Transition Cornwall+ hosts great screening and discussion

It was a great pleasure to travel an hour down the road from Ottawa to Cornwall, Ontario to participate in a post-screening (52-minute version of Powerful: Energy for Everyone) discussion on November 2, 2o11. I never know what to expect at a screening like this. A small audience of “the converted”, a big crowd with [...]

Transcript of Powerful: Energy for Everyone

Last night I attended a screening of Powerful: Energy for Everyone hosted by the Kanata Environmental Network, here in the city of Ottawa. As usual, I spoke after the screening, giving some insight into what drove me to make the film, and why I think the key elements of a clean/green energy future are greater [...]

Clips from Powerful added to YouTube

As a newly-elected city councillor in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, time is scarce for blogging, making films and marketing my film Powerful: Energy for Everyone.
But I finally managed to post six different scenes from the film on YouTube. This should give viewers (and potential buyers and groups interested in booking a screening) a good [...]

The Powerful train has left the station

With master versions of Powerful now completed, demo dvds ready to submit to festivals, and the first “invitation only” special screening slated for June 8 in Ottawa, it is time for me to hit the road (so to speak) and start promoting this spanking new film. One thing I have learned with my previous film [...]

More Powerful: Jules de Heer on sustainable neighbourhoods and prefab homes

In the making of my film Powerful: Energy for Everyone, I had the occasion to visit many communities, see interesting projects and interview passionate people of all stripes. I shot over 100 hours of video. Not all could be squeezed into a 95-minute film. This is one of the stories that I would like to [...]

More Powerful: Almonte’s hydro-powered revival

In the making of my film Powerful: Energy for Everyone, I had the occasion to visit many communities, see interesting projects and interview passionate people of all stripes. I shot over 100 hours of video. Not all could be squeezed into a 95-minute film. This is one of the stories that I would like to [...]

Powerful Interviews: Eric Martinot

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, renewable energy analyst Eric Martinot discusses the growth of the renewable energy industry, the importance of good government policies, and the promising future.
Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko film, Powerful: Energy for Everyone.

Powerful Interviews: Tim Weis

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Tim Weis of the Pembina Institute in Canada discusses how provinces like Ontario and Alberta can be running their cheap cialis online canadian pharmacy economies with a much larger portion of their energy coming from renewable sources.
Parts of this [...]

Powerful Interviews: Preben Maegard

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Danish wind and renewable pioneer and expert Preben Maegard discusses the Danish experience, the potential of wind and biomass, and the policies that will get us to a renewable energy society.
Parts of this interview will be featured in the [...]

Powerful Interviews: Paul McKay

In this series of extended interviews on green energy and a future powered by renewable power, Paul McKay discusses how we can move from a power system dominated by fossil fuels and nuclear, to one that is based on conservation, efficiency and renewable sources.
Parts of this interview will be featured in the upcoming David Chernushenko [...]