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Louisa Yanes attended the annual "Farming for the Future" conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Sustainable Agriculture (PASA). There was record attendance this year with nearly 2,200 attendees. Most of the attendees were organic farmers working land from 1 acre to over 200 acres. While there, Louisa distributed 150 of the Institute's "The Farmer's Handbook […]
Johnathan Hladvik, Matthew Stern, David Contrada and Danielle Changala attended the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) Forum on Energy Efficiency and Agriculture. The conference focused on energy efficiency in the agricultural sector. Panel topics included: life cycle assessments of the US food system, energy supply and demand on the farm, the challenges […]
RenewElec Team (Danielle Changala, Matt Stern, Colin Hagan and Jonathan Voegele) will have a workshop with the team from Carnegie Mellon. The group will be discussing current project status and future project goals as we work to figure out how to successfully integrate renewable electricity onto the electricity grid in a reliable, cost-effective, socially equitable […]
IEE Director Michael Dworkin and Research Associate Jess Reiss took part in a workshop to evaluate the model legislation for Carbon Capture and Sequestration drafted by the CCSReg team. Workshop attendees included congressional staffers and representatives from industry, environmental NGOs, and the Department of Energy. Over the two days, six separate sessions each focused on […]
Matt Stern and Javier Gago Louisa Yanes attended the Northeast Energy Efficiency Summit. The theme of the summit was Delivering on the Promise, discussing how the Northeast has worked to meet the goal of capturing all cost-effective efficiency measures. The message was clear: there has been a great level of success and the Northeast is […]
The IEE was honored to participate in the anniversary celebration for the Natural Resources Conservation Service (75 years) and the Poultney Mettowee Natural Resources Conservation District (70 years). Attendees came from all over Vermont to hear panel discussions on various agricultural topics and also to celebrate years of progress in Vermont and the United States […]
Rebecca Wigg attended the "National Small Farm Trade Show & Conference" as a presenter and exhibitor to promote the Institute’s “The Farmer’s Handbook for Energy Self-Reliance” and conversed with farmers about how to incorporate energy efficiency measures on their farms. The conference was attended by more than 4,500 members from around the country.
Carey Rosser exhibited at this year's Washington Tilth Producer's Conference. Conference participants came from across the state of Washington and Oregon. Participants attended discussions on topics ranging from policy considerations to pollination. Conference exhibitors provided information on topics ranging from organic practices to water conservation and energy independence to success stories. Most participants were farmers, […]
Lisa Campion attended the "American Agri-Women National Convention" as a presenter on "Profit out of Thin Air: How Energy Effieciency can improve your bottom line and the Environment." Lisa promoted the Institute’s “The Farmer’s Handbook for Energy Self-Reliance” and conversed with the attendees about how to incorporate energy efficiency measures on their farms. The conference […]
Kevin B. Jones, Ph.D, Smart Grid Project Leader for the Institute for Energy and the Environment participated in a Seminar on Energy and the Environment at Universidad Finis Terrae in Santiago, Chile. The focus of the seminar was to explore options for dealing with the environmental impacts of thermal electric generation in Chile and there […]
Zhen Zhang had the pleasure of participating in the final expert workshop for the "EU Arctic Footprint & Policy Assessment." The assessment is produced by researchers from the Ecologic Institute (Germany), the Sustainable Europe Research Institute (Austria), the Arctic Centre/University of Lapland (Finland) and the Stockholm Environmental Institute (Sweden). The audience was composed of mainly […]
Zhen Zhang had the pleasure of attending and presenting at the "The Infrastructure Security Partnership - 2010 Annual Infrastructure & Regional Resilience Conference." The conference had a broad range of presentations on critical infrastructure resilience. Many presenters and attendees were from the Department of Homeland Security and the military. The conference presentations fell into three […]