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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do sub-prime mortgages have to do with Atlantic salmon, SUVs and globalization?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all depend on cheap oil, but oil is peaking.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can count on the price at the pump going up.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as transportation costs rises, so will the costs of our food.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that we have to wean ourselves from fossil fuels and re-engineer our lives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adapt to a world of growing energy scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is your neighbors and your neighborhood are about to get a lot more important
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the not too distant future.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Margaret Mead, a famous anthropologist, once said,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Never underestimate how a small group of thoughtful people can change the world.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where community power comes in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking and acting locally is the only way that we are going to able to
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address the issue facing us today and generations to come.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have significant challenges in front of us.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CO2 emissions are pouring into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the global climate warms beyond an average increase of 2 degrees,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impacts will be far more devastating than we can imagine.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community power and the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) is a way for people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share adversity and decide what to do about it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while creating economic benefits.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Green Energy and Green Economy Act is unlike anything else in North America.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It created the framework for a cross-section of communities to come together and create
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make a choice of which direction we want to take.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hard Path is more of the same, and leads to irreversable consequences.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make this choice together to decide on the vision we want for our community.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to take action on what we want to create together.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greatest challenge is about leadership.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finding those people in the community who have the passion
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who want to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where YOU come in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a local guy, a girl, a local group,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a church, or a local leader, who sees the benefit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of community power and you want to build community resilliancy.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where to start?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where we at OSEA come in.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our roadmap to getting your community power project from vision to reality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSEA's Roadmap To Success Workshop will take you on a deep dive
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the roadmap tools and techniques.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will create a project in your community
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help you develop an action plan
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring it from vision to reality.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Community Energy Partnership Program (CEPP)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offers a 90% grant on eligible activities
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have the technical, financial and governing feasability of a community project.