Season 1 Episode 7:Shining Bright in the Heart of Oil Country, With Heather MacKenzie of Solar Alberta

In today’s episode, Ariel chats with Heather MacKenzie, Executive Director of Solar Alberta, about transitioning to renewable energy deep in the heart of oil and gas country - in a just and sustainable way. Join us to learn about the history of the Solar Alberta organization, from its grassroots beginnings in neighbourhood solar projects, to dealing with (government-funded!) trolls online, all the way up to being the leading non-profit solar organization in Alberta and providing worker upskilling in a unique market.

You can go to https://solaralberta.ca to learn more, or connect with and follow them on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

https://youtu.be/xtnsSBUKJ3Y?si=jr2l0c_CrO6fOjEU

#Episode #Season1 #YouTube #solarpunk #SolarpunkPresentsPodcast #podcast #SolarAlberta #Alberta #Canada #Renewables #RenewableEnergy #Grassroots

Just sent a rather fiery email off to the #AUC regarding their pause on approvals for new renewable projects in #Alberta. I ... may have modified the template that #SolarAlberta gives a tiny bit. Perhaps got a little carried away and used stronger language than called for...

https://solaralberta.ca/support-us/advocate-with-us/

#RiseUpForRenewables and all that; also I'm glad to live in a place where I can criticize government bodies and not be afraid of retaliation, for now.

Special thanks to our guests on this show including #AlbertaEcotrust's Mike Melross, #IronandEarth's Raquel Fernandes, #BowValleyCollege's Amy Spark, John McCarthy of #AlbertaUtilitiesCommission & Emad Ghafoori of #SolarAlberta & #MastecCanada!

Check out the latest #ClimateLens episode today!

#EnergyTransition #yyc #abpoli #Climate #ClimateChange #AlbertaElection #cdnpoli #yeg #RuralAlberta #NetZero #RaceToNetZero

https://www.podcastics.com/episode/235676/link/