Energy Conservation Summit

Thinking Ahead: Energy in a Changing Climate
Opportunities On and Off Campus

January 24 - 26, 2002 | University of Colorado at Boulder

Speakers: Bios, Interviews, and Presentations Summary Agenda

This summit was a hands-on opportunity to learn what each of us can do on our home campuses to address climate change through better energy management. There were over 300 participants, and 25 + higher education institutions represented from across the nation. The summit was an excellent opportunity for participants to learn the latest information about energy production, fossil fuel supplies, renewable technologies, and what the leaders in this arena are doing to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and support green power. This section archives the agenda and speaker presentations and bios.

News Article: Energy Summit at CU-Boulder.

Speakers: Bios, Interviews, and Presentations

Sarah Brush Kristen Jule Melissa Payne Steve Smith Kristin Casper Patrick Keegan Karl Rábago Joel Swisher Sarah Creighton Duncan Marsh Kassie Rorhbach Mark Udall Faith Gemmill Peter Morton Claudine Schneider Randy Udall Susan Innis David Orr Walter Simpson Sarah Zisa

Summary

Sponsored by the University of Colorado at Boulder Environmental Center, Cultural Events Board, Office of the Chancellor, Office of the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, President's Fund for the Support of Diversity; the Wirth Chair at the University of Colorado at Denver; the National Renewable Energy Lab and the Department of Energy Denver Regional Office; the Center for Environmental Citizenship; and the Sierra Club.

This summit is a hands-on opportunity to learn what each of us can do on our home campuses to address climate change through better energy management. This will be an excellent opportunity for participants to learn the latest information about energy production, fossil fuel supplies, renewable technologies, and what the leaders in this arena are doing to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and support green power.

Speakers will include Faith Gemmill, Executive Director of the Gwich'in Steering Committee, Randy Udall, Director of the Community Office of Resource Efficiency, Walter Simpson, Energy Officer at the State University of New York, David Orr, Professor and Chair of the Environmental Studies program at Oberlin, Karl Ragabo, Managing Director at the Rocky Mountain Institute, David Olsen, President and CEO of the Coalition to Advance Sustainable Technology and more!

Students, staff, faculty, administration members and broader community members are encouraged to attend.

For more information, contact:
Ghita Levenstein Carroll
Clean Energy Now!
303.492.3229

Agenda

Thursday, January 24

  • 5:00 p.m. [Humanities Lounge] - Registration and Networking
  • 7:00 p.m. [Humanities B150] - Opening Panel and Slide Show: Energy, Politics and America's Wildlands
    • Steve Smith, SouthWest Regional Representative, Sierra Club
    • Peter Morton, Ph.D., Resource Economist, The Wilderness Society
  • 8:00 p.m. [Humanities B150] - Drilling Impacts in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge
    • Faith Gemmill, Project Coordinator, Gwich'in Steering Committee

Friday, January 25

  • 8:00 a.m. [Old Main Heritage Center] - Continental Breakfast
  • 9:00 a.m. [Old Main Chapel 150] - Energy Security for the U.S.
  • 9:45 a.m. [Old Main Chapel 150] - Oberlin's 20/20 Project and the Environmental Studies Building: Working Together on the Built Environment
    • David Orr, Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies Program, Oberlin
    • Joel Swisher, Senior Energy Consultant, RMI
  • 10:45 a.m. - Break
  • 11:00 a.m. [Old Main Chapel 150] - How to Create an Effective Campus Energy Program
    • Walter Simpson, Energy Officer, State University of New York (SUNY) Buffalo
  • 12:00 p.m. - Lunch: On Your Own
  • 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.—Visit Conference Exposition in the Recreation Center Conference Hallway
  • 1:15 p.m. [Rec. Center Conference Rms.] - "Tomorrow Comes Sooner Than You Think!" New Tools to Secure Our Energy Future
  • 2:15 p.m. [Rec. Center Conference Rms.] - Universities and the Kyoto Commitment
  • 3:15 p.m. [Rec. Center Conference Rms.] - Colorado Renewable Energy Act
    • Tom Plant, CO House of Representatives (invited)
  • Panel: More Strategies for Consideration (Continued from previous event.)
    • Kassie Rohrbach and Sarah Zisa, Students, Connecticut College
    • Wendy Hunter (invited) and Kristen Jule, Students, University of Colorado at Boulder
    • Kristin Casper, Clean Energy Now Campaign, Greenpeace
    • Susan Innis, Energy Project, Land and Water Fund of the Rockies Representative
    • Melissa Payne, Energy Star's National Manager for the Education Sector, E.P.A
  • 4:45 p.m. [Rec. Center Conference Rms.] - Strategizing Session: Work Groups to Outline Next Steps
    • Joined by Walter Simpson, Sarah Creighton, Karl Rabago, Sierra Club, and others
  • 5:30 p.m. [Math 100] - Reception
  • 7:00 p.m. [Math 100] - "Earth First! We Will Drill the Other Planets Later"
    • Randy Udall, Director, Community Office of Resource Efficienc

Saturday, January 26th

  • 7:30 a.m. [Koenig Alumni Center] - Waffle Breakfast!
  • 9:00 a.m. - Visit Conference Exposition in Hale Rm. 230
  • 9:30 a.m. [Hale 270] - Making the Carbon Connection
    • Duncan Marsh, Senior Consultant, NatSource
    • Patrick Keegan, Executive Director, Colorado Energy Science Center
    • Claudine Schneider, Senior Vice President, Econergy (invited)
  • 10:30 a.m. - Break
  • 10:45 a.m. [Hale 270] - Creating Regional Coalitions: Defining Next Steps
  • 11:45 a.m. [Hale 270] - Report Back and Summary
  • 12:30 p.m. - Adjourn

Make sure to take the time to visit our conference exposition on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning.

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