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Those of you following our Microgrid Lab project (soon to be rechristened the SFIP Global Microgrid Center) know that we’re delighted to welcome Terry Mohn as Project Director. With his deep expertise and vast network of relationships, Terry is already moving the project onto an accelerated and exciting track. In particular, Terry is working with the United Nations Foundation on the U.N.’s “Sustainable Energy for All” initiative, one of the most important efforts imaginable. As described on its website:
Energy is central to nearly every major challenge, and opportunity the world faces today. Be it jobs, security, climate change, food production or increasing incomes, access to sustainable energy for all is essential for strengthening economies, protecting ecosystems and achieving equity. Read the rest of this entry »
In 2006, Colin Beavan decided he wanted to do something about climate change, U.S. oil consumption, and its military campaigns in the Middle East. And if that’s not systemic enough, he also decided that (as a journalist) simply writing about it was not going to do any good. Instead, in his own words, “I wanted to find a way to engage Americans who were not typically interested in politics. For this reason, I wanted to draw people in through the power of story instead of polemic.”
So he and his family lived for a year in the middle of Manhattan in such a way as to cause as little impact as possible, which yielded surprisingly popular blog posts, a book, and a documentary film. The “No Impact Man” recently summarized the lessons he learned about how (and how not) to engage people in the climate crisis, a set of learnings so creative and interesting we’ve reproduced them here: Read the rest of this entry »
