With their lumber mill facing an uncertain future, members of the Teslin Tlingit Nation found a way to turn a negative into a positive. By seeing waste wood from the clearing of roads, land and infrastructure as potential fuel for biomass energy, the community found a new sustainable use for their wood mill and a cost effective, environmentally benign means of heating their homes with high efficiency boilers. To explore the science of biomass, Melina visits the University of British Columbia’s Biomass and Bioenergy Research Center.

Power to the People is a series that discovers how indigenous people, values and wisdom are guiding the way to a sustainable, clean energy future. Thirteen half hour episodes deliver emotive, indigenous inspired stories that demonstrate how renewable energy is empowering communities towards a post carbon future