Renewable Energy Archives - Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:57:21 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 The energy transition: Green for whom? /euc/research-spotlight/the-energy-transition-green-for-whom/ Wed, 26 Jan 2022 13:57:21 +0000 https://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=13129 by Cynthia Morinville With the current climate emergency requiring an immediate divestment from fossil fuels, lithium is quickly becoming one of the critical metals necessary to the energy transition. From the uptake of electric vehicles to the production of batteries for the storage of renewable energies, the global demand for lithium is expected to increase […]

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]]> How leading Canadian activist Tzeporah Berman got Facebook, Victoria’s Secret and more companies to go green /euc/news-story/how-leading-canadian-activist-tzeporah-berman-got-facebook-victorias-secret-and-more-companies-to-go-green/ Tue, 17 Nov 2020 20:51:29 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=news-story&p=3084 (JTA) — Tzeporah Berman did not set out to be an environmental activist. Raised in a Jewish family outside Toronto, she dreamed of becoming a fashion designer and after high school moved into the city to enroll in a fashion arts design program at Ryerson University. Fast forward three decades and Berman, 51, is one […]

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]]> Exploring democracy and justice within low-carbon energy initiatives /euc/research-spotlight/exploring-democracy-and-justice-within-low-carbon-energy-initiatives/ Wed, 07 Oct 2020 03:28:55 +0000 http://euc.yorku.ca/?post_type=research-spotlight&p=2198 Susan Morrissey Wyse began her PhD in 2019 with the Faculty of Environmental Studies (now Environmental and Urban Change). The focus of her PhD dissertation is on the social impacts of low-carbon energy initiatives. The aim of her research is to investigate the intersection of democracy and justice within low carbon and renewable energy transitions. […]

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