Get in touch!
Snail Mail: LIFE Co-op, c/o Treehaus Collaborative Workspace, 260 King Street West, Suite 201, Kitchener, N2G 1B6.
Office hours are irregular. Please call us at 1-866-889-9155, or email info@lifecoop.ca, to schedule a visit or meeting.
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Downloads
NEW! The draft Project Description Report for the St Agatha Wind Project
Coming Events and Appearances
Come out and hear more about our work (and that of our friends)!
May 24: Join CREW for another Green Movie Night: Tapped - Is clean drinking water a basic human right, or just an article of commerce? – award winning documentary. – Thurs., May 24 - 7:00 p.m. Original Princess Cinema, Princess St., Waterloo - displays & info 6:30 p.m. Details at www.crewzone.ca.
June 2: Join us at the FREE 5th Annual Waterloo Region Ecofest at the Waterloo Region Museum. Empower yourself at home, work and play! Ecofest is a fun and interactive event celebrating the environment, with lots of fun for the whole family.
June 10, 2012: Join us for LIFE's 3rd Annual Renewable Energy Tour. Details to be announced.
June 10: If you can't make the tour, you might check out the Halton-Hamilton Energy Awareness Team Summit at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton. More at HHEAT's blog.
LIFE is for energy... energy for life!
Have you ever wanted to own part of a wind turbine or a solar project? We can show you how!
JOIN LIFE Co-op TODAY! and help make a cleaner, brighter future for energy in Ontario, while stimulating local employment and earning returns on your investment. Membership is open to any Ontario resident aged 16 or older.
Investing in LIFE provides members with a way to benefit financially from Ontario's Feed-in-Tariff Program, while furthering the local Green Economy.
WOW!: The new rules of the Feed-in Tariff Program present a GREAT OPPORTUNITY for LIFE to explore partnerships with developers of solar projects in Waterloo Region and beyond. If you have an application in for a project in Waterloo region, and want to talk about working with our co-operative, please contact us ASAP. For more about how the program changes things for co-ops in Ontario, see Shane's blog at http://radicleenergy.blogspot.com .
LIFE has already gained a lot of experience through its pursuit of the St. Agatha Wind Project, which we continue to develop!
Click on the tabs above to learn more about the co-op and our projects, and get in touch with us if you want more information.
For up-to-date news and reflections, check out our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/lifecoop.
Follow this link to see how Ontario's electricity mix was made up over the last 48 hours.
If you agree we need more wind power in this province, please let others know that you're a Friend of Wind!
What's New?
For the most up-to-date reflections on the co-op, check out our Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/lifecoop.
The new Rules for Renewable Power in Ontario: FIT 2.0. See all the details at http://fit.powerauthority.on.ca/results-fit-program-review-now-available.
Highlights include
- significant reductions in prices paid for solar and wind energy,
- improvements to the application and annual review process,
- new opportunities for co-operatives, including a proportion to be reserved for community and First Nations projects.
New Poll shows 78% of Ontarions see wind power as one of the safest forms of energy.
The draft Project Description Report for the St Agatha Wind Project has ben posted, in accordance with the Renewable Energy Approval Regulations 359/09.
LIFE's Project Manager responds to the OPA's call for a suspension of wind projects: Letter to The Star, Yes to Green Energy Co-ops.
(January, 2012) LIFE Co-op President Rob Yost comments on OFA's change of position regarding wind energy: Local windpower group disappointed by OFA’s call for turbine moratorium in the New Hamburg Independent, January 24, 2012.
(January, 2012) LIFE Co-op is featured in "Wilmot waiting for wind power to gust into town".
(December, 2011) LIFE Co-op Project Manager Shane Mulligan was interviewed for this Observer article: "Wind Power Likely to Grow", by Colin Dewar.
LIFE is working with Conestoga College's Alternative Energy Division to conduct electrical engineering plan for the St Agatha Wind Project. Read about it here: "Conestoga sets trend in alternative energy".
New! RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT: A Guide for Municipalities. (Warning: Large PDF file (43MB))
New Addition! Falling Behind: Canada's Lost Green Energy Jobs. "Canadians are missing out on new clean energy jobs because the Canadian government is failing to keep up with other countries. The Obama administration is investing 18 times more per person in renewable energy than the Canadian government."
LIFE's Draft Business Plan is now online. We welcome your comments and questions.
How the FIT program works: ENERCON - LIFE's preferred supplier - has been chosen to provide 77 turbines for the Niagara Region Wind Corporation's projects. Projects like this mean high demand for ENERCON turbines, and ENERCON will be building at least one manufacturing plant in conjunction with this project! See their press release HERE.
New Report! The Real Truth About Wind Energy: A Literature Based Introduction to Wind Turbines in Ontario, by the Sierra Club.
September 2011: Our "Resources" page has been updated to include new studies on "health effects" and "property values".
Lead Now! is encouraging Ontario voters to POWER YOUR VOTE by letting your candidates know that you "pledge to vote on October 6th for clean energy, new jobs and healthy communities."
New Poll! Ontarians show strong support for green energy in run up to provincial election. (Added July 22, 2011)
New Report! Behind the Switch: Pricing Ontario's Electricity Options, by the Pembina Institute, shows that Cancelling the Green Energy Act would have little effect on Ontario electricity prices (author of new report explains results).
New Report! Blowing Smoke: Correcting Anti-Wind Myths in Ontario, by Environmental Defence and OSEA.
April 2011
Have a look at LIFE's New Investor Brief
November 8, 2010
Tour to Sky Generation Turbines Photos
visitors since April, 2011