[Scpg] SB Lecture series outlines 7-steps to “fossil freedom” s, Tues, May 3 Hunter Lovins,

[Wesley Roe and Marjorie Lakin Erickson]

   Lecture series outlines 7-steps to  “fossil freedom”

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— 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.

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


Santa Barbara Permaculture Network
(805) 962-2571
sbpcnet at silcom.com
www.sbpermaculture.org

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