Transition Notes: Thoughts on My First Meeting

October 11, 2009

This past week I had the pleasure of attending my first Transition meeting – in Peterborough, Ontario.
I was really looking forward to it beforehand as this was my first time making a physical connection with an organized group of concerned community members on the future of their town.
A few lessons learned:
- The Transition Town concept [...]

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The Power of Empowerment

September 27, 2009

We all know the expression about teaching a man to fish being more powerful than giving him a bunch of fish, so why isn’t this idea applied more readily to renewable energy development?
Go Small or Go Home
Communities have shown much more enthusiasm for renewable energy when it’s their own, as opposed to belonging to an [...]

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Have you heard about Transition Towns?

September 19, 2009

Back in June, one of my advisors asked me if I’d heard about Transition Towns when I was talking to him about ReGenerate.  The idea to start a Transition Oakville had been pitched to him just recently.
After the meeting I ordered the Transition Handbook, written by the founder Rob Hopkins and began learning about [...]

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Make Money Locally with the Green Energy Act and Biogas

September 8, 2009

All the right pieces are falling into place in Ontario to encourage the growth of community-based biogas systems. When the province passed the Green Energy and Economy act earlier this year, it created a new Feed-in Tariff for renewable energy and tweaked some other key laws – specifically in favour of small power projects.
Rising Prices
The [...]

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Welcome to ReGenerate!

August 30, 2009

Thanks for coming to the site! Please continue to check back for valuable information on the development of biogas plants in your community.

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