So you know how Iran is threatening to close the Strait of Hormuz and severely screw up the world’s oil supply? Remember how that huge BP oil spill in the Gulf was ridiculously expensive (not to mention impossible) to clean up? Heard about the social justice issues surrounding hydrofracking and the Keystone XL pipeline from the mouths of Cuomo and Obama?
We could really use some new energy sources, because our current ones get us into a lot of trouble.
Thankfully, three student organizers and your very own Skidmore Sustainability Coordinator spent last semester putting together the New Energy Economy Forum, a day’s worth of clean energy experts, business owners, NYSERDA lawyers, National Grid representatives, conservationists, and the like – along with best-selling author Jeff Goodell – speaking about clean energy technology, the future of the industry, and what you can do to get a slice of the pie while being good to the planet.
Plus there’s a career workshop prior to the event that will set you up to mingle like the best of them. Do I smell a chance to network with leaders in a lucrative, growing sector of the energy and conservation industry, or is that just what the atmosphere smells like without coal and natural gas emissions?
But seriously, go to it and you’ll learn how your future homeowner-self can save money, and maybe you’ll even get a job. All students are welcome to attend, especially non-ES kids, because everyone deserves to be on the cutting edge.
