The Role of Collaboration in The Role of Collaboration in Community Renewable Community Renewable

Energy DevelopmentEnergy Development

Green Timiskaming Development Green Timiskaming Development Co-operative Inc.Co-operative Inc.

Objectives Objectives

Community problems Community problems Establishing community valuesEstablishing community values Community energy examplesCommunity energy examples A vehicle for changeA vehicle for change The process of changeThe process of change

Understanding a Understanding a CommunityCommunity

What are your concerns, values and vision of What are your concerns, values and vision of the future ? the future ?

Are there individual solutions? Are there individual solutions? What happens if your neighbours run out of What happens if your neighbours run out of

food or energy…. Would you let them starve? food or energy…. Would you let them starve? Would they let their family starve or freeze Would they let their family starve or freeze peacefully? peacefully?

Large universal problems need broad Large universal problems need broad community solutionscommunity solutions

A Troubled Future

Increase in Energy Costs

Slowdown in Global market

Food cost Increases

Energy Shortage

Time…. Historical

Projected Performance

Fixed income reductions

Community Involvement Community Involvement

Not-for-profit community based Not-for-profit community based development co-operativedevelopment co-operative

Developed to “take ownership” of Developed to “take ownership” of futurefuture

Community based economic renewal Community based economic renewal Fair open and democraticFair open and democratic Include the values of the community Include the values of the community

European Community ModelEuropean Community Model

““Our economy is Our economy is how we spend our how we spend our money” Father Don money” Father Don Jose MariaJose Maria

What products and What products and services can we services can we undertake ?undertake ?

Economic Renewal Economic Renewal means doing more means doing more for our selvesfor our selves

Earned income

THE LEAKY BUCKET

CONSTRUCTIONMATERIALS

PROFITS TONON LOCAL

OWNERS

IMPORTED FOOD

IMPORTED ENERGY

INSURANCECARS

INVESTMENTS AND INTEREST PAYMENTS

Social

Income

Earned Income

Biomass CHP Plants can Biomass CHP Plants can convert Waste Wood into Heat convert Waste Wood into Heat

and Electrical Energyand Electrical Energy• Low cost 3 years payback

• Stable cost

• Save 40-50% energy costs

• efficient reliable

• Proven 1,000s in operation

• Environmental design clean

• Uses waste wood

• Carbon Credits $20/ tonne

The Region of Bruneck N Italy The Region of Bruneck N Italy

Stefan Clara Manager Now CEO Vision EU

• 6,000 households 9 communities over a distance of 30 KM

• 305 km of distribution line , 95,000 tones biomass

• 18 MW of heat 1.5MW Electricity with Biomass

• Save 80,000 tonnes of C02 Annually

• Owned and operated by Community Co-Operative

Where is our Money Going? Where is our Money Going?

Food: High Prices Cause Riots

Healthy Communities Need Healthy Communities Need Quality Food Quality Food

A healthy community, A healthy community, people and foodpeople and food

quality food becomes quality food becomes increasingly increasingly unaffordable for someunaffordable for some

Community Supported Community Supported AgricultureAgriculture

Community KitchensCommunity KitchensGrowing concern of food Growing concern of food

availabilityavailability

A sustainable future requires Local foodA sustainable future requires Local food

Economic Performance Over Time

Time…. Historical Projected Performance

District Heating saves us $Millions

Local Biogas, ethanol and biodiesel

Energy efficiency

Working together as a Community

2,000 people in Green Technology

With With Economic RenewalEconomic Renewal

Community Agriculture

Community Driven ChangeCommunity Driven Change

Not-for-profit community based Not-for-profit community based development co-operativedevelopment co-operative

Developed to “take ownership”Developed to “take ownership” Community based economic renewal Community based economic renewal Include economic, social and Include economic, social and

environmental valuesenvironmental values Development owned by the Development owned by the

community community

Plan Starts with:Plan Starts with:

• PartnershipsPartnerships• Collaborative decisionsCollaborative decisions• Small projects Small projects • Broad involvementBroad involvement• 12-18 months process12-18 months process

Project Scale would Grow as Project Scale would Grow as Awareness and Expertise GrowAwareness and Expertise Grow

Planning sessions for larger scale Planning sessions for larger scale ProjectsProjects

What will work for us?

Selecting a project and getting started

A Sustainable Community

Protect both Present and Future Resident

Reference Sites Reference Sites Canadian Co-operative Association Canadian Co-operative Association www.coopscanada.coop/ Transition CommunitiesTransition Communitieswww.transitiontowns.org/www.transitiontowns.org/ Green TimiskamingGreen Timiskaminggreentemiskaming.ca/Natural Step Natural Step www.naturalstep.org/ Ontario Sustainable Energy Association Ontario Sustainable Energy Association www.www.ontarioontario-sea.org-sea.org