The Schatz Center hosts two lecture programs: the Sustainable Futures Speaker Series (SFSS) and the Schatz Research Webinars. Our team also participates in a broad range of events related to clean and renewable energy access, development, and resilience.
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Sustainable Futures
Let the Youth Be Heard
Speaker series events
Our spring 2022 Sustainable Future Speaker Series included:
- Jill Lindsey Harrison, author of From the Inside Out: The Fight for Environmental Justice within Government Agencies
- Alison Bates of Colby College, on the social dynamics of offshore wind
- Andrea Rodgers of Our Children’s Trust, on children’s fundamental rights, the climate crisis, and the call for judicial branch engagement
Schatz Research Webinars
Trinidad Head from the stern of the Coral Sea
Offshore wind webinar series
Since 2019, we have been analyzing aspects of offshore wind feasibility for the CA North Coast and surrounding region. We have shared our findings to date via a series of reports and public webinars.
- View recordings and presentation materials on our wind studies page.
- Download related reports on our publications page.
- If you’re interested in receiving updates on our offshore wind research, please email us at windstudies@schatzcenter.org.
On May 25, 2022, we we presented a webinar on our latest feasibility study for offshore wind development in the Humboldt Wind Energy Area. This transmission-focused study analyzes how much power could be generated on the north coast by offshore wind while remaining within the bounds of the existing regional infrastructure, and describes the corresponding economics.
In the fall of 2020, our team hosted a series of five webinar workshops on the feasibility of offshore wind energy for California’s north coast. In each webinar, we shared findings from our recently conducted studies, followed by a moderated panel discussion and a community Q&A.
Recent Recordings
Orcas in Monterey Bay – photo by Scott Terrill
Sustainable Futures
- What can we still do? – Bill McKibben (October 7, 2021)
- Building a net zero energy system that protects biodiversity – Grace Wu (September 23, 2021)
- Cántaro Azul: An organization’s journey to contribute to the human right to water and sanitation in rural Mexico – Fermín Reygadas (March 18, 2021)
- Energy transitions in a time of intersecting precarities: from reductive environmentalism to antiracist praxis – Myles Lennon (October 29, 2020)
- Redwood Coast telecommunications resilience – Karen Eckersley and Jana Ganion (October 22, 2020)
- Safer breathing: reducing the risk of airborne COVID 19 infection – Mark Nicas (September 3, 2020)
- Thwaites Glacier Research: On board the Nathaniel B Palmer -Julia Wellner, Al Hickey, and Tim McGovern (July 29, 2020)
Schatz Research Webinars
California north coast offshore wind feasibility studies
- Transmission Alternatives (May 2022)
- Energy Production and Delivery, and Economic Development (September 2020)
- Ecological and Geological Environment (September 2020)
- Port and Coastal Infrastructure (September 2020)
- Community Perspectives on Regional Impacts and Opportunities (October 2020)
- Reflections and Next Steps
(October 2020)
External Events
MICROGRIDS
- Local Governments Leading the Way through Resilient Microgrids (Statewide Energy Efficient Collaborative, September 2020)
- Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid: Advancing a resilient and clean energy future (Clean Coalition, September 2020)
- Innovations of the Redwood Coast Airport microgrid (Cal CCA, April 2020)
OFF-GRID ENERGY ACCESS
- IEC quality standards for pico-solar products & SHS kits (VeraSol, May 2020)
