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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.60,0:00:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What do sub-prime mortgages have to do with Atlantic Salmon, SUVs and globalization?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.84,0:00:15.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They all depend on cheap oil, but oil is peaking.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.13,0:00:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So you can count on the price at the pump going up.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.02,0:00:23.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And as transportation costs rise, so will the cost of our food.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.07,0:00:27.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That means that we have to wean ourselves from fossil fuels and re-engineer our lives
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.18,0:00:30.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to adapt to a world of growing energy scarcity.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.74,0:00:35.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The good news is your neighbors and your neighborhood are about to get a lot more important
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.08,0:00:37.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the not too distant future.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:37.15,0:00:40.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Margaret Mead, a famous anthropologist, once said,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:40.09,0:00:44.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Never underestimate how a small group of thoughtful people can change the world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.51,0:00:47.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has!"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.95,0:00:50.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's where community power comes in.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.38,0:00:54.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thinking and acting locally is the only way that we are going to able to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.49,0:00:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,address the issues facing us today and generations to come.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.70,0:01:01.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have significant challenges in front of us.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.18,0:01:04.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CO2 emissions are pouring into the atmosphere.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.74,0:01:08.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If the global climate warms beyond an average increase of 2 degrees,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.37,0:01:12.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the impact will be far more devastating than we can imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.28,0:01:18.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Community power and the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association (OSEA) is a way for people
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.14,0:01:21.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to share adversity and decide what to do about it
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.44,0:01:24.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while creating economic benefits.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.26,0:01:28.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Green Energy and Green Economy Act is unlike anything else in North America.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.99,0:01:32.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It created the framework for a cross-section of communities to come together
Dialogue: 0,0:01:32.77,0:01:36.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and created the infrastructure to turn vision into action.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.18,0:01:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are faced with two paths:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.48,0:01:44.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hard Path: centralized production of energy with continuous consumption and limitless growth;
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.31,0:01:51.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the Soft Path: local production of energy, locally owned with resilient and sustainable communities.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.14,0:01:55.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make a choice of which direction we want to take.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.39,0:02:00.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hard Path is more of the same, and leads to irreversable consequences.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.68,0:02:06.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to make this choice together to decide on the vision we want for our community.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.14,0:02:09.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And to take action on what we want to create together.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.44,0:02:12.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The greatest challenge is about leadership.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.18,0:02:14.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Finding those people in the community who have the passion
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.68,0:02:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and who want to make a difference.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.17,0:02:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where YOU come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.94,0:02:22.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you are a local guy, girl, a local group,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.11,0:02:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a church, or a municpal leader, who sees the benefit
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.14,0:02:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of community power and you want to build community resilliancy.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.78,0:02:30.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But where to start?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.84,0:02:32.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is where we at OSEA come in.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.59,0:02:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with our roadmap for getting your community power project from vision to reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.32,0:02:40.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,OSEA's Roadmap To Success Workshop will take you on a deep dive
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.82,0:02:43.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the roadmap tools and techniques.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.61,0:02:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We will create a project in your community
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.53,0:02:48.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and help you develop an action plan
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.43,0:02:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to bring it from vision to reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.82,0:02:54.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Community Energy Partnership Program (CEPP)
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.61,0:02:57.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,offers a 90% grant on eligible activities
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.60,0:03:03.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have the technical, financial and governing feasability of a community project.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.01,0:03:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Act changed the Cooperatives Corporations Act
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.16,0:03:09.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to allow for the creation of a renewable energy cooperative
Dialogue: 0,0:03:09.68,0:03:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as a means to encourage community involvement.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.49,0:03:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fun, challenging, paving the way for community-inspired actions
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.48,0:03:18.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to save the planet.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.20,0:03:21.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a reason to meet your neighbors throughout your community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.03,0:03:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a way for all of us to literally invest in the future.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.68,0:03:27.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be able to actually buy a share in the development
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.90,0:03:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,from a community-operated renewable energy cooperative.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.72,0:03:35.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll be a member of a democratically-controlled investment opportunity
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.12,0:03:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who's primary role, after return to investors, shareholders, members,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.39,0:03:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is returned to the community.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.38,0:03:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Supporting community sports, cultural, environmental, and other philanthropic activities.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.36,0:03:51.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is a renewable energy cooperative the right model for YOUR group?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.19,0:03:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is important to decide, as it will influence how you raise capital for the project.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.13,0:04:02.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 250 kilowatt solar PV can cost up to one million, five hundred thousand dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.15,0:04:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a big investment for a community.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.16,0:04:08.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A 2 megawatt wind project can be four to five million.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.78,0:04:10.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But communities are doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.58,0:04:12.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And sharing the investment opportunity locally,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.93,0:04:15.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than with the ups and downs of the Stock Market.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.60,0:04:19.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The same process is applicable to other renewable energy technologies.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.64,0:04:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now you are ready to submit your CEPP application.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.62,0:04:28.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This will help you understand more of the technical, financial, and governance options.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.83,0:04:33.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Through the OSEA Community Power Services Group, we can assist you through the application process
Dialogue: 0,0:04:33.83,0:04:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as well as help you to manage your project.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.69,0:04:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Workshop will connect people with passion in the community
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.64,0:04:41.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with organizations and people with assets
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.76,0:04:44.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that can accommodate renewable generation projects:
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.82,0:04:50.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,municipal buildings, hospitals, brownfield sites, used landfills, quarries, business rooftops.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.20,0:04:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Once you've found the heart and mind of the community,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.10,0:04:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then there is nothing stopping you from moving your project forward.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.77,0:05:02.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what do you know? Other things start to happen:
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.39,0:05:04.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you begin to drive less,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.19,0:05:05.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,shop locally,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.42,0:05:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get to meet new people,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.27,0:05:09.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,build a community energy plan,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.44,0:05:12.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,influence local politicians on environmental matters.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.88,0:05:17.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You have the capacity to act locally and think locally.