Empowering indigenous-Owned Renewable Energy: David Isaac, W Dusk Group
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https://doi.org/10.54056/UWLF5017Keywords:
Alternative energy sources, Business And Economics, Coal, Colonialism, Communication, Community, Consumption, Culture, Dams, Economic development, Empowerment, Environmental stewardship, Ethnic Interests, Floods, Indigenous peoples, Innovations, National reconciliation, Natural resources, Power, Reconciliation, Renewable energy, Renewable resources, Side effects, Solar energy, Sympathy, Tutorials, Values, Indigenous, Indigenous economic development, Indigenous businesses in CanadaAbstract
Solar energy, in the form of solar panels, produces clean, renewable, non-hydro energy that can power a community without the adverse effects of hydroelectricity. With the Internet of Things, we can optimize the interactions between a distributed energy system composed of solar panels, wind turbines, and tidal power based on real-time data from each component" (D. Isaac, personal communication, February 21, 2020). [...]renewables help to reaffirm and strengthen Indigenous values and pride within Indigenous communities. [...]this compassionate paradigm is a shift in the right direction toward meaningful reconciliation. Young Indigenous community members are offered tutorials about solar energy, giving them a chance to hook up sample solar panels (D. Isaac, personal communication, February 21,
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