Safe And Green Energy (SAGE) is comprised of a group of concerned Ontario citizens who peacefully oppose the renewed focus on nuclear energy and the mining of uranium in Ontario, and is an advocate for safe and renewable energy sources. SAGE members share a concern for the environment, the future of humanity, social equity, and the responsible management of public funds.
SAGE activities focus on exposing the drawbacks and costs of nuclear energy in the light of renewable energy options. SAGE also recognizes the short and long-term hazards of uranium mining as major pitfalls within any nuclear energy strategy.
In the summer of 09', SAGE member John Etches submitted an application to the Canadian Environmental Assesssment Agency, on behalf of SAGE, to be a funding recipient for the federal Environmental Assessment. This assessment is mandated before any approval may be granted for nuclear expansion in Canada. Two months later it was announced SAGE had been successful in becoming eligible for up to $37,000 in funding. A team of five was formed, a compulsory Work Plan was submitted. SAGE hired a Project Coordinator, Stephen Cornwell from Toronto, and currently are hiring two researchers. OPIRG is working directly with SAGE by doing their bookkeeping and payroll.
In addition to the above project, SAGE hosted a presentation by Dr. Helen Caldicott, the single most articulate and passionate advocate concerning nuclear and environmental crises, at the Showplace in Peterborough.
In 2007-08, the group organized the following: Talk by Sean Patrick Stensil from Greenpeace to speak on Nuclear Power and renewables, and Michael Mehta to speak on Weighing the Nuclear Risk. Dona Dillman and Mike Nickerson were invited to facilitate a workshop called Transformation to Sustainability: Living on the Earth as if We Want to Stay. The group also screened three documentaries: The Power of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil, Uranium: the Movie, and Tambogrande. An evening of letter writing was hosted by SAGE calling for a moratorium on uranium mining in Ontario. The group was also involved in a citizen’s inquiry into the impacts of uranium mining and hosted May Keith Stewart to give a presentation on the Available Green Options in Ontario: an Examination of our Energy Future.
SAGE networks with other anti-nuclear and
environmental groups across Ontario and Canada.
For more information, visit www.gosage.net or contact the group at
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