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Reflections on an Interview with the CBC
On Tuesday this week, I was interviewed by host Laura Lynch on CBC Radio One’s Vancouver morning show, the Early Edition, for a segment...

The Lab Team
Dec 6, 20185 min read


How can artificial intelligence enable Alberta to thrive in a competitive, low-carbon world?
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a rapidly developing area of technological advancement over the last 10 years and more, yet it is...

Nagwan Al-Guneid
Jul 9, 20183 min read


Switching Gears: from EFL 1.0 to EFL 2.0!
Co-creation, experimentation, and social innovation have been the Energy Futures Lab’s (EFL) core foundational elements since its...

Alison Cretney
Jul 9, 20183 min read


Backcasting Applied to Economic Development Strategy: The Petro-lithium Exemplar
Amidst the drama of recent pipeline and trade war news, you may be forgiven if you missed another announcement that will be important in...

Chad Park
Jun 17, 20183 min read


When Social Innovation Meets Technology Innovation: SPARK 2017 and the Energy Futures Lab
Alberta is poised for a big leap forward in energy innovation. This will be on display in early November at SPARK 2017 , a two-day...

Chad Park
Oct 24, 20175 min read


The Energy Futures Lab looks for common ground in energy debate
Oil and gas versus renewables? That’s a false dichotomy, according to the Energy Futures Lab (EFL), an initiative that acknowledges the...
Peter Kenter
May 23, 20173 min read


An Emerging Portfolio of EFL Initiatives
No one ever said the transition to a new energy economy would be easy. From the very beginning, The Natural Step Canada (TNSC) was under...

Chad Park
Oct 18, 20165 min read


Five Essential Capacities to Influence the Energy Transition: The Energy Futures Lab Leadership Bootcamp
Navigating the interconnected web of issues surrounding energy, climate change and sustainable development is a complex task. Over the...

Alison Cretney
Oct 18, 20162 min read


Chad Park: Six Suggestions for Alberta’s Climate Technology Task Force
Earlier this fall Alberta’s Economic Development and Trade Minister Deron Bilous appointed Gord Lambert to chair a Climate Technology...

Chad Park
Oct 6, 20164 min read


Chad Park on Finding our Future, Together at TEDxYYC
Building systems that are fit for the future means beginning with the end in mind and working together with unlikely allies. Our greatest...

Chad Park
Sep 26, 20161 min read


An Interview with Gordon Lambert, EFL Advisory Board Member
You need to critically test for whether the pace and scale at which work is getting done is appropriate to the challenges that you’re...

Pong Leung
Sep 5, 20165 min read


Kali Taylor: Activating the Energy Futures Lab “Brain Trust”
The term “Brain Trust” was coined in the 1930s by a New York Times reporter to describe a group of advisors who provided advice to...

Kali Taylor
Aug 15, 20163 min read


Steve Williams: Visualizing the Energy System
The Energy Futures Lab is all about the energy system. In fact, the idea is built right into our convening question “How can Alberta’s...

Steve Williams
Jul 15, 20164 min read


Tensions and Pivots: Evaluating the Energy Futures Lab
Accelerating the transition to a sustainable energy system is a pretty big goal. Let’s face it, if we could meet this challenge with a...

The Lab Team
Jun 27, 20164 min read


Cleantech Insights with Meera Nathwani-Crowe & Kipp Horton
If the energy transition is a journey, what are the paths to get there? Our future isn’t in a single resource based economy or a silver...

The Lab Team
Jun 15, 20165 min read


Fossil Fuels to Renewables – Oil Sands Workers’ Blueprint for a New Future
In our current energy transition dialogue, we’re used to separate and fragmented conversations from opposing viewpoints. The...

Leor Rotchild
Jun 12, 20164 min read


Donna Kennedy-Glans: Facing your Critics, Constructively and Proactively
In this three-part blog series, Donna provides practical advice on how to begin the sustainability planning discussion in your...

Donna Kennedy-Glans
Jun 1, 20166 min read


Integrating outside points of view into your company’s sustainability strategy
Your own company may be committed to closing some of your performance gaps on sustainability. Your company may even be staking new...

Donna Kennedy-Glans
May 25, 20165 min read


Donna Kennedy-Glans: Rescuing the Boiling Frog
In this three-part blog series, Donna provides practical advice on how to begin the sustainability planning discussion in your...

Donna Kennedy-Glans
May 17, 20165 min read


Learning journeys: More than just a fancy field trip?
The first time I heard the term “Learning Journey” I had a little trouble taking it seriously. I mean, we’re talking about field trips,...

Tyler Seed
Apr 26, 20163 min read
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