Gabriola Commons Community Centre

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Partner: Gabriola Commons Foundation

Once a goat cheese farm, the Gabriola Commons Community Centre is now home to a grassroots organization focused on preserving and enriching the local environment and community. After creating a community kitchen, gardens and a public transit system—the group is now setting out to prove how small-scale solar can also benefit the community. Bullfrog Power and the Regional District of Nanaimo have partnered with the Gabriola Commons Foundation to help make their new solar project possible.

Read our Currents of Change profile with Judith Roux of Gabriola Commons

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Judith Roux

“Taking action for the planet—keeping our waters clean, our forests green, our air breathable—is the only action on the table.”
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About our community projects

Activists and organizers across the country are working to transition their communities away from fossil fuels. We created our community-based green energy projects grant to provide critical funding for these local efforts.

All bullfrogpowered customers help fund these small-scale, community-led projects, including solar panels on schools and in Indigenous communities, education and training programs, and a cleantech accelerator.

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Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy Solar Project

Bullfrog partnered with the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) to help build a solar roof on EBC’s Alvar Bay Nature Reserve Cabin. The Alvar Bay Reserve is part of the Conservancy’s lands designated for protection, and is also a Monarch Way Station.

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Sagkeeng First Nation Administration Office

Located on the banks of Lake Winnipeg and the Winnipeg River, the Sagkeeng First Nation sees renewable energy as an investment in the community’s future.

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