Lecture series outlines 7-steps to  “fossil freedom” in SAnta Barbara CA

UCSB Nobel Laureate Walter Kohn and popular energy analyst Hunter Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute are some of the speakers slated for CEC’s 7-week lecture series at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History. The series — which begins Tuesday, April 26 — will look at both tried-and-tested solutions like conservation and solar, as well as some technologies that push the envelope, such as wave buoys and aquatic wind turbines.

In addition, CEC has just published a 16-page booklet that shows how our “Fossil Free by ’33” goal can be reached even sooner — by 2020.

Tuesday, April 26 Why fossil fuels are for Dinosaurs: The Economic and Environmental Impacts of Our Current Energy Path  6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.
Donald Aitken, Ph.D., Consulting Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists.

Tues, May 3 Harnessing Our Nation’s Brain Power: An Energy Pioneer’s Creative Approach to Energy Independence 6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.   
Hunter Lovins, nationally known energy and conservation expert.

Tuesday, May 10 Capturing the Power of the Sun: How Solar Technologies are Creating an Energy Revolution  6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.       
Walter Kohn, UC Santa Barbara, Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Fred Sisson, Renewable Energy Concepts, a Los Osos-based solar energy company.

Tuesday, May 17 Harvesting the Power of the Wind: How On-Shore and Off-Shore Wind Turbines Could Set Us on a New Path 6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.
Jim Dehlsen, Clipper Wind Power, Carpinteria.

Tuesday, May 24 Reining in Wave Power: How Ocean Technologies Could Transform California
6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.
Mary Jane Parks, AquaEnergy, a Washington state-based ocean energy company. Carolyn Elefant, Nationally recognized renewable energy law expert.

Tuesday, May 31 Fueling Change: How Hybrids, Hydrogen and Other Alternatives are Remaking Transportation 6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.        
Daniel Emmett, Energy Independence Now!, a Santa Barbara-based non-profit. Arjun Sarkar, UC Santa Barbara, Dept. of Transportation. Craig Schmitman, CEO of Have Blue, Inc., an Oxnard company developing a hydrogen fuel cell powered sailboat. For information: Call Tam, 963-0583

Tuesday, June 7 Power to the People: How the Tri-Counties Can Lead the Nation in Demanding a More Sustainable Energy Path 6:30 information faire, 7:30pm lecture.       
Terry Tamminen, Cabinet Secretary to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and former Cal EPA Secretary. Concluding remarks by Bob Ferris, Executive Director, Community Environmental Council.

Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History, Fleischman Auditorium, 2559 Puesta del Sol, Santa Barbara.     
For information: Call Tam, 963-0583 ext. 122 or email. Suggested donaton $3 www.communityenvironmentalcouncil.org/events/cec_calendar.html


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