Climate change solutions challenge the status quo by compelling innovation to go beyond tradition. It challenges current narratives about systems and how they are used to develop alternatives that are less harmful to the planet and its residents. In this episode, Christophe Jospe sits down with Dr. Clark Miller, an Associate Director and Professor at Arizona State University, to discuss the current dependence on carbon-intensive energy systems and the critical shift necessary to transform how we think and use current energy systems.

Dr. Miller explains that we can creatively transform carbon-intensive energy systems by rethinking traditional views about energy and provides several examples from his research to show the many possibilities outside of fossil fuels. His research highlights the ways that communities who are traditionally excluded in such discussions were able to take ownership and transform their energy systems to create social value and agency for their members. As he explains these cases, he shares how renewing the narrative about energy and broadening community involvement will help build a better future.

Contact:

Christophe Jospe (@cjospe)

Dr. Clark Miller (@clarkamiller)

Referenced material:

Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s - America’s Energy Future

City of Lights: A Collection of Solar Futures by Dr. Clark Miller and others

Social Value of Energy, journal by Dr. Miller and others

University of Saskatchewan, Community Appropriate Sustainable Energy Security

Hurricane Maria….is still there’, an article by Scott Sekel

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