Interview with Keith Hirsche, founder of RenuWell who worked in partnership with Iron & Earth on the two proof-of-concept pilot projects to turn abandoned well sites into productive solar power generation sites.

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RenuWell

Shawn Hubbard was a worker who was ready for additional training so he could make a career move. Through Iron & Earth's RenuWell program he received hands-on experience installing a solar power generation system in southern Alberta. His career story has been much like the story of Iron & Earth – how to get out of the boom-bust cycle of the oil and gas industry and be an active part of climate solutions.

Shawn Hubbard talks about his career transition

Canada's latest budget bets big on a major shift in the global economy which Minister Freeland said in her speech is "the most significant economic transformation since the Industrial Revolution". 
In episode 5 of our Renewable Conversations podcast, we talk with Mitchell Beers, founder publisher and managing editor of The Energy Mix, a news site focused on climate change, energy, and the shift off carbon.

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Budget 2023 Analysis

Renewable energy projects can have a tremendous impact on small communities. John Parkins has been studying how to ensure it is a fair and positive impact.

Engaging rural communities

This week Iron & Earth was pleased to announce $16M in new funding from the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program.
In Part 1 of our conversation with Luisa, Executive Director of Iron & Earth, she talks with freelance broadcaster Don Hill about how the funding will create energy transition opportunities across Canada that are built around community and individual needs.

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Luisa da Silva PART 1

Iron & Earth recently announce $16M in new funding from the Government of Canada’s Sectoral Workforce Solutions Program.
In Part 2 of our conversation with Luisa Da Silva, Executive Director of Iron & Earth, she talks with freelance broadcaster Don Hill about her own career transition from oil & gas to renewables, and how the new funding will help other workers make a transition to a more sustainable future.

Luisa da Silva PART 2

Iron & Earth is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2016 with roots in the fossil fuel industry.
We are supporting this legislation as it aligns with our work to create pathways to opportunities in the net-zero economy for fossil fuel workers, Indigenous Peoples, and their communities.

Canadian Sustainable Jobs Act

This week Iron & Earth is part of an international group in Germany looking at that country’s move to a energy diversification and a more sustainable economy. 
In this podcast episode, freelance broadcast Don Hill talks with German Consul General March Eichhorn.

German renewables study tour

As you’ll hear in this podcast episode Canada is in a position to make sustainable jobs an economic winner as long as we keep workers and the climate at the top of the agenda.

Structural Change in Germany

Interview with Jason Schulz from theAthabasca Chipewyan First Nation about the community's energy diversification projects.

Jobs and clean energy in Indigenous communities

Solar power is cheap, quiet, and reduces the need for a diesel powered generator in remote or rural regions.
In this episode of our Renewable Conversations you'll hear how Gonezu Energy and Iron & Earth are helping remote Indigenous cabin owner live off-the-grid.

DehCho Green Power

On August 3rd the Government of Alberta suspended approvals on all new renewable electricity generation projects. The moratorium will remain in place until February of 2024. 
As part of the announcement the government said the Alberta Utilities Commission would start an inquiry examining future rules for new projects. The inquiry would focus on the impacts on agricultural land and viewscapes, requirements for post-project cleanup, and how the growth of renewable energy would affect the province’s over power grid. 
There was no notice of the moratorium and at the time Iron & Earth called for the government to engage with the renewable energy sector. 
On September 7th Iron & Earth hosted a panel discussion on the moratorium. The panel was made up of Stephen Buhler, a Community Engagement Officer with Iron & Earth, Luisa Da Silva, Executive Director of Iron & Earth, and Jason Markusoff, a journalist with CBC. The webinar was moderated  by freelance broadcaster and host of our Renewable Conversation podcast, Don Hill. 
Here is the audio recording from that event.

Discussion Panel on the Renewable Energy Moratorium

Iron & Earth is a worker-led not-for-profit with a mission to empower fossil fuel industry and Indigenous workers to build and implement climate solutions.

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