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Online Sierra Club Monthly Program: Investing in Solar Power in Poor Countries

January 12, 2021 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Basic Info

Date:
January 12, 2021
Time:
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Event Website / RSVP:
https://www.meetup.com/Austin-Sierra-Club-Outings/events/275349985/

Who's Hosting This Event?

Sierra Club Austin Group
Who We Are:

The Austin Regional Group of the Sierra Club is a volunteer organization of over 5000 members. We’ve been an integral part of the Austin scene since 1968.

Our goal is to ensure that the Austin area remains a healthy, vibrant, place to live. We believe that the health of the human world is inextricably linked to the health of the natural world, and we offer a wide variety of activities and volunteer opportunities to support our goal.

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Solar Power
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Our monthly Austin Sierra Club meeting will be online via Zoom.

We’ll start off with Announcements on current events… Tonite’s main program is Investing in Solar Power in Poor Countries, with Sandra Kwak of 10Power.

Recently recognized by the Energy Globe Foundation as the Energy Globe National Award winner for the country of Haiti, 10Power invests in renewable energy projects that can be paid back over time, providing access to clean power in the places that need it most. Solar Photovoltaics provide clean water and power to some of the poorest communities in the world, building distribution hubs for sustainable development.

10Power works together with local partners to develop and finance commercial-scale solar projects in Haiti. It views renewable energy as the key to provide access to clean water, gender empowerment, livelihood improvement, education and technology.

Executive strategist and systems thinker, Sandra Kwak, CEO and Founder, is applying disruptive innovation to create a regenerative future. Before launching 10Power, she scaled AutoGrid from prototype to a global brand, creating automated intelligence out of big data from the smart grid. Prior, as Co-Founder / President / COO of energy efficiency company Powerzoa, she brought building management hardware and software tools to market. Sandra has also served as CEO of a software company producing the world’s first mathematically lossless video codec.

Sandra has an MBA in Sustainable Business from Presidio Graduate School and a BA in Political Science and Visual Art from Emory University. She is a native of Austin and former Austin Montessori School student. Her TED talk on Fourth World Nation Building is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h60J8hErSFY

The URL to click on and join the meeting will be displayed after you RSVP. If you are new to Zoom, tutorials are available online – example https://www.youtube.com/embed/hIkCmbvAHQQ . Using your camera and microphone is optional for the meeting.

Venue

Online