b'CLIMATE CHANGECATALYSTS for CHANGE By Sarah B. HoodH o w I n d i g e n o u sF orthosewholiveinurbanand comparatively clean energy. Remote Canada, green energy is a feel- communities often rely on diesel, which C l e a n E n e r g y i sgood idea: maybe a cost-savercontributes to the greenhouse gases that for businesses and homeownersare disrupting the local ecosystem. In l e a d i n g c h a n g eand possibly a source of newrecent years, Indigenous communities businessventuresandjobcreation.have been moving ahead with local hydro, b y e m p o w e r i n gFor remote Indigenous communities,solar, wind and bioenergy projects to however,itsamuchmorepressing I n d i g e n o u smatter. For them, climate change isntreduce reliance on diesel, to foster local just a theory. Its a noticeable drop ineconomic development, and because itC a t a l y s t st osalmon and caribou populations or themakes sense from a global perspective.fear that the ice road that brings in critical e m b r a c e n e wsupplies each winter may not freeze solid.A key change-maker in this arena is Indigenous Clean Energy, or ICE, a o p p o r t u n i t i e s i nUrban communities already benefitrobust not-for-profit organization thats from being connected to public utili- training Indigenous leaders to work with c l e a n e n e r g y ties that provide relatively inexpensiveclean-energy initiatives. The group is 66A CCAB PUBLICATION2022'