On Saturday morning, amid the sweet smells and ruckus of the local farmers’ market, we had the pleasure of chatting with dozens of Owen Sounders about the Glassworks project. The possibility of developing a neighbourhood with sustainability, affordability and community … Continue reading →
The inaugural meeting of The Glassworks Cooperative, BCEC’s new Zero Emission Development initiative, will be held on Saturday, November 25th, 2017 at St. George’s Parish Hall 1049 4th Avenue East, Owen Sound. The day runs from 11am – 4pm and a light … Continue reading →
BCEC Possible New Co-op Project Wednesday Oct 25 2017 BCEC VP met with three new BCEC co-op members in Owen Sound to discuss renewable energy, a development project and a possible new co-op policy. The group decided to prepare a … Continue reading →
We had a great visit with Gideon and Emily from the Suzuki Foundation today. We spent 20 minutes on the Kew Beach School roof and then 15 minutes with the School Principal and an Eco teacher. Kew Beach has Eco … Continue reading →
The Beach Community Energy Co-op (BCEC) was delighted to be announced as the winner of the Ontario Sustainable Energy Association’s (OSEA) 2017 Powering Prosperity Awards for ‘Community Developer of the Year’. This award recognizes the efforts of so many staff, … Continue reading →
The following article was originally published by the David Suzuki Foundation on March 1st, 2017. It is reproduced here with the kind permission of the author and the Foundation. “When you do solar arrays, people’s language changes,” says co-op founder … Continue reading →
Saturday, September 10, — Bullfrog Power, and Beach Community Energy Co-operative (BCEC) are launching a new solar project on the roof of Kew Beach Junior Public School in Toronto’s The Beach neighbourhood. A launch event will take place from 11:00 … Continue reading →
To date, solar power has mostly been available to utilities (as big power plants) or individual home and business owners (as rooftop panels). Left out has been … well, everyone else, those of us who are not utility executives and … Continue reading →