i Sea Alternative Energy Panel Invitees

Ideas for people to invite to the Alternative Energies Panel at iSea:

Local People"

1. Joe Jordan former NASA scientist, teaches at Cabrillo College, big proponent of solar energy, former Public Works Commissioner for City of Santa Cruz...article about him in the MetroActive. He might know of artists in the area dealing with these issues if nothing else. director sky-power.org,
2. Solar Living Institute "Mission Statement: Our mission is to share excitement, sense of purpose and knowledge with others interested in living sensibly, intelligently and lightly on the Earth. Energy and thoughtful design are at the heart of our series: rational, comfortable, lasting systems for homes and businesses on and off the electric grid. Most of our workshops provide you with the best type of learning- hands-on experience. Our instructors include architects, technicians and professional experts who have decades of experience and a passion for passing along their expertise for the sake of our world." My Take: They are a supplier and they do chagre $250 for a two day workshop but they seem somewhat dedicated to the idea of sustainable living. They have internships, but I don't see any research, just teaching methods.
3. FutureFarmers Did a piece with solar powered music boxes and a DIY algea / hydrogen bioreactor, they also deal with super fund sites and other environmental concerns
4. Deborah Kennedy Did site pieces for San Jose's light rail station that supposedly have "Text, symbolic images, and stone inlays related to the theme of sustainable technology, solar energy and systems theory enrich the polished surfaces of the boulder sections." It doesn't look like she's actually using the energy? -from Green Museum
5. Baile Oakes, Global Warming out of hopland, CA made a really cool interactive installation involving a model of the bay area that illustrates how rising ocean levels would affect the bay area and requires the participant to pedel a bike to save the area from flodding -from Green Museum This piece was made in 1999 and there's o new work listed.
6. Northern California Solar Energy Association – Workshops, info, contractor/supplier listings. www.norcalsolar.org.
7. Trash guys! (My title) "The Cities of Alameda and Palo Alto have recently begun benefiting from “green” electricity generated by landfill gas produced by Santa Cruz County’s trash. The electricity is produced at a newly operational landfill gas-to-energy plant at Santa Cruz County’s Buena Vista Landfill located in Watsonville, CA." - Energy Vortex Possible person : Patrick Mathews, Recycling and Solid Waste Services Manager, Santa Cruz County Public Works

Long Shots

1. Annette von Jouanne Professor at the School of Electrical Engineering (and Computer Science) at OSU. Research areas include Renewables/Alternatives: Wind Energy, Ocean Energy Extraction, Hybrid Electric and Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles, and the necessary hydrogen infrastructure. Possibly working on Oregons Port of Umpqa and thier proposal to develope a wave driven power source. See article in the schools paper about her project.
2. Artist:Antti Maasalo Colored by Nature and Technology "Antti Maasalo (born 1940) is one of the pioneers of Finnish technological art. He is a charter member of the Dimensio group, which studies new forms of expression involving art and technology."
3. University of Chicago’s Smart Museum titled “Beyond Green: Toward aSustainable Art.” Curated as a traveling exhibit by Stephanie Smith, article Museum Art Design
4. Jane Palmer and Marianne Fairbanks, collectively known as JAM, propose a consumable solution to the energy problem - very fashionable carrying bags with flexible solar cells for recharging personal electronic devices like cell phones and iPods ("Jump Off," 2005).
5. Joan Webster Price and Herbert Price make solar energy sculptures as of 1997.
6. Blue Energy is a Canadian push toward tidal energy producers. They work with the Canadian Government to deveolpe and test tidal converter prototypes.