunity to move Ontario onto a 100% renewable grid. But is this even possible?
Explore these issues and others in our interactive seminars led by Angela Bischoff, Outreach Director of the Ontario Clean Air Alliance (OCAA), Steve Lapp and Paul McKay. We will form small groups to develop “calls to action” so that after leaving Wintergreen we are energized (pun intended!) to make a difference in our communities and in the province.
ABOUT THE WORKSHOP LEADERS
ABOUT ANGELA BISCHOFF
After receiving an undergraduate degree from the University of Alberta (sociology) in the mid-eighties, Angela jumped into the environmental trenches. She has a long history working with the environment movement. From her days as Director of EcoCity Society in Edmonton, to Program manager at the Toronto Atmospheric Fund, to Transportation Campaigner with the Ecology Action Centre in Halifax, all paths lead her to her current role as Nuclear Dragon Slayer with the Ontario Clear Air Alliance. She furthers her educational work through the Greenspiration email lists, and also publishes an email newsletter called No Nukes News.
ABOUT PAUL MCKAY
Paul McKay is a long-time environmental and alternative energy advocate and writer. Paul has won Canada’s top award for investigative reporting, feature and business writing several times. He was the Toronto Star-sponsored Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy recipient in 1990, and the Pierre Berton writer-in-residence in 2005. He is the author of four published books, including Atomic Accomplice: How Canada Deals in Deadly Deceit. Paul is a member of the Wintergreen, SolarShare and Zooshare community energy co-ops, and has helped develop several solar projects, including shepherding an agreement between Canadian Solar Inc. and City of Temiskaming Shores. With a special expertise in energy/environment issues, he has also served as a senior policy adviser to the Ontario Minister of Energy; and is a past director of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association and the Independent Power Producers Society of Ontario.
ABOUT STEVE LAPP
Steve teaches in the three year diploma program covering renewable energy technology and building energy efficiency at St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ontario. Prior to joining the college in 2005, he was lead engineer for electric car and fuel cell development at Alupower Canada and has also been part of a CIDA team addressing renewable energy project development in India and Lesotho. On a personal level Steve lives with a solar and wind renewable energy system and a solar assisted ground source heat pump on his home and uses hybrid and electric vehicles for his daily transportation needs.