 | 2010 Conference Update |
The 2010 Energy Hub Conference was a big success! Thanks for attending!
We’ll post pics and video soon, so please check back soon.
Help us plan the 2011 Conference – stop by our weekly meeting to get involved and make your mark on the next eHub event.
| True Cost of Coal giant graphic visits Madison |
The Beehive Design Collective, artists/activists hailing from Machias, Maine, will present their new “True Cost of Coal” graphic! Through this giant graphic, they will teach the UW community about the horrors of mountaintop coal removal and the impacts of the coal industry on Appalachia and beyond. With discussions around tradition, labor, history, art & education, environment, economy, culture, activism, and hope, this presentation is not to miss!
Showing is Wednesday, October 20
7:00pm – 10:00pm
22 Ingraham Hall, University of Wisconsin
Madison, WI Read the rest of this entry →
| Fuel’s Paradise |
A Conversation on Nuclear and Renewable Energy Technologies
Date: October 19, 2010
Time: 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Madison Museum of Contemporary Art Lecture Hall (227 State Street)
Event Webpage
In the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil leak—arguably America’s worst environmental disaster—does nuclear power look any more appealing than it did in 1979 after Three Mile Island, or are wind- and solar-power America’s safest energy alternatives? Michael Corradini, chair of Engineering Physics and the Wisconsin Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics at UW-Madison, and Jane Davidson, chair in Renewable Energy and director of the Solar Energy Laboratory at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, discuss how the science surrounding these technologies developed over the last several decades, and what science tells us about the pros and cons of these energy systems. Read the rest of this entry →
| Emerging Nuclear Powers |
from UW Energy Institute
Impacts on the Global Nuclear Technology Marketplace
Sponsored by the WAGE Governing Global Energy Collaborative, the UW Energy Institute, CIBER (Center for International Business Education and Research), Center for South Asia, Dept. of Latin American Caribbean and Iberian Studies, The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, UW-Madison Office of Corporate Relations
Refreshments served at 3:45 pm in the lobby. Read the rest of this entry →
| A Century of Challenges |
A Presentation By
(a.k.a. “Stoneleigh”)
Energy Industry Consultant and Financial Analyst at
www.TheAutomaticEarth.blogspot.com
Wednesday, September 22nd, 7:00 PM
Room 180 Science Hall, 550 North Park St.
Post-lecture note: Thanks to all the many attendees at the Century of Challenges talk last night (9/22/10). We also thank our speaker, Nicole Foss, for her considerable patience and generosity as she stayed for Q&A for nearly two hours after the conclusion of the lecture.
The UW-Madison “Century of Challenges” lecture was not recorded, at the request of the speaker. An audio version of a previous “Century of Challenges” lecture is available free here. A DVD version is in production and will be made available soon.
UPDATE Nov. 2010: Nicole Foss’ “Century of Challenges” presentation is now available as streaming video. You must purchase a license to view/stream the video here.
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Peak Oil and the implosion of high-leverage finance schemes around the world are converging into a “perfect storm” that may threaten prosperity and social cohesion. The consequences are frightening: “hallucinated wealth” is vanishing, real unemployment is rising, and social unrest is growing amid global tensions over energy resources, water and land. Families and communities should prepare for the challenging times ahead. Read the rest of this entry →
| David Blume: Alcohol Can Be a Gas! |
A Discussion with David Blume
Friday, April 30, 2010
7:00pm, Room 180 Science Hall
Co-Sponsored by: Energy Hub
and our friends at Town and Country RC&D
Join us afterward for discussion
on the Memorial Union Terrace!
Students attend free. $10/carload donation suggested for non-UW community. Read the rest of this entry →
| Powered Green Earth Day Scavenger Hunt |
Energy Hub’s friends at Powered Green have placed 40 Powered Green stickers* around UW-Madison campus.
Snap a photo of a sticker and upload it to Powered Green’s Facebook page and win cool Earth Day eco-friendly gear!
*editor’s note: Energy Hub does not endorse vandalism 
| eHub Exclusive Brown Bag Lunch on Climate Change |
On March 25 and March 26, UW-Madison will host Dr. Gavin Schmidt, a high-profile NASA climate scientist and co-founder of the RealClimate.org blog, which has become a major voice for science in climate debates.
Energy Hub members have an exclusive opportunity to have an informal lunch talk with Dr. Schmidt on Thursday, March 25. The brownbag lunch talk will take place from 12:30-2 pm at 2180 Mechanical Engineering. Please register by clicking this link.
Dr. Schmidt will also be giving a public lecture at 4 pm in 1106 Mechanical Engineering entitled “Communicating Climate Science: Tiptoeing through the Minefield.”
| Saul Griffith speaks at UW – Presented by Holtz Center |
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY SERIESThursday, March 11, 2010 – KEYNOTE LECTURE
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