CLIMATE SALONS
Hosted by the Earth Futures Institute, UCSC-Climate Action Now, and the Baskin School of Engineering
Climate Salon #1, Jan. 30, 2025: Alice Friedemann, “Challenges to a Renewable Future.”
Alice Friedemann is a world authority on the challenges of replacing fossil fuels and use of renewable energy. She is the author of two books on the subject “Life After Fossil Fuels” and “When the Trucks Stop Running.” Alice shared insights about the most recent developments and data on renewable and fossil fuels.
To view the recording of the EFI and UCSC-CAN sponsored talk, please use this link. Click this link to a PDF version of Alice Friedemann’s PowerPoint presentation. References used in this talk, material, and presentation are found with this link. Please acknowledge use of this material with the following citation “Alice Fridemann Climate Salon #1, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1vqTk6eq_lRu4XT6P7Xu_fwgTIB6VvXlG/view“
Climate Salon #2, Nov. 19, 2024: Dr. Patrick Chuang, “What is and is not possible in a fossil-fuel free world?”
Dr. Chuang’s talk reviewed fossil fuel use in our current and past global economies, and discussed future versions of societies that are plausible within our planetary boundaries.
To view the recording of the EFI and UCSC-CAN sponsored talk, please use this link. Click this link to a PDF version of Dr. Chuang’s PowerPoint presentation. Please acknowledge use of this material with the following citation “P. Chuang Climate Salon #2, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mATar5UDNPBNGL39aYtt7OgIaQ8dEBbq/view“
Video and audio editing by Donnie Waggoner, Film and Digital Media, UCSC.
Climate Salon #3, Oct. 9, 2024: Dr. Sandra Faber, “Cheap Energy: The Indispensable Elixir of Modern Life”
This talk reviewed key features of modern life that depend on cheap energy and evaluated which ones can be supported with currently available renewable energy sources and which ones currently have no solutions.
To view the recording of the colloquium talk, please use this link. Click this link to a PDF version of Dr. Faber’s PowerPoint presentation. Please acknowledge use of this material with the following citation “S.M. Faber Climate Salon #3, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1uh2rBoOIxyP_HiiNkXEGCkYPAVvT9t4h/view“
Video and audio editing by Donnie Waggoner, Film and Digital Media, UCSC.
Please contact us at earthfut@ucsc.edu for any questions, and if you wish to participate in future EFI Climate Salons and talks.