Listen "This is Democracy – Episode 80: Energy Transitions"
Episode Synopsis
Jeremi chats over the phone with Professor Clark Miller to discuss transitions on a global scale to sustainable energy and the numerous, diverse challenges that come with such a task.
Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Eulogy.”
Clark Miller is the Director of the Center for Energy and Society at Arizona State University and a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He also leads the sustainability team at the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies photovoltaics engineering research center. For the past decade, his research has explored the human dimensions of large-scale transitions in the energy sector and the potential for leveraging energy transitions to improve human futures. His most recent book, The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures, is free to download as an e-book from the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination. His other books include Designing Knowledge, a guide for organizations who want to better create and use knowledge in decision-making; Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond; The Practices of Global Ethics; and Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance.
Zachary sets the scene with his poem, “Eulogy.”
Clark Miller is the Director of the Center for Energy and Society at Arizona State University and a Professor in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society. He also leads the sustainability team at the Quantum Energy and Sustainable Solar Technologies photovoltaics engineering research center. For the past decade, his research has explored the human dimensions of large-scale transitions in the energy sector and the potential for leveraging energy transitions to improve human futures. His most recent book, The Weight of Light: A Collection of Solar Futures, is free to download as an e-book from the ASU Center for Science and the Imagination. His other books include Designing Knowledge, a guide for organizations who want to better create and use knowledge in decision-making; Science and Democracy: Making Knowledge and Making Power in the Biosciences and Beyond; The Practices of Global Ethics; and Changing the Atmosphere: Expert Knowledge and Environmental Governance.
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