1 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 What do sub-prime mortgages have to do with Atlantic salmon, SUVs and globalization? 2 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 They all depend on cheap oil, but oil is peaking. 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 So you can count on the price at the pump going up. 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And as transportation costs rises, so will the costs of our food. 5 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That means that we have to wean ourselves from fossil fuels and re-engineer our lives 6 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to adapt to a world of growing energy scarcity. 7 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The good news is your neighbors and your neighborhood are about to get a lot more important 8 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 in the not too distant future. 9 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Margaret Mead, a famous anthropologist, once said, 10 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 "Never underestimate how a small group of thoughtful people can change the world. 11 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has!" 12 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That's where community power comes in. 13 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Thinking and acting locally is the only way that we are going to able to 14 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 address the issue facing us today and generations to come. 15 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 We have significant challenges in front of us. 16 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 CO2 emissions are pouring into the atmosphere. 17 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 If the global climate warms beyond an average increase of 2 degrees, 18 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the impacts will be far more devastating than we can imagine. 19 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Community power and the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) is a way for people 20 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to share adversity and decide what to do about it 21 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 while creating economic benefits. 22 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The Green Energy and Green Economy Act is unlike anything else in North America. 23 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 It created the framework for a cross-section of communities to come together and create 24 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 the infrastructure to turn vision into action. We are facing two paths: the Hard Path, centralized production of energy with continuous consumption and limitless growth; or the Soft Path: local production of energy, locally owned with resilient and sustainable communities. 25 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 We need to make a choice of which direction we want to take. 26 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The Hard Path is more of the same, and leads to irreversable consequences. 27 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 We need to make this choice together to decide on the vision we want for our community. 28 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 And to take action on what we want to create together. 29 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The greatest challenge is about leadership. 30 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 Finding those people in the community who have the passion 31 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and who want to make a difference. 32 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That is where YOU come in. 33 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 If you are a local guy, a girl, a local group, 34 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 a church, or a local leader, who sees the benefit 35 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 of community power and you want to build community resilliancy. 36 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 But where to start? 37 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 That is where we at OSEA come in. 38 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 with our roadmap to getting your community power project from vision to reality. 39 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 OSEA's Roadmap To Success Workshop will take you on a deep dive 40 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 into the roadmap tools and techniques. 41 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 We will create a project in your community 42 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 and help you develop an action plan 43 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 to bring it from vision to reality. 44 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 The Community Energy Partnership Program (CEPP) 45 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 offers a 90% grant on eligible activities 46 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 that have the technical, financial and governing feasability of a community project.