AREDAY IMPACT 2023 “The Economics of Extinction.” Captain Paul Watson with Chip Comins. Watson speaks of how critical ocean health is to climate change. “If the oceans die, we die!”
RECENT NEWS: Nuuk, Greenland 17 Dec 2024 – Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson has been released from prison in Greenland where he spent five months in custody, after Denmark rejected a Japanese request to extradite him. Captain Watson, who spent his 74th birthday behind bars, is now free and will be able to spend Christmas with his family. This decision marks a significant victory for human rights, environmental activism and the anti-whaling movement. Read more . . .
Mia Hanák of Millennium ART is an environmental artist, climate activist, exhibition designer, and cultural anthropologist that conceptualizes, curates, and produces large-scale art installations, creative experiences, and activation campaigns worldwide.
A panel discussion “CCS – Carbon Capture and Storage: Fact or Fiction” moderated by Maya Winkelstein of The 2030 Fund. With Dr. Jonathan Foley of Project Drawdown and Jane Patton from the Center for International Environmental Law.
Robert Levin, CEO of Emerging Star Digital presents at AREDAY 2023. He is an inventor, mobile & renewable energy and lithium expert, serial entrepreneur, and author. He has raised $150 million for funds and technology companies.
A panel discussion “From Renewables to Hydrogen” moderated by Gary Dirks, Arizona State University. With Bill Brandt, ASU Lightworks, Henk Rogers, Blue Planet Energy Systems, and Former Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter, Center for the New Energy Economy.
Amy Parsons of Colorado State University (CSU) discuss how they are connecting the dots between climate, democracy and agriculture.
“HVDC – High Voltage Direct Current” panel discussion, moderated by Chip Comins, AREI, with Gary Dirks, Arizona State University, Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, NOAA (Retired), and Former Governor Bill Ritter, Center for The New Energy Economy.
Xiye Bastida speaks about youth leadership, climate and democracy, and the Re-Earth Initiative. She also shares clips from the documentary “The Whale Lagoon.“
Peter Byck of Arizona State University and Carbon Cowboys, Pete Vegas of Sage V Foods, and Rick Clark from Farm Green discuss how large-scale adoption of regenerative agricultural practices could make a major positive impact on climate change.
John Powers of Climate Democracy Initiative, Tom Van Dyck Managing Director of the RBC SRI Wealth Management Group and Andy Behar CEO of As You Sow discuss strategies for divesting and investing in the age of Global Warming.
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2023
Chip Comins, Founder and CEO of AREI, is interviewed by Mitchell Rabin, who hosts the YouTube channel “A Better World,” that aims to restore the Earth through creative compassion.
2023
Chip Comins is interviewed by Thanos Dimadis, Executive Director of The Association of Foreign Press Correspondents USA. He speaks about the transformation toward a carbon-free future.
2022
What is the sense of our response to the emerging ecological crisis? How is the adoption of renewables? Are there exciting technologies on the horizon? Is nuclear one of them?
“Renewable Energy is the Bridge between Fossil Fuels and Hydrogen.”
— Chip Comins, CEO, American Renewable Energy Institute
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Andrew Horvath, Executive Chairman, Star Scientific HERO
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