Thanks to all who attended our "Green Oscars" -- Four Generations of Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainable Solutions Awards and Holiday Dinner on December 6, 2019.
We were thrilled with our Four Generation Awardees whose work was focused on our theme of building "Alliances for Action: Coalitions, Collaboration and Partnerships" and whose ages ranged from their teens to the 80s. We also included an Emerging Leaders category this year. See a number of photo highlights below.
We had the greatest attendance ever, along with tasty healthy food from MOM's Organic Market, in the setting of the beautiful Pepco Edison Place Gallery. Thanks also to our sponsors, benefactors, and volunteers and those who participated in our Silent Auction featuring green services and products.
Your support makes these kinds of gatherings possible to meet others who care about clean energy and sustainability and who love to talk about and act on it.
If you have any suggestions to help us in planning our Four Generations Awards 2020 program regarding a theme or other aspects, feel free to provide your input via our
event survey.
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In This Publication
- Four Generations Awards Highlights
- Public Square
- Green Job Openings
- Events
- New Blogs
- Bookmarked
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FOUR GENERATIONS OF ENERGY AND SUSTAINABILITY LEADERSHIP
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From Left to Right: John Gaffigan-Four Gen Master of Ceremonies, Andrew Euston-World War II Awardee, Xavier Vergara-Leaders in Energy AV Team, Julia Cohen-Gen X Awardee, Eric Goplerud, Ph.D.-Baby Boomer Awardee, Krithika Layagala and Kayla Peale-Teen Ambassadors of Plastics Hub, Ashley Cheung-Teen Ambassador of Hunger Hub, Mikhail Floresc and Sophia Alfred-Teen Ambassadors of Arts Hub, Miriam Gennari-Mentor of Plastics Hub, Brian Coyle-Smithsonian Conservations Commons, Linda Staheli-Executive Director of Global Co-Lab, Bathsheba Bryand-Tarpeh-Mentor of Hunger Hub and Climate Hub, Janine Finnell-Executive Director of Leaders in Energy
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Photos courtesy Agustín Cruz,
augie.cruz@gmail.com
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A special thanks to
William R. Ellis, Pepco's Senior Portfolio Manager for Energy Efficiency for providing opening remarks and sharing in the festivities of the night celebrating leadership across generations for a clean energy future.
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World War II Awardee Andrew Euston, Ph.D and Urban Ecological Designer accepting his award for leadership across several Presidential administrations to integrate social, economic, and environmental planning and design in community design.
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Gen Z/Millennial Award Winners celebrating the youngest generation's zeal to take on the mantle of clean energy and sustainability leadership.
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Eric Goperlud, our
Baby Boomer Awardee addressing the crowd at last week's ceremony. Eric is Founder and Chairperson of the
Faith Alliance for Climate Solutions (FACS), which helps people of faith develop local solutions to the climate crisis.
(Photo courtesy Pareesa Vahidi)
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Julia Cohen, Co-Founder and Manager of the
Plastic Pollution Coalition, comprised of over 1,000 organizations, businesses, and thought leaders in 60 countries represented
Gen X as our awardee at the Four Gen Leaders event.
(Photo courtesy Pareesa Vahidi)
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Kerry Worthington at our
Connections Table helped attendees connect on areas of mutual interest including green jobs and start-ups, business, research, and more.
(Photo courtesy Nick Hanson, FilmBison Media, nhansondj@gmail.com)
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CAREER PERSPECTIVES LUNCH: PAST NCAC PRESIDENTS ON WHAT YOU NEED IN TODAY'S ENERGY INDUSTRY
December 13, 2019, at Chinatown Garden, 618 H St NW, Washington, DC 20001
12:00 - 2:00 pm
Host: National Capital Area Chapter-U.S. Association for Energy Economics (NCAC-USAEE)
SAVE THE DATE: Green Financing Program
January 23, 2020, Location TBD
6:00 - 9:00 pm
Host: Potential Energy DC & Leaders in Energy
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enue & Agenda To Be Announced
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If you have an article that is published or have recommendations on content that is relevant to our community, please share with Kyle Saukas at:
kylesaukas@gmail.com.
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The downward revision in its long-term price outlook means that it will "reduce funding to various gas-related opportunities." Another view would be that it says something deeper about the industry in a world slowly transitioning to cleaner sources and, in fits and starts, getting more serious about global warming.
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As Los Angeles weans itself off the last of its coal-generated electricity, the city needs to replace that fuel with a climate-polluting natural gas plant in Utah. But, they plan to transition the plant to 100% hydrogen burning by 2045.
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John Kerry and the climate kids: The two campaigns will test contrasting theories of change.
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Nucor’s $250 million micromill in Sedalia, Missouri, is set to be the first U.S. steel plant to run on wind energy. A recycled steel plant run by EVRAZ in Colorado is transitioning from coal to solar in a partnership with Xcel Energy and a solar developer half owned by BP.
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The industrial nations which are adding alarming amounts of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere will at some point need to go beyond today’s insufficient efforts to stop. They are nowhere near ready to meet this challenge.
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Natural Climate Solutions (NCS) draw on the power of nature to actively manage land use emissions, remove carbon from the atmosphere and store it in natural systems. The International Emissions Trading Association announced a new initiative to support these solutions at COP.
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