As we celebrate a victory for the families who live and work near the Ellwood natural gas peaker plant in Goleta, the World Business Academy also sees this decision as an opportunity to advance the larger end goal of developing a renewable, community-based distributed energy system in Santa Barbara. The Academy applauds the unanimous decision […]
One Landslide or Natural Disaster and It’s “Lights Out” for Santa Barbara
Why We Need the Santa Barbara Microgrid Now More than Ever If there’s any doubt that communities in California, especially Santa Barbara, are vulnerable to long-term blackouts in the blink of an eye, consider this: on May 20, a large swath of Pacific Coast Highway north of San Luis Obispo was buried in millions of […]
Advocacy Works: Goleta Peaker Plant on Hold
April 13, 2017 Our constant advocacy for clean, safe and sustainable energy over dangerous forms of power sometimes falls on deaf ears—it can be thankless work advocating for the future. However, this week we are celebrating a victory for the families who live and work near the Ellwood natural gas peaker plant in Goleta, the […]
Democratizing Power: Fossil Fuels to 100% Renewables
This presentation was given on December 1, 2015 by Rinaldo S Brutoco at the Walter H Capps Center for the Study of Ethics, Religion, and Public Life (UC Santa Barbara). You can download the slides by clicking here. The era of centralized power is over. This is true in our political system as well as our […]
Forum: How to Power Paradise? 2020 and Beyond
On May 21, 2015 the World Business Academy partnered with the Community Environmental Council, the Santa Barbara Chamber of Commerce, and Downtown Santa Barbara to host a community forum on Community Choice Energy, local renewable microgrids, electricity reliability, California’s energy goals, and the opportunity for business and local communities to flourish. Approximately 175 Tri County […]