For thousands of years, the Mi'kmaq people have been stewards of the land in what Western culture calls Nova Scotia, Quebec and New Brunswick. Today, energy projects put pressure on those lands, and that makes Indigenous voices essential to the decisions being made about them.
Net Zero Atlantic and IBM came together to build a tool for exactly that. ACES Lite is an interactive digital platform that shows the environmental and socioeconomic impacts of possible energy futures for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas in Nova Scotia.
Built with IBM technology, including the IBM Environmental Intelligence Suite and IBM Cloud, the tool is designed to be easy to use, locally relevant, time efficient and visually clear. Its goal is simple: give Indigenous communities the information they need to lead decisions about where future energy infrastructure goes.
In the summer of 2023, AnchorViewMedia had the pleasure of being part of a fifteen minute documentary about this work. It was a journey through environmental responsibility, Indigenous culture and leading edge technology, and we are excited to share a look behind the scenes.
