Research Committees

Military: Dan Anthony

Cities across America: Katie Elliott and Christian

City of Colorado Springs: Amanda Nichols

Religious Organizations: David Sullivan and Jamie Senk

State: Francesca

Colorado Springs Utilities and others across America: James Fry and Peter Gage

Information for Katie Elliot and the "other cities" team

Here is some information I came across if you dont already have it.

Chicago: Sept 12 2006, Midwest Energy Solutions Conference sponsored by The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance.
Robert F Kennedy gave keynote speech.
Reverend Sally Bingham of the Regeneration Project spoke on the growing faith based environmental movement.
check it out. call the MEEA to find out about success of conference.
www.ewire.com/display.cfm/Wire_ID/3347
www.mwalliance.org

Also there is an movement in Cambridge Mass. to reduce carbon footprint.
Involving MIT, Harvard, etc... Very centralized on climate change
search the national public radio website for the story.
www.npr.org

Cheers!

Some Details

I would like to thank all of you for attending the meeting last night and joining on to this project. If you can, try to get more people interested in what we are doing, the more people we have working on research, the better.

Also, for all the research projects, please determine what benefits they would accrue by participating in our event (increased national security, better world for future generations, lower electricity bills, etc etc etc). This data will help us with marketing to individual interest groups!

Lastly, try to judge the level to which all of the organizations and interest groups interact with one another. For example, do the leaders in the community even know each other?

Meeting Minutes 5/2/2007

• Climate change won’t work – James Dobson is opposed and will protest it.
• focus on renewable sources
• Energy security
• Climate change coalition in the Pikes Peak region. Our group met with them lat night, they consist mainly of energy consultants and engineers in Colorado Springs. They want to help.
• 3 interest groups in Colorado springs
• Military
• Business
• High tech and engineering
• Religious groups
• Evangelicals
• Others…?
• What are the energy threats involved / issues of interest
• Pro-American ideals of local energy – no dependence on foreign sources like oil? We do have coal… er…
• New coal fired plant
• Increased power rates… is this true?
• Climate Change
• Energy Security
• Health
• Air quality
• Economics
• New jobs
• New money coming into Colorado Springs
• Venues
• Colorado College – preaching to the choir?
• New life?
• Where else?
• Research Areas
• Cities across America
• Similar projects
• Boulder or Denver examples
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• Current “green movements” in C springs or movers or shakers
• Military
• Nevada base that just went solar (Nellis air force base)
• Why there?
• How?
• Why not other bases?
• Barriers?
• Find out the structure in place to implement new tech and projects
• What are bases doing?
• Which bases are leading?
• Why do they think its important?
• Whose in charge – contact info
• What are Colorado Springs bases doing? Do they want to do more?
• What are the bases… Peterson, fort Carson… etc…
• Air Force academy
• what are their competitors doing
• Annapolis
• west point
• How well networked are they?
• Religious Groups
• Can we include them at all? Will they be interested?
• Richard Sizack (spelling?)
• Christian leader against climate change
• James Dobson
• Battled Richard Sizack… he hates him
• Against climate change
• The “green” movement
• Save this city – some research already has been done
• Strong support of the military in the religious right
• Focus on the family
• New Life Church
• Denominations- Baptist, Methodist, Catholic, etc…
• No one likes using Jesus to save the environment
• How do we market this for the religious groups?
• Local Government
• Is the state offering new incentives?
• Ritter
• What are other states doing to work with their cities
• What do we need to do at the state level to assist our cities
• Utilities
• New Coal Plant……. And other options
• Hydro-storage
• Demand side management – efficiency
• Giant megawatt battery