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Community-Driven Energy: Addressing Energy Poverty With Renewables

Erika Shea joins the Reimagining Energy Podcast to share New Dawn’s approach to energy poverty as a nonprofit social enterprise

How can a small community become an international example of how to approach energy poverty?

New Dawn President and CEO, Erika Shea joined Maria McGowan, host of the Reimagining Energy Podcast, to share New Dawn’s innovative journey—from retrofitting buildings for energy efficiency to embracing renewable energy solutions—all while confronting the urgent issue of energy poverty that burdens many local households. Erika also shared advice for other social enterprises and talked about New Dawn’s exciting plans, including new construction projects and ambitious community solar initiatives.

Find more episode of the Reimagining Energy Podcast here.

Learn about the solar array at Pine Tree Park, Canada’s first subscription-based community solar program, here.

Find out more about the energy efficiency upgrades at the New Dawn Centre, funded by the Sustainable Communities Challenge Fund, here.

Posted November 8, 2024 by Ardelle Reynolds
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Eymu’ti’k Unama’ki

Eymu’ti’k Unama’ki, newte’jk l’uiknek te’sikl Mi’kmawe’l maqamikall mna’q iknmuetumittl. Ula maqamikew wiaqi-wikasik Wantaqo’tie’l aqq I’lamatultimkewe’l Ankukamkewe’l Mi’kmaq aqq Eleke’wuti kisa’matultisnik 1726ek.

We are in Unama’ki, one of the seven traditional and unceded ancestral territories of the people of Mi’kma’ki. This territory is covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship which the Mi’kmaq first signed with the British Crown in 1726.

Ketu’-keknuite’tmek aqq kepmite’tmek ula tela’matultimkip wjit maqamikew ta’n etekl mtmo’taqne’l. Ula tett, ula maqamikek, etl-lukutiek l’tunen aqq apoqntmnen apoqnmasimk aqq weliknamk Unama’ki.

We wish to recognize and honour this understanding of the lands on which we reside. It is from here, on these lands, that we work to create and support a culture of self-reliance and vibrancy.