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Special report

The Climate Innovator Next Door

What motivates people to take on the challenge of climate change?  Our reporters look at how Canadians are coming up with solutions in our own backyards. If you'd like to see more of this reporting, please subscribe.

15 Articles

Morocco unveils massive solar plant

Noor I plant is the first phase of a project expected to provide 1.2 million Moroccans with power.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • The Canadian Press
  • News
  • Energy
February 4th 2016

Paris changed everything, so why are we still talking pipelines?

If Paris was finally the moment when world leaders overwhelmingly accept human-made climate change as real, why all this continued brouhaha over pipelines?
Opinion
  • Profile photo of David Suzuki
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • David Suzuki
  • Opinion
  • Energy
January 26th 2016

Carbon-buster takes energy future into his own hands

A former engineer builds a backyard "solar garden" that helps end the 'Catch-22' of fossil fuel prosperity.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Peter Nix
  • News
  • Energy
January 20th 2016

Researcher examines old logbooks for climate clues

The meticulous records kept by old whaling captains and fur traders are an Aladdin's cave of information detailing everything from weather and wind to sea ice and animals.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • The Canadian Press
  • News
November 27th 2015
David Boyd and his daughter, Meredith, at Fair on Pender Island

The Optimistic Environmentalist

Environmental lawyer and activist David Boyd offers a different way of thinking about environmental challenges in his book, "The Optimistic Environmentalist."
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Anne Watson
  • News
  • Culture
November 1st 2015

Invest your money in what you value

Donating to a charity fighting global poverty doesn’t make sense when your pension fund is bankrolling deforestation, destroying livelihoods and driving subsistance farmers into slums.
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Joel Solomon
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Joel Solomon
  • Opinion
October 28th 2015
Great Climate Race, Ben West, Forest Ethics, Tanker Free B.C., climate change, environmental advocate

Ben West's Great Climate Race

Join the 10k run or 2.5k walk that begins at Stanley Park on Sunday, November 8th— and that raises funds for renewable energy projects in B.C.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Elizabeth McSheffrey
  • News
  • Energy
October 28th 2015

University of California unveils plan to combat climate change, saying it's 'moral imperative'

UC President Janet Napolitano vows to turn the system's 10 campuses into a living laboratory for solutions that can be scaled up to state, national, and global level.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • The Canadian Press
  • News
  • Energy
October 27th 2015

Clean Energy Canada report shows big strides in 2014 by provinces

Provinces look to green power future worth billions - surging ahead with solar, wind, biomass, and hydro development that is now powering hundreds of thousands of homes.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Fram Dinshaw
  • News
  • Energy
September 17th 2015
Frances Deverell, retired minister and climate activist

The visions of Frances Deverell

If we spent money on computers and electrification and high speed transmission wires and networks for matching up complex energy inputs and outputs, those would be very sexy, high paying jobs.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Carrie Saxifrage
  • News
  • Culture
August 11th 2015
David Trowbridge, Clean North, Sault Ste. Marie

David Trowbridge's baby boomer activism for sustainability

David Trowbridge of Clean North hates to see trees cut down. "It's almost like they're cutting me," he said. So he's working on tree by-law for the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Carrie Saxifrage
  • News
July 31st 2015

Winnipeg: decolonization and being a good ally

The declaration by Maclean's magazine that Winnipeg is Canada's most racist city mortified those residents who have been working for years to become "good settlers."
Opinion
  • Profile photo of Carrie Saxifrage
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Carrie Saxifrage
  • Opinion
July 27th 2015
Chickadee Richard, Anishinaabe elder and Idle No More spokeswoman

Chickadee Richard, Anishinaabe elder: Live your prayer

Chickadee Richard: "I don't know why our movement is called 'Idle No More.' I've never been idle."
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Carrie Saxifrage
  • News
  • Culture
July 12th 2015
Idle No More spokeswoman Chantal Chagnon

Chantal Stormsong Chagnon: Out of the frying pan and into the 8th Fire

Chantal Chagnon presents First Nations culture to schools, universities and other public forums, with some politics thrown in.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Carrie Saxifrage
  • News
July 11th 2015
Gisela Ruckert of Kamloops 350

The climate labyrinth: Gisela Ruckert and Kamloops 350

Since the mid-naughts, Gisela Ruckert has led Kamlooops 350 in educating citizens about the need for climate action. Now that most Canadians agree, the issue is electoral reform.
The Climate Innovator Next Door
By
  • Carrie Saxifrage
  • News
  • Culture
July 9th 2015

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