Transcript Patterson_Migration_CC.ppt

Migration 2013
&
Climate Shift
Neil Patterson Jr.
Tuscarora Nation
Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
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Haudenosaunee Environmental Task Force
(HETF)
Haudenosaunee Environmental Restoration: An Indigenous
Strategy for Human Sustainability (1993).
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Dish with One Spoon
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Energy:
Tuscarora Bioelectricity Production
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How?
Estimated Electricity
Produced over 40 years
(% Total Need[1].)
Food Plants
(Soybeans)
Around 1,400 acres of soybeans grown
in rotation and burned in a cogeneration
plant.
~44,000,000 - 63,000.000
kWh
(19-28%)
Steam by-product used to heat
buildings.
Grasses
(Switchgrass)
Around 1,400 acres of soybeans grown
in rotation and burned in a cogeneration
plant
~1,845,000,000 2,636,000,000 kWh
(800 -1100%)
Steam is used to heat buildings.
Trees
(Shrub Willow)
Rotations of over 1,400 acres of
perennial willow shrubs burned in a
combined heat and power facility.
~167,000,000 –
218,000,000 kWh
(180-1000%)
Steam is used to heat buildings.
Trees
(Forests)
Wood sustainably harvested from 1,400
acres of forest burned in a local
cogeneration plant.
Wind (turbines)
One large 1 MW wind turbine at 3550% efficiency
Sun
(solar panels)
Business As
Usual
Option
~24,000,000 -29,000,000
(10-13%)
Notes
Steam is used to heat buildings.
~123,000,000 –
175,000,000 kWh
(55-78%)
Intermittent, no storage.
4-kW PV solar arrays installed on 351
Tuscarora homes. Each array is
estimated to be at least 48 square feet.
~60,000,0001,000,000,000 kWh
(26-44%)
Intermittent, no storage.
No change in source of electricity.
Provided from coal, oil, nuclear, and
hydroelectric.
~222,000,000 kWh
(100%)
Uncertain prices.
Energy:
Assessment of Tuscarora Electricity Options
Goodmindedness
Food plants
Grasses
Trees (willow)
Trees (forest)
Wind
Sun
Business as usual
Strength
Peacefulness
Agriculture:
Tuscarora Community Supported Agriculture
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Transport:
Haudenosaunee Environmental Youth Corps (HEYC)
The HETF Environment Youth Corps (HEYC) project was
born with a mission to instill 'reference-condition
experiences' to build environmental and cultural
restoration at the community, Nation, and Confederacy
levels.
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Onondaga
Creek
Onondaga
to Adirondacks7 Miles
Cranberry
Lake- 13
15 miles
miles
August
2009
July 2008
September
2007
Haudenosaunee Territory
“Dosyowe”
TEK as Reference Ecosystems
– A model for planning and
evaluating restoration.
– Reflects a particular
combination of events that
occurred during ecosystem
development.
Transport:
Tuscarora Migration 2013
“Still, we are stirring about.”
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Transport:
Two Row Wampum: Onondaga to NYC
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Transport:
Two Row Wampum: Buffalo to Washington D.C.
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