China's Choices
Choices that will have major global implications
There are no answers, just choices, this is one place to follow the choices that China makes. This nation of 1.3 billion people is faced with the daunting task of building on its 30 years of unprecedented economic development without further damage to its environment. How is it going to do this and how is that effort going to impact the rest of the world? ...learn more
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Sustainable Communities Salon Series - Infrastructure: Energy and Water
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Green Century Institute is launching a Salon Series around the idea of Sustainable Communities. We begin our series with a salon on Infrastructure: Energy and Water.
There will be three presentations (listed below) followed by a question and answer period. The presentations will be a maximum of 20 minutes each to encourage a lengthy dialogue between the speakers and attendees.
Recommended donation of $10. Refreshments will be provided.
Human Energy Needs
Tad Patzek
Professor of Geoengineering at U.C. Berkeley. He is an Editor for Transport of Porous Media, and an Associate Editor of Energy Tribune. He is also an active participant in the global debate on biofuels and their environmental and social impacts. Patzek is a coauthor of some 200 papers and reports, and is currently writing four books.
Solar Energy
Ron Swenson
Co-founder of both ElectroRoof and SolaREvolution. In 1998, he co-founded EcoSage, a private educational services company, creating SolarQuest, a solar-powered satellite-based information systems in remote areas of the world in conjunction with productivity-centered service learning. He is a director of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, USA and a former director of American Solar Energy Society.
Ray Seed
Geotechnical Professor at U.C. Berkeley. Independent Levee Investigation Team leader for the assessment of the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.
There will be three presentations (listed below) followed by a question and answer period. The presentations will be a maximum of 20 minutes each to encourage a lengthy dialogue between the speakers and attendees.
Recommended donation of $10. Refreshments will be provided.
Human Energy Needs
Tad Patzek
Professor of Geoengineering at U.C. Berkeley. He is an Editor for Transport of Porous Media, and an Associate Editor of Energy Tribune. He is also an active participant in the global debate on biofuels and their environmental and social impacts. Patzek is a coauthor of some 200 papers and reports, and is currently writing four books.
Solar Energy
Ron Swenson
Co-founder of both ElectroRoof and SolaREvolution. In 1998, he co-founded EcoSage, a private educational services company, creating SolarQuest, a solar-powered satellite-based information systems in remote areas of the world in conjunction with productivity-centered service learning. He is a director of the Association for the Study of Peak Oil, USA and a former director of American Solar Energy Society.
People and Water
Ray Seed
Geotechnical Professor at U.C. Berkeley. Independent Levee Investigation Team leader for the assessment of the New Orleans levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.
