Continuing this series on Renewable Cities PechaKucha presentations, Mark Z Jacobson, a legend in the world of renewable energy research, gave an excellent, information-packed presentation on the opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum (see our Renewable Cities archives here). I love that he started by highlighting the insane health … [continued]
Aside from my own PechaKucha presentation on opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, 10 other people gave wonderful presentations of their own. Below are 5 of those presentations, as well as a long video covering most of the event. To kick things off, Shauna Sylvester, Director of the … [continued]
Aside from my Pecha Kucha presentation on the opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, I co-led a workshop on “communicating renewable energy” (not recorded due to Chatham House Rule), moderated a panel on “electrifying transport” (video forthcoming), was interviewed for a WWF film that will show during … [continued]
The future is now. That’s a phrase I love on so many levels. I’ve got another presentation in my repertoire more tailored to that phrase, but for my PechaKucha presentation on the opening night of the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum, I realized at the last minute (or maybe a … [continued]
As I mentioned yesterday, I think that Renewable Cities was the best conference I’ve ever attended. A huge reason for that was how practically oriented it was — there was a repeated emphasis on taking home for practical implementation lessons, information, and very specific suggestions from other forum participants. As just … [continued]
As many of you know (including the dozens or more of you who were in attendance), I was in Vancouver last week for the first-ever Renewable Cities forum, which for now I’ll briefly summarize as “the best conference I’ve ever attended.” I think my favorite presentation there (that I gave, that is) … [continued]
Originally published on Renewable Cities. Our latest update includes an incredible range of speakers and session leaders for the Global Learning Forum: Sean Kidney, Founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative: is a world-leading expert on green bonds, pension fund advisor, and works with the EU and China on sustainable finance Merran … [continued]
Originally published on Renewable Cities. With [under] one month until the Global Learning Forum takes place, we are very happy to announce 13 incredible speakers and session leaders: Chris Henderson, President, Lumos Energy and Board Chair, Globe Conference and Exposition: is Canada’s most respected commentator on Aboriginal clean energy opportunities Colleen Giroux-Schmidt, Senior Director, Innergex Renewable … [continued]
The Canadian city of Vancouver in British Columbia recently became the first city in the country to aim for 100% renewable energy in the electricity sector — following on a unanimous decision/vote by the City Council there. That vote — which took place on Wednesday, March 26 — explicitly makes it clear … [continued]
In case you missed it, CleanTechnica is an official media partner of the upcoming Renewable Cities forum in Vancouver. Nearly a month ago, I noted some great new forum speakers. I’ve got several more big names to share now. Also, CleanTechnica readers now get 10% off the entry fee to the forum with this … [continued]
