"Get People Moving"
Season 2 • Episode 3
What can American’s energy future look like with the country’s 573 Tribal Nations taking a leadership role in renewable energy? We sat down with Robert Blake to find out.
Robert Blake is a tribal citizen of the Red Lake Nation with a passion in spreading the word about the value of renewable energy through communication, cooperation, and collaboration. Blake is the owner of Solar Bear, pronounced Gizis-o-makwa in Ojibwe, a solar installation company, as well as the Executive Director of the Non-Profit Native Sun Community Power Development, both located in Minneapolis. Robert is a graduate student enrolled in the University of Minnesota’s Carlson Executive Master of Business Administration (CEMBA) program.
Nick Hylla, MREA Executive Director
Amanda Schienebeck, MREA Program Manager
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The Red Lake Nation
Robert’s Work:
- Solar Bear
- Native Sun Community Power Development
- Blake’s Rise Up Article, pg. 61 of the Rise Up Call to Action
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Stay up to date with Blake:
- Native Sun Twitter: nativesunmn
- Native Sun Facebook: nativesunmn
“I’m not that guy that’s like you’re going to steal my idea…
I don’t care. Take my ideas. Take everything that I’ve got, because I’m going to keep on building solar, I’m going to keep on moving forward, I’m going to keep on pushing policy, I’m going to keep on doing what I’m doing.”
-Robert Blake
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