Energy Resources & Access

Leadership Grant Grant

Director of Service Learning for Green Empowerment, Year 2

To provide a second year of funding for Jason Selwitz as Director of the Service Learning Department. Green Empowerment (GE) works with NGO partners in developing countries in southeast Asia and Latin America to develop renewable energy and...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Promoting Clean Energy and Good Jobs in the Western States, Year 1

This grant was made to The Apollo Alliance to hire Jeremy Hays as one of its two Western States organizers. Jeremy's responsibilities will include establishing, supporting, and guiding state level coalitions of environmental, labor, civil...
March 29, 2010
Leadership Grant Grant

Climate Adaptation Strategies in the Puget Sound

To hire Lara Hansen as a consultant to work jointly with American Rivers and the Sierra Club on implementing climate change adaptation measures in the Puget Sound region. Lara will be the resource person on climate adaptation strategies...
March 29, 2010
Foundation News

Climate Change Adaptation (Switzer Webinar Series)

Switzer Fellow Dr. Lara Hansen and her colleague, Dr. Jennifer Hoffman, both of EcoAdapt, presented their work on climate change adaptation and the challenges faced by practitioners and resource managers. Drs. Hansen and Hoffman also...
March 23, 2010
Fellow

Thomas Starrs

1993 Fellow
Tom has a long history of interdisciplinary research on renewable energy issues. Tom completed a concurrent degree program at UC Berkeley, earning a MA from the Energy and Resources Group and a JD from the School of Law (Boalt Hall). His...
Fellow

Jill Kauffman Johnson

1993 Fellow
Jill currently serves as the Managing Director of the Erol Foundation and 836M. For decades, Jill has been involved in the environmental movement ranging from roles in the NGO, private, and public sectors. She was the Founding Pacific Coast...
Fellow

Jonathan Raab

1991 Fellow
Jonathan has been deeply involved in energy policy and planning at the local, state, federal, and academic levels for the past 15 years. Jonathan worked for the Electric Power Division of the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities...
Fellow

John J Berger

1988 Fellow
John J. Berger is an energy and environmental policy specialist and a senior research fellow at the Pacific Institute. His 11 books include Solving the Climate Crisis: Frontline Reports from the Race to Save the Earth and Climate Peril: The Intelligent Reader’s Guide to Understanding the Climate Crisis, which won the 2015 International Book Award for Science. His journalistic work has appeared in Scientific American, The Nation, The Progressive, The Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The Christian Science Monitor, and many other publications.
Fellow

Thomas Gill

1991 Fellow
Tom Gill is Professor of Geological Sciences and Environmental Science and Engineering at the University of Texas, El Paso (UTEP). He teaches classes in climate science, geology, atmospheric science, and environmental science. Through UTEP...
Fellow

Deborah Jensen

1990 Fellow
Deborah is currently a Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the College of the Environment at the University of Washington. For 13 years she served as the President and CEO of the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. She is a past President...