For our final talk in this semester’s Sustainable Futures Speaker Series, Catherine J.K. Sandoval will explore The Native American reservation electricity access gap: a case study of the Yurok Tribe’s energy...
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Schatz Center
October 18 lecture: Local water innovation through community-university partnerships
This talk will share inspiring solutions for water collection, storage, treatment, and conservation that have been created by community engagement. Lonny Grafman has worked on and led teams for hundreds of domestic and...
Achieving 5 million zero-emission vehicles in California by 2030: the local perspective
On October 11, the Sustainable Futures Speaker Series will host a panel discussion on zero-emission vehicles. For this special event, we’re bringing together experts in local planning, state regulation, mass...
October 4 lecture: A Rising Tide Lifts All Bytes
A rising tide lifts all bytes: marine energy R&D at the Pacific Marine Energy Center Humanity has been harnessing tidal power for more than 1,000 years, and producing electricity from tides for more than 100 years...
Schatz Energy interviews on KHSU
Catch up with these recent Schatz Energy interviews on the KHSU Magazine: Measuring Dirty Fuels to Improve Lives Show host David Reed with Schatz Center’s Nick Lam • April 13, 2018 Resilience Achieved with Blue...
April 12 Sustainable Futures Speaker Series: Energy access, health & the environment
Millions of families worldwide rely on solid and polluting fuels to meet their basic energy needs, such as cooking, heating, and lighting. This talk will discuss how sociological and physical measurement methods are...
Maia CheliSustainable Futures 4/5: Greening the Grid & Improving Resilience
Renewable energy microgrids are an emerging technology that can support: emergency preparedness job creation greenhouse gas reductions energy cost savings grid reliability and improved resilience across lifeline sectors...
Sustainable Futures 3/22: Restoring Redwood Forests in a Changing Climate
With rapid climate change, the importance of coast redwood forests is increasing. Old-growth redwood forests on the northcoast store record-breaking amounts of carbon, and the trees themselves are growing faster today...
SFSS lecture this Thursday (2/22): Do wind turbines make good neighbors?
In this week’s Sustainable Futures Speaker Series, energy researcher Joseph Rand shares results from a nationwide survey of people who live in proximity to wind farms. Wind power now supplies over 6% of the...
Sustainable Futures Speaker Series: Spring 2018
This spring’s Sustainable Futures Speaker Series features nine talks on topics ranging from wind turbines to Icelandic glaciers, microgrids to traditional forestry practices, cannabis policy to tanoak restoration...
Sustainable Futures Speaker Series: Scaling up renewable power in Humboldt County – Nov 9
Join us on Thursday, November 9 at 5:30 pm in Founders Hall 118 for the final session in this semester’s Sustainable Futures Speaker Series. A panel of energy experts will explore the opportunities and challenges of...
Sustainable Futures Speaker Series: Mara Ervin on October 26
Join us on Thursday, October 26 at 5:30 pm in Founders Hall 118, for a presentation by Mara Ervin on “Clean energy access: how GRID Alternatives is creating a successful transition to clean, renewable energy that...
