by Daniel Bida on January 23, 2010
I was recently added to the list of Honorary Friends of Transition Town Peterborough – as a result of the article I contributed to the winter edition of Greenzine and the upcoming Energy Co-op meetup I’m running on March 2 (7-9 pm, Sadleir House, 751 George St North, Peterborough).
There was also more Canadian cities added to the official Transition list – including Vancouver, BC, Powell River, BC, Cocagne, NB, London, ON, Poplar Hill/Coldstream, ON.
This brings the total in Canada to 11, and in Ontario to 6.
by Daniel Bida on January 19, 2010
2009 was a milestone year for ReGenerate
A name, a mission, many valuable relationships and a web presence were all established. I attended a number of interesting and fruitful conferences and workshops, published three quarterly reports (which have been great tools to consistently review my progress and goals), and Ontario passed the Green Energy Act – creating the Feed-in Tariff program, and making my mission easier to achieve.
The Fourth Quarter
Some of the highlights of this past quarter included:
- Attendance at the Community Power Conference
- A visit to an operating biogas plant, at Ledgecroft Farms in Seeley’s Bay, Ontario
- Relationship building with Transition Towns around Ontario
- More connections to helpful people and organizations in the Peterborough region
- A vastly improved website
- The Ontario Power Authority began accepting applications to the Feed-in Tariff program on October 1, 2009
- and world leaders met up in Copenhagen for some iskold fadøl (ice cold draft beer… god, who doesn’t speak Danish?) and climate negotiating. Unfortunately nothing official was hammered out just yet, good thing there’s another meeting coming up in a couple years – maybe we should try expressing our concerns this time?
Coming up in the first quarter of 2010 will be a MaRS event entitled “The Green Energy Act Finance Forum”, my submission to Entrepreneurship 101’s UpStart Competition, a presentation to Transition Town Peterborough on renewable energy co-ops and community biogas, and the second annual Canadian Farm and Food Biogas Conference.
To read the full report, go here.
