We have created a “community-led” Clean Energy Plan. Our vision and mission statements were created by the community for the community.

Key Terms To Understand

Ǧvi̓ḷás

  • A sophisticated system of laws to govern our territory, manage relationships, organize behaviour and resolve conflicts, guide ceremonial proceedings, prior to settler contact

  • Exercised and sustained us since the time of creation, and still today

  • Protected our land, water and resources. Dictate interdependent and intimate relationship with our ecosystems

Haíłzaqv Worldview

  • Cyclical worldview passed down through the generations, everything is connected

  • Intrinsic values we inherit to take care of our land, water and resources and in return, they will take care of us. Inseparable relationship with the land, water and resources, determined by the seasons 

  • Our oceans, rivers and lakes are our pantries and the forests are our pharmacies. The animals are our relatives.

Clean Energy 

  • Renewable, zero-emission sources that are generated from the Gifts of our Creator – the Sun, the Wind, the Water and the Earth. 

  • Clean energy is often thought of as a new technology, however, harnessing nature’s power has long been used for heating, transportation, lighting and more. 

  • The Haiłzaqv Climate Action community engagement process identified solar, wind and bioenergy as the top three clean energy choices of community members.

Vision

The Haíɫzaqv Nation is practicing clean energy sovereignty and resiliency by utilizing wind, sun, earth, and water, in accordance with our  ǧvi̓ḷás and cyclical worldview.

Mission

• To educate and engage the Haíɫzaqv community to ensure ownership of our collective climate action work.

• To cultivate the abundance of the Haíɫzaqv homelands for future generations by living in balance and exercising Haíɫzaqv sovereignty.

• To adapt to climate change, by creating and implementing a clean energy plan as Haíɫzaqv people with specific policies, targets, and strategies.

• To create equitable access to clean energy for all Haíɫzaqv, derived from the gifts of the creator in the Haíɫzaqv Homelands.

• To increase human wellbeing through transformation to a carbon-neutral community.