Generating Community Energy

The use of community-owned power facilities using renewal resources is rapidly gaining popularity across Ontario.

Wind energy is the fastest growing source of energy in the world. Since 1990, wind energy has increased at an average rate of 25% per year, a trend driven largely by dramatic improvements in wind power technology.

Community organizations in Thunder Bay, Temagami and Huron and Perth counties are collaborating to bring a new kind of energy to their communities.

Read more here.

Principles for Partnership

“The problems facing our cities seem to defy solution,” writes James Austin, in this article from the Leader to Leader Institute. “The only certainty is that these increasingly complex challenges exceed the capabilities of any single sector -- public, private, or nonprofit -- to solve them alone.” Read the article HERE.

Collaboration Factors Inventory

The Wilder Foundation’s Collaboration Factors Inventory was designed as a tool for assessing the factors that influence the success of a collaboration. Twenty such factors have been identified. How does your collaboration rate? Complete the inventory online now to find out! Access the inventory HERE.


The Calgary Urban Aboriginal Initiative (CUAI) strives to provide a home for ongoing discussion, coordinated and informed action in support of Urban Aboriginal issues and initiatives.

Join us on September 27 to hear about the unique challenges and strengths of this collaborative initiative!

Visit our events listing for more information. Go there now!


Contact Us

Tamarack - An Institute for Community Engagement
139 Father David Bauer Drive
Waterloo , Ontario N2L 6L1
Tel: 519-885-5155
Fax: 519-885-4454
Email: tamarack@tamarack community.ca
www.tamarackcommunity.ca

About Communities Collaborating
Communities Collaborating features stories of community collaborations and highlights resources that help to make collaboration easier and more effective. Each issue of this newsletter will aim to take no more than one minute of your time. If the issue takes longer than one minute to read, let us know how to make it snappier by emailing the editor, Louise Kearney, at tamarack@tamarackcommunity.ca. Banner photos property of Tamarack.

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