Generation Green is the latest documentary from Heidi McKillop and ASN Productions. She is a proud transplanted Albertan from the maritimes, with a true passion for the west and western interests.

In this episode we trace Heidi's unorthodox journey into filmmaking, and then get right down to brass tax. We dissect Generation Green, which is available on youtube now. It begins with a focus on the big green push to a renewable future, but at what cost? It's a fantastic and well-balanced documentary, that ultimately becomes a film about citizens and how industrial projects can infringe on our everyday lives. As she goes on her investigative journey it takes her to Waterton National Park, where a massive wind turbine project, the Riplinger Wind Project from Trans Alta was proposing to build 37 wind turbines. This did not make the locals happy in the slightest, and as a journalist she ends up getting to know the determined folk of the areas that could end up affected .

She dives even further into the renewable rabbit hole as she speaks with the Executive Chairman of the African Energy Chamber, NJ Ayuk, on the poor working conditions in the Cobalt mining industry, a necessary ingredient for lithium ion batteries for EV's. Slave labour and corruption are rampant there, not to mention the mining industry in the Congo is primarily China-owned.

Some questions for us all-Are solar panels the answer, and are wind turbines the answer to climate change? Is climate change real? We dive deep into this conversation. What she ultimately discovers during her research for the film is that any new alternative energy source has only been augmented by fossil fuels, but it's a step. Is it necessary? Maybe. Should we always aim to be better in our treatment of the planet? 100% yes. Should the renewable sector be scrutinized to the same due diligence needed during the approval process that already applies to the energy sector? Also 100% yes. And what happens at the end of life for solar panels and wind turbines? Are they recyclable? Sounds like a future problem that needs to be handled now. This is something Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been an advocate for, and we speak of that in here as well.

Please join me in this fantastic conversation primarily about Generation Green, and if you're a fan of documentaries, you definitely need to put this on your lists of must-watch!

To view Generation Green on Youtube:

https://youtu.be/ATw9mhQJ5UI?si=haaVKtqa10DXzM_F

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