• Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Youtube
  • Instagram
  • Take Action Now!
Sierra Club BC
  • Home
  • About
  • Campaigns
  • Education
  • Stories
  • Donate
  • Search
  • Menu
Stories
Haida Gwaii - Mission Transition podcast episode 3

From the Ground Up: Haida Gwaii (Season 2, Ep. 3)

June 4, 2019/in Caitlyn Vernon, Climate Solutions, Mission Transition /by Sierra Club

Mission Transition: Clean Energy and Beyond

A podcast from Sierra Club BC

Listen Now:

https://media.blubrry.com/missiontransition/p/sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/From-the-Ground-Up-Haida-Gwaii-Season-2-Ep-3.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 28:27 — 39.1MB)

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | RSS | More

Haida Gwaii has a fossil fuel problem. Every year 30 million litres of diesel are ferried to the island to provide heat, power and gas for its 4,000 residents. The residents are determined to change this, aiming for zero diesel in just over 5 years. It’s an ambitious goal. Mission Transition takes you to Haida Gwaii to find out what fuels their passion for clean energy, how they’re making changes—large and small—and what a community needs to get to 100% renewable. 

In this episode, we take you to the Haida Gwaii renewable energy symposium. We’ll hear insights from a number of community members and Haida leaders including former Council of the Haida Nation President kil tlaats’ gaa Peter Lantin, Haida Gwaii Museum Executive Director Jisgang Nika Collison, Yourbrook Energy co-founder Clyde Greenough, artist and Haida activist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, President of the Council of the Haida Nation and Swiilawiid Sustainability Society Board Member Jaalen Edenshaw, Skidegate Band Councillor Trent Moreas and Haida Elder Barbara Wilson.

Listen to Episode 4 next or find all of our previous episodes here.

Watch videos of the people featured in this episode and listen to more extended interviews below!

podcast, haida gwaii, clean energy

L-R: kil tlaats’ gaa Peter Lantin, Jisgang Nika Collison, Laird Bateham, Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, Jaalen Edenshaw, Haana Edenshaw, Clark Simonson and Jason Alsop.

 

Haana Edenshaw on renewables and LNG

Haida citizen Haana Edenshaw talks to Sierra Club BC’s Caitlyn Vernon at the Haida Gwaii Renewable Energy Symposium about the clean energy future she wants to see. No to dangerous LNG tankers, yes to community consent and renewables!

Listen to more clean energy stories on our podcast: https://sierraclub.bc.ca/podcast

Posted by Sierra Club BC on Thursday, 11 October 2018

Haida citizen Haana Edenshaw on the clean energy future she wants to see

Gaagwiis Jason Alsop’s closing comments at the HG Renewable Energy Symposium

We are thrilled to be reviewing and now sharing some video clips from the Haida Gwaii Renewable Energy Symposium that took place in G_aw, September 29-30, 2018.

Independence, working together, and local knowledge and expertise were some of the main themes we heard from the community at the 2-day event. Watch Gaagwiis Jason Alsop’s closing comments here:

Posted by Swiilawiid Sustainability Society on Sunday, 2 December 2018

 

Symposium closing comments by President of the Council of the Haida Nation Jason Alsop

Haida Gwaii Museum Executive Director Jisgang Nika Collison’s speech at the renewable energy symposium

Fracked gas: Adding fuel to the fire

“Our main concern with fracked gas is the tanker traffic through our territory and the potential risks of explosions.” – Jason Alsop, Haida Gwaii

Tell Premier Horgan: We need real climate leadership, not LNG! www.sierraclub.bc.ca/LNG

Posted by Sierra Club BC on Friday, 12 October 2018

President of the Council of the Haida Nation Jason Alsop on Haida concerns about LNG

Connect and read more

Words and Wisdom from the Haida Gwaii Renewable Energy Symposium: Final Report

Council of the Haida Nation

Swiilawiid Sustainability Society

Yourbrook Energy Systems Ltd. Tidal Power Solutions

Artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

Haida Gwaii Museum

Athlii Gwaii: Upholding Haida Law at Lyell Island, edited by Jisgang Nika Collison

Artist Jaalen Edenshaw

Skidegate Band Council receives funding for clean energy transition – read more in the National Observer

Listen to more stories

Extended interviews from Haida Gwaii

Barbara Wilson is a Haida citizen completing her Masters in Education focusing on climate change. She speaks passionately about the “Haida way” and what it means for the clean energy transition.

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Barbara-Wilson.mp3

Clark Simonson is a student at Gudangaay Tlaats’gaa Naay High School in Massett. One of the leaders of a plastics-to-fuel recycling project, he shares how he hopes the project will be useful for the transition to clean energy:

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Clark-Simonson.mp3

Artist and Swiilawiid Sustainability Society board member Jaalen Edenshaw talks about how the residents of Haida Gwaii have come together in the transition:

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Jaalen-Edenshaw.mp3

Jisgang Nika Collison is the Executive Director of the Haida Gwaii Museum. She talks about Haida knowledge and tradition and how it will guide Haida Gwaii in the transition to clean energy.

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Jisgang-Nika-Collison.mp3

Former Council of the Haida Nation President kil tlaats’ gaa Peter Lantin speaks about the Council’s search for alternate sources of energy for Haida Gwaii:

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/kil-tlaats-gaa-Peter-Lantin.mp3

Artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas talks about the Haida Gwaii journey to self governance and the importance of that journey to making the transition to clean energy:

https://sierraclub.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/Michael-Nicol-Yagulaanas.mp3

 

Tags: clean energy, haida gwaii, podcast, renewable, Sierra Club BC
Share this entry
  • Share on Facebook
  • Share on Twitter
  • Share on Google+
  • Share on Pinterest
  • Share on Linkedin
  • Share by Mail

Donate Today!

Help us inspire generations to defend nature and confront climate change, so families, communities and the natural world can prosper together.

Donate

Topics

  • 50 Places Project
  • Climate Solutions
  • Conservation & Biodiversity
  • Education
  • Events
  • Flathead & Southern Rockies
  • Forests
  • Fossil Fuels
  • Great Bear Rainforest
  • Guest blogs
  • Indigenous Rights & Title
  • Local Groups & Members
  • Nature Connection
  • Proportional Representation
  • Science & Life
  • Site C
  • Youth

Authors

  • Amira Maddison
  • Caitlyn Vernon
  • Ciera DeSilva
  • Galen Armstrong
  • James Davis
  • Jens Wieting
  • Kirsten Dallimore
  • Mark Worthing
  • Mary Lovell
  • Tim Pearson
Media Centre
  • Press Releases
  • Contact
  • Media Centre
  • Publications
Facebooktwitteryoutubeinstagram

Registered charitable number: 11914 9797 RR0001

© Copyright – Sierra Club BC

© Copyright - Sierra Club BC - Enfold WordPress Theme by Kriesi
  • Contact
  • Media Centre
  • Publications
BC Timber Sales clearcutting old-growth rainforest in Tsitika Valley, Schmidt... sierra club bc sierra club bc Demonstrators call for protection of endangered old-growth forests and improved...
Scroll to top
MENU
  • Home
  • About
  • Campaigns
  • Education
  • Stories
  • Donate