Promethea Rising

Mark Jaccard is an energy and environment economist and author of The Citizen’s Guide to Climate Success.

Eddie Oldfield has been promoting resilient communities in New Brunswick for over two decades and he is seeing progress.

Gaby Kalapos is passionate about local governments and the role they can play in building energy conscious communities.

Herb Sinnock has been leading an energy transition at Sheridan College campuses that is having remarkable community benefits.

Everyone loves a good map that helps us understand the world around us. My guests Kirby Calvert and Rebecca Jahns use maps to build energy conscious communities.

A net zero neighbourhood means that no energy is drawn from the electricity grid or from pipelines and no greenhouse gases are released. Easier said than done but my guest Milfred Hammerbacher is figuring out how.

Social innovations are needed to accelerate the transition to a decarbonized energy system. My guests Matthew Day and Kate Daley are leading a collaboration dedicated to deep and sustained investment in a smart energy future.

Peter Garforth has been leading transformational change his entire life. Now he has his sight set on accelerating the energy transition in communities.

Lorrie is President and Co-owner of Habit Studio, a Halifax design firm that specializes in sustainable residential work. After spending nearly twenty years designing 20 to 40 renovations per year, her goal as one of the founders of the ReCover Initiative is to reduce the financial and technical limitations of completing custom renovation projects in the face of a looming climate crisis.

Ralph Torrie has always been interested in the interface between science and society. That interest has deeply informed his contribution to promoting energy conscious communities.