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Schatz in the community

This spring, we were visited by students from Six Rivers and Arcata High, Mount Shasta Middle, and Cutten Elementary. We participated in the Redwood Environmental Education Fair, the annual GATE Academy, and the...

Maia Cheli
June 28, 2019
On a sunny day, steep, green-topped cliffs form a wave pattern against blue ocean

Pathways to clean cooking

Nicholas Lam recently attended the Pathways to Clean Cooking 2050 conference in Wexford, Ireland. The conference brought together researchers and practitioners to discuss strategies to increase access to clean and...

Schatz Center
June 26, 2019
A bike is propped against a bar on a canal bridge. Boats are in the water, flowers and bushes are on the edges, and cars are parked above the canal.

Off-grid conferences in Amsterdam

On June 17-18, Arne Jacobson and Kim Thorpe, along with colleagues from CLASP, represented the Lighting Global Quality Assurance team at the Global Off-Grid Lighting Association’s (GOGLA) annual member conference in...

Schatz Center
June 26, 2019
A clinic worker stands on the roof beside a small solar array

Clean energy for healthcare

In April, Arne Jacobson and Meg Harper attended the United Nations Foundation (UNF) Clean Energy for Healthcare conference in Nairobi, Kenya. Arne and Meg presented interim findings from our QA for Public Facilities...

Meg Harper
June 6, 2019
Three students in hardhats and orange vests just outside a gas station canopy.

The future of energy

Wired magazine recently visited the Blue Lake Rancheria and the Schatz Center to learn how microgrid systems create energy security during natural disasters. Reporter Matt Simon compares the Rancheria’s microgrids...

Maia Cheli
May 21, 2019
A student prepares to insert a probe into a woodchip pile, while a visitor holds the temperature gauge.

Visit from the Agricultural Research Institute

On April 9, the Schatz Center hosted a session during the Agricultural Research Institute’s (ARI) 2019 Logistics Meeting. The ARI, which supports applied agricultural and natural resource research within the California...

Mark Severy
April 24, 2019

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