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“I mean if we can prove this can be done here in a First Nation community I believe every municipality or county, every city and village has that opportunity to move in this direction also so they can become more self-sufficient on their own,” says Desmond Bull of the Louis Bull Tribe in central Alberta. The Tribe is training workers in solar and has already installed 95 kilowatts of solar on many public buildings at Maskwacis. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Some snapshots from our solar panel training course last week.
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Some snapshots from our solar panel training course last week.
Read about our Solar Panel course at our blog: electricaltrainingcourses.wordpress.com
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Louis Bull Tribe parntered with Iron and Earth to run a solar training program for oilsands workers and tribe members alike–breaking bread together and a little moose meat was all part of the program of charting a new future with clean sustainable energy. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Some snapshots from our solar panel training course last week.
Read about our Solar Panel course at our blog: electricaltrainingcourses.wordpress.com
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Aerial of the Louis Bull Daycare Centre with solar on it, installed by the oilsands workers and Louis Bull Tribe members in their 5-day solar training course. The Louis Bull tribe now has 188 kilowatts of solar on Tribe buildings, it's enough electricity to power 26 homes. Photo Devin Schaefers See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Louis Bull brought cultural integration to the training program and according to Desmond Bull this helped the program "be a lot more successful." Pictured are youth involved in a drumming circle at a celebration of the solar program at the daycare centre. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
The Louis Bull Tribe partnered with Iron and Earth to deliver solar training programs for out of work oil workers and FIrst Nations workers alike. But a powerful community building component turned out to be cultural integration offered by Louis Bull Tribe. "The cultural integration was a huge huge success. says Desmond Bull, councillor with Louis Bull. "I totally believe it was in the participants that you know partook. They really enjoyed that also. You know some of them never took part in a pipe ceremony or a sweat someone even had Moose meat. So you know what was that cultural integration that really helped this program be a lot more successful. But I think it's it goes back to understanding I believe in what the treaties are that we as First Nations and Canadian citizens we need to take care of each other take care of the land and you know take care of the future generations," says Bull. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Some snapshots from our solar panel training course last week.
Read about our Solar Panel course at our blog: electricaltrainingcourses.wordpress.com
All rights reserved. © PASS Ltd, www.electricaltrainingcourse.co.uk
"You know some of them never took part in a pipe ceremony or a sweat someone even had Moose meat. So you know what was that cultural integration that really helped this program be a lot more successful. But I think it's it goes back to understanding I believe in what the treaties are that we as First Nations and Canadian citizens we need to take care of each other take care of the land and you know take care of the future generation," says Louis Bull Councillor of the Louis Bull Tribe of the joint Louis Bull and Iron and Earth solar training program. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Desmond Bull, a councillor with the Louis Bull Tribe says solar needs to be seen as part of the standard equipment in new capital projects such as the new waste management facility at Maskwacis, home of the Louis Bull Tribe. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Jen Turner of Iron and Earth at a solar training program they partnered with Louis Bull Tribe to deliver: "We are actually all making history. I'm here with 15 trainees most of whom are oil and gas workers a lot like me. All of us are here because they are striving towards a brighter future themselves. Getting to know these people has inspired me. Plus, being here? Being here has shown me how critical it is for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people to work and learn together side by side, taking care of the land as partners." Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Iron and Earth partnered with the Louis Bull Tribe to offer the first joint 5-day solar training program at the Louis Bull Tribe's daycare centre. Oil workers and First Nation workers learned together in an innovative program that promotes upskilling for conventional energy and First Nations workers. As part of the course trainees do a hand-on solar installation. Photo Joan Sullivan, Iron and Earth See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Jen Turner supervised oil rigs in Alberta and Saskatchewan for 10 years. While the oil and gas industry was in the bust phase she and thousands of workers found work hard to come by. She discovered Iron and Earth an organization of former oilsands workers that is advocating for diversification into renewable energy and job training for those in the industry. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Jen Turner, a former rig supervisor in Alberta, took part in the 5-day solar course and recently signed up to help Iron and Earth deliver its message that is calling for training for oil workers to help them to diversify into renewable energy opportunities. The partnership with the Louis Bull Tribe also open Jen's eyes to other benefits of community energy: "coming out here and having this experience, in Louis Bull First Nation, makes me realize there's a third piece: it's social prosperity." Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Jen Turner supervised oil rigs for 10 years before discovering Iron and Earth's vision of training oil workers in renewable energy: "Before this I had just over a year of chasing work, and cancelled projects, and waiting by the phone. And hoping against hope to see if I was going to be going out to drill on another project." She now promotes renewable energy, diversification and training for oil workers. Photo Iron and Earth See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Part of the appeal of solar is the potential for local jobs, community ownership and local energy supply. Photo Joan Sullivan, Iron and Earth See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Dashawan Raise of Maskwacis learned about the 5-day solar training opportunity at the last minute, but he sees a big future for solar in his community: “I hope to get a little further into this and in the next few months we’ll be installing some solar panels on the band office and the recreation centre.” Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Louis Bull Tribe engaged Bert Bull, their cultural advisor to integrate cultural components into the solar training program they undertook with Iron and Earth. The idea seemed to help participants grasp the social sustainability as an important potential benefit of community energy development. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...
Devin Schafers was born on a farm near Villeneuve, Albera and after working in refineries in northern Alberta for a decade he took the five-day solar course: “I'm hoping that what I've learned here on this course will help me make the world a little bit better place, because green technologies are the way to go,” says Schafers. Photo David Dodge, GreenEnergyFutures.ca See video, blog and photos: www.greenenergyfutures.ca/episode/first-nations-oilsands-...