Event Name: Studium Generale: Energy Sovereignty with Reuben Martinez
Event Date: Thursday, May 26, 2022 – 12:30pm
Event Location: Online
On May 26 Studium Generale will welcome Reuben Martinez.
His talk, “Energy Sovereignty: Exploring Renewable Energy Projects with Tribal Nations”, will explore three major areas of renewable energy project development: Technical, Financial, and Policy.
Through a Tribal lens, Martinez will examine how sovereignty interacts with these three areas and how they each impact the overall process of accessing renewable energy projects.
Questions considered during the talk will include: How do you fund a project? What kind of renewable energies are there? How does policy shape projects? What is sovereignty? Where appropriate, we will discuss real-world examples of successful renewable energy projects and barriers.
Reuben Martinez is a member of the Makah Nation, a recent graduate of Western Washington University with a bachelor’s in economics, and alumnus of Peninsula College, who spent his final year at WWU focusing primarily on renewable energy. At Spark Northwest, Reuben supports Tribes throughout the Northwest as a Tribal Liaison. Notably, Martinez works to identify each Tribes’ self-determined interests in renewable energy and works to connect Tribes with funding opportunities, such as applications for programs such as the Energy Transitions Initiative Partnership Project (ETIPP), or the Washington State Commerce Grant. He is also preparing to begin a Masters at the School of Marine and Environmental Affairs at the University of Washington, where he plans to focus on the nexus of marine law and policy, renewable energies, and sovereignty as means to support Indigenous Nations on a regional and international level as they plan for future generations.
The presentation is free and open to the public and begins at 12:30 pm. Join the event via Zoom at https://pencol-edu.zoom.us/j/88082575506, Meeting ID: 880 8257 5506.
For more information contact Dr. Kate Reavey at <a href="http://kreavey@pencol.edu%20;” rel=”noopener noreferrer”>kreavey@pencol.edu
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