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Jennifer Taylor, a student of Environmental Studies at York University, realized that she didn’t just want to oppose things she thought were ‘bad’, like the tar sands and deforestation; she wanted to do something positive, and she found her calling in renewable energy. When Peter Stock sat down to interview Jennifer, she explained what Germany is doing right in replacing centralized power generation with small scale wind, solar and biomass generation, why Canada’s renewable energy program has hit a roadblock, and why a renewable energy system would have prevented the 2003 NorthEast Blackout.

 

You can see the complete episode here: TGM #148: Conservation or renweables? (July 31, 2009)