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Is Oil a Dirty Word? Walrus Talks Energy: GLOBE 2016
Is oil a dirty word? Spoiler, no. Energy Futures Lab Director Chad Park speaks to GLOBE 2016 attendees at the Walrus Talks Energy event....

Chad Park
Mar 9, 20161 min read


Chad Park: Our Unfinished Backcasting Business
The January EFL workshop was the first chance for the EFL Fellows to dip their toes into backcasting waters. Backcasting is central to...

Chad Park
Feb 25, 20165 min read


Backcasting: Starting with the End in Mind
Sustainability expert, Pong Leung introduces backcasting, a key tool for the Energy Futures Lab Backcasting gives you a chance to look...
Pong Leung
Feb 17, 20164 min read


Alison Thompson: This is Alberta’s Opportunity to do Better
Reflections from our Energy Futures Lab Fellows Distorted market prices have occurred due to past governments picking winners overs...
Alison Thompson
Feb 16, 20163 min read
Apoorv Sinha: What Does the Future of the Alberta Energy System Look Like?
Reflections from our Energy Futures Lab Fellows “The Albertan Oil Sands, and the province’s economic dependence on them needs to be an...
Aproov Sinha
Jan 28, 20162 min read


Rapid testing, Small investment: Prototyping in the Energy Futures Lab
I’m pretty sure that “failing forward” has officially reached buzzword status, and if you’re like me you might be a little tired of...

Tyler Seed
Jan 20, 20164 min read


John Zhou: How quickly can Alberta decarbonize?
Reflections from our Energy Futures Lab Fellows “The energy system the future requires is efficient and reliable, diversified in sources...
John Zhou
Jan 8, 20162 min read


The energy transition culture shift is already here
Reflections on COP 21 Outcomes COP 21 is over and the world has agreed to “holding the increase in the global average temperature to well...

Chad Park
Dec 16, 20153 min read


What does the Alberta Climate Leadership announcement mean for the Energy Futures Lab?
This past Sunday I attended briefings and the big announcement about Alberta’s new Climate Leadership Plan. Many friends of the Energy...

Chad Park
Nov 26, 20154 min read


What does a thriving energy system look like?
A blog from Energy Futures Lab Fellow Alex Nnamonu As Alberta begins grappling with the energy challenges of the 21st century, Alex...

Alex Nnamonu
Nov 22, 20152 min read


Seize the inter-generational moment, Mr. Prentice
Sir Winston Churchill once famously said that we should never let a good crisis go to waste. Never was this truer for Alberta than today....

Chad Park
Mar 23, 20153 min read
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