composting – The Convergence

After the Fires: The power of community in disaster response, recovery and rebuilding

Convergence Program — Tue, 11 Sep 2018 01:40:58 +0000

In an era of climate disruption and devastating weather events, the 2017 Northern California wildfires were the costliest and most deadly in state history. Northern California is also home to a strong, vibrant grassroots movement and network that immediately jumped into action to protect people and place and begin organizing for the long recovery ahead. A range of grassroots leaders will share success stories and challenges including:

· A local indigenous perspective on these fires

· Creating a coalition to galvanize community voice and place equity at the center of recovery

· Launching a decentralized and community-powered emergency response system

· Creating a grassroots justice and resilience fund to raise and distribute funds

· Mobilizing across government, business and community for watershed protection

· Addressing the mental health challenges that come with crisis

· Re-landscaping the rebuild with a permaculture lens and community-powered approach

Speakers include:

· Ana Lugo, co-founder of Soco Rises and Director of Communications for Community Action Partnership

· Alegria De La Cruz – Chief Deputy Counsel for Sonoma County

· Edward Willie – Pomo tribe, permaculturist and fire ecologist

· Chris Grabill – Board of Directors at Sonoma County Conservation Action and Santa Rosa Board of Public Utilities

· Kerry Fugett – Manager of Leadership Institute and Resilient Hubs Program at Daily Acts and member of the Sonoma county Climate Action Advisory Committee

· Trathen Heckman – Executive Director at Daily Acts and Board member of Transition U.S. and California Water Efficiency Partnership

Regenerative Technologies Interactive Showcase

Convergence Program — Wed, 05 Sep 2018 22:53:17 +0000

Join us for an interactive discussion and demonstration of multiple regenerative technologies including alcohol distilled from waste or low cost local sources; harvesting, storing and efficiently transforming thermal energy into electricity; and showing how we are taking Eco-resorts 100% off-grid.

Join us for an interactive discussion and demonstration of multiple regenerative technologies. We will see how alcohol distilled from waste or low cost local sources, can burn clean and provide locally produced and consumed affordable clean fuels. We will learn about how to harvest, store and efficiently transform thermal energy into electricity and locomotive power through new high efficiency turbines, motors and generators. The team will share their experience taking Eco-resorts 100% off-grid as well as what can be done to improve your community, country or corporation’s energy, water, waste food and shelter systems.

Presented By: Rolland Gregg

Regenerative Technologies Revealed

Convergence Program — Thu, 30 Aug 2018 21:24:11 +0000

This panel will explore several innovative technologies from thermal energy production, quantum power cells, bio-refineries, off grid eco-resorts power systems, zero waste systems and waste to energy production, closed loop technology-run aquaponics systems, and much more!

New energy technologies which are pushing the boundaries of physics, chemistry, biology, electrical and mechanical engineering will transform the way that we live so much that the next 20 years will make the industrial revolution pale in comparison. This panel will explore several innovative technologies from thermal energy production, quantum power cells, bio-refineries, off grid eco-resorts power systems, zero waste systems and waste to energy production, closed loop technology-run aquaponics systems, and much more!

This robust panel is facilitated by SymbioNet and Delphi Village’s Chief Technology Officer, Rolland Gregg, who is also the founder of Imagin.com, a clean technology incubator in Seattle, WA.

Presented By: Chris Patton, David Blume, Kevin Fretz, & Rolland Gregg