I just found out today that CARES will also receive an Honorable Mention Award for Bears Breaking Boundaries 2009 - Curricular Innovation contest.
I submitted a CARES grant that would establish a community service learning project between UC Berkeley and the Pinoleville Pomo Nation to work on renewable energy technologies.
Competition was rather stiff, but the email I got says "We hope that we can support your project if you continue to pursue it in the coming year. Please also consider re-submitting it to Bears Breaking Boundaries next year."
My answer: You darn skippy CARES will be entering again next year!!
CARES still might win the CITRIS Big Ideas grant though. I will let you know happens next Wednesday after I present to the judges.
It is Earth Day today!!!
Our dear President Obama kicked it off with style by announcing that the federal government will open up its lands for projects that aim to produce electricity from wind and ocean currents.
This is another strong signal that President Obama recognizes that that the key to national security, economic security, economic prosperity, energy independence, and sustainable living involves producing energy from sources other than fossil fuels.
Currently, ~ 49% of the electricity produced in the US comes from coal-fired plants. The next biggest chunk comes from nuclear plants.
There is significant amount of renewable energy available within the United States and it is high time we start using it and generating more jobs for Americans.
Producing electricity from renewables is not enough though. We need to start implementing energy conservation and efficient programs and policies at the local and national level in tandem with renewable energy production.
It is much easier (and cheaper) to save a watt than it is to produce a watt.
I have more good news about CARES.
A few weeks ago, I submitted a white paper to the Bears Breaking Boundaries competition to design information technology to improve the sustainability of communities.
This competition is sponsored by the Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society (CITRIS).
Today, I found out that CARES is a finalist for the CITRIS IT in the service of society competition!
The final round of the competition will be on April 29, 2009 from 3 - 5 pm at the Jean & E. Floyd Kvamme Atrium.
Please click here to read the official announcement.
Please come on out and support CARES!!!
The CARES database and resources are now listed in the directory for the National Science Digital Library!!
The National Science Digital Library is America's online library for education and research in the fields of
Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics.
You can find the CARES collection here.
The Pinoleville Pomo Nation has decided to build the yurt style home that was designed and modified by students from E10 and CARES.
Construction is slated to start in July '09 and finish by Sept '09.
LACO Associates is the engineering firm being used to construct the home.
A special thanks goes out to Cindy, Tommy, Yao, Tobias, Yael, and Francesca for all their hard work on this partnership.
Today, we finally launched the first version of the CARES website and database.
You can access our resources here.
As most of you know, CARES is a non profit that I co- founded a year ago while at UC Berkeley.
Our mission is to enable consumers to make informed decisions about sustainability and renewable energy technologies.
This website is the first step to creating a sustainability hub where everyone from academics, homeowners, manufacturers, researchers, and businesses can come together to co-develop tools to help address our sustainability issues.
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