ABSTRACT
The development of industrial activities in the Arctic and sub-Arctic regions is not a new venture being part of the modernity process contrasting to traditional ways of living. For energy education in the Arctic, the complexity does reside not only in the external factors such as socio-environmental effects, but also in the energy matrix transition and how it is transforming the Arctic. The region is affected by energy produced and used in the Arctic and in the non-Arctic world, as climate change is the common point of these two geographical spaces. The great challenge has been to create adequate infrastructure to integrate renewable energy technology into a grid structure and to create an energy-efficient system. These are challenges requiring energy-literate communities from both the urban centres and remote areas. The active social participation in the local energy debate depends on efficient energy education influencing adaptation methods and capabilities of Arctic societies in times of energy transition.
