Online workshop on sustainable energy planning - 02/22/2012
Noon ET
Free Online Workshop from Sustainable Cities Exchange
Improve Your Local Economy with a Sustainable Energy Plan
PLUS Case Studies of 2 Example Cities
Join Us Live Online February 22, 2012 at Noon ET for a 1 1/2 hour workshop with 2 presenters.
Featured Presentation: Ron Horstman and Wayne Snider are back with an expanded version of their educational training session that describes how municipalities can increase their economy through sustainable energy planning. This webinar is hosted by Sustainable Cities Exchange.
Plus 2 case studies 1. "How Sious Center Iowa's Energy Saving Programs Boosted the Local Economy" and 2 "Fowler Colorado's No Cost Energy Projects & What Your city/Town Can Do To Get Started. This webinar is hosted by Sustainable Cities Exchange. Contact Sierra Dall at 303.554.1833
LEARN MORE at http://www.SustainableCitiesExchange.com/infowebinar.htm
National Security and America's Energy Future - 02/27/2012
5:30 p.m to 7 p.m.
CSU's Center for the New Energy Economy presents a free public forum on National Security and America's Energy Future. Hosted by former Governor Bill Ritter, the forum will feature military leaders.
The event will be held at the Plant Sciences Building on CSU's campus in Fort Collins.
More information: www.cnee.colostate.edu
Vail Global Energy Forum - 03/03/2012
Governor John Hickenlooper will deliver the keynote remarks at the inaugural Vail Global Energy Forum (VGEF), held March 3-4, 2012 in Beaver Creek, Colo.
The Vail Valley Foundation, in conjunction with Stanford University's Precourt Institute for Energy (PIE) and Precourt Energy Efficiency Center (PEEC), are hosting the event to address the world’s energy challenges and solutions.
“The VGEF is dedicated to the search for sustainable solutions to one of the most pressing issues of our times – how to produce enough clean, cost-efficient energy from reliable sources to power our global economy while we bridge the transition to breakthrough renewable energy solutions of the future,” said Vail resident, Jay Precourt, who endowed PIE at Stanford University.
In addition to Gov. Hickenlooper, confirmed participants include George P. Shultz, former U.S. Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of Labor and now Distinguished Fellow of Stanford's Hoover Institution; U.S. Senator Mark Udall of Colorado, Member of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Also attending are Dr. Dan Arvizu, Director of National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for the U.S. Department of Energy —the primary laboratory for the study of energy efficiencies and renewable energy technologies in Golden, CO.
Others include Jeffrey Ball, former Environment Editor of The Wall Street Journal; Tom Petrie, Vice Chairman, Bank of America Merrill Lynch; Dr. Ernest Moniz, Director of the Energy Initiative at MIT; Dr. Burton Richter, Nobel Laureate in Physics, Senior Fellow at Stanford; and Dr. Nathan Lewis, Director, Lewis Research Group at Caltech.
The event will be open to the public, with ticket sales now underway. Tickets are $100 for General Admission and $175 for a "Signature Package," which includes reserved seating, a pre-event light lunch on Saturday as well as continental breakfast on Sunday.
“The agenda is set and tickets are on sale as speakers and panelists, including government policymakers, leading energy industry executives, world renowned research scientists and journalists continue to confirm their participation,” said Carl Colby, Executive Director of VGEF.
Vail Global Energy Forum tickets are available by phone at (888) 920-ARTS(2787) or in person at the Vilar Center box office in Beaver Creek and the Marketplace box office in Vail Village. Tickets are available online 24 hours a day at www.vilarpac.org .
Religious Perspectives on Energy Use - 03/22/2012
7 p.m.
Religious Perspectives on Natural Resources and Energy Use
Colorado Renewable Energy Society monthly meeting
Temple Micah/Park Hill Congregational Church,
2600 Leyden St., Denver, CO 80207
Urban Farmers & Gardeners Symposium - 03/24/2012
Feed Denver's Second Annual
Urban Farmers & Vegetable Gardeners Symposium
March 24 & 25, 2012
Let’s Get Serious about Growing Food!
Keynote Speakers:
Will Allen, CEO of Growing Power, Inc.
Gary Nabhan, author of Chasing Chiles and the upcoming Food Justice in the Face of Climate Change: RESILIENCE THROUGH CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Information and registration:
http://www.feeddenver.com/urban-farmers-and-vegetable-gardeners-symposium.html
EE Global - 03/27/2012
EE Global 2012 in Orlando, Florida from March 27 to 29 hopes to be the most successful international energy efficiency forum the world has ever seen.
Speakers will include U.S. Navy Secretary Raymond Mabus, Jr., Amit Bando of IPEEC, Roland Risser of the U.S. Department of Energy and Kenji Kobayashi of the Asia-Pacific Energy Research Centre.
For registration and more information: http://www.eeglobalforum.org/registration.html
World Renewable Energy Forum 2012 - 05/13/2012
The World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) and the American Solar Energy Society (ASES) have joined forces to present the World Renewable Energy Forum (WREF) in Denver May 13-17.
This international event on renewable energy technologies will address the world's economic, environmental and security challenges at every scale, from off-grid villages to gigawatt power plants. The 2012 conference also is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), the Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES) and the International Solar Energy Society (ISES). Conference details are at www.wref2012.org. Registration is now open.
The Colorado Renewable Energy Society is organizing a series of high profile events associated with the forum.
Our theme at the conference will be “CRES Presents Showcase Colorado – Where Colorado Organizations Connect to the Global Marketplace.”
For more information on how you can participate and sponsor the CRES events at WREF contact Alexis Halbert at 303-806-5317 x87, a.halbert@cres-energy.org .
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