“HVDC: High Voltage Direct Current” Chip Comins, AREI CEO; Alexander “Sandy” MacDonald, NOAA (Retired); Former Governor Bill Ritter, Center for The New Energy Economy; Gary Dirks, Arizona State University.
The HVDC SUPERGRID would strengthen the U.S. economy by lowering energy costs and making American businesses more competitive internationally.
“AI as Climate Solution” Robert Levin, CEO of Emerging Star Digital is an inventor, mobile & renewable energy and lithium expert, serial entrepreneur, and author. He has raised $150 million for funds and technology companies.
“Protecting Climate and Democracy in Education” Amy Parsons of Colorado State University (CSU) discuss how they are connecting the dots between climate, democracy and agriculture.
“Divest, Invest: As You Sow” 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.
“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.
“The Economics of Extinction” Captain Paul Watson speaks of how critical ocean health is to climate change. “If the oceans die, we die!”
“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.
“Youth Leadership on Climate and Democracy” Xiye Bastida speaks about youth leadership, climate and democracy, and the Re-Earth Initiative. She also shares clips from the documentary “The Whale Lagoon.“
“Solving Climate Change with Regenerative Agriculture” 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.
“Saving the Blue Planet” Henk Rogers, Founder and CEO of Blue Planet Energy Systems is a Dutch-born entrepreneur and clean energy visionary who has dedicated the past decade to the research, development, advocacy and implementation of renewable energy sources in his adopted home of Hawaii.
Our Mission
The rapid implementation of renewable energy and energy efficiency technology at the speed and scale necessary to solve catastrophic climate change.
Conversations
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 a Sustainable Future.”
— Chip Comins, CEO, American Renewable Energy Institute
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AREDAY EarthDay 2021 Virtual Series
AREDAY convenes thought leaders and experts from multiple sectors to foster climate change solutions at the speed and scale necessary to phase out fossil fuels, and usher in a rapid transition to a new, clean energy economy.
Wednesday, April 21st
Louie Psihoyos, Director
Thursday, April 22nd
Andrew Horvath, Executive Chairman, Star Scientific HERO
Friday, April 23rd – Part One
Saturday, April 24th – Part Two
Dr. Sylvia Earle, Mission Blue
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