By MIRIAM ACZEL Last December, I had the opportunity to represent Leaders in Energy at the Youth Global Forum in Paris. The forum brings together over 100 participants, experts, and young entrepreneurs from all over the world for an exciting three days of discussing ideas and solutions to pressing global problems. The event focused on Worldwide...
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Youth Activism and Climate Change: A European Perspective
By MIRIAM ACZEL Following the recently granted extension, the United Kingdom (U.K.) will soon trigger Article 50, officially “Brexitting” from the European Union (EU), a decision that will fundamentally change the U.K. and the wider EU. Protesters—many of them young—have mobilized in London, in Westminster, and across the U.K. to express concern about how this move...
Helping Attendees to Make Valuable Connections on Jobs, Business Partnering & More at Our 2019 Extravaganza Reception
By MIRIAM ACZEL On February 15th, Leaders in Energy (LE) hosted its greatly successful fifth annual Clean Energy and Sustainability Extravaganza. The theme of the event was “Getting to Net Zero Emissions in Energy, Carbon, Water, and Waste.” LE in partnership with the Association of Energy Engineers National Capital Chapter (AEE NCC) and the Council on Women in Energy and...
“L’Affaire du Siècle”: Over 2 Million Supporters of Groundbreaking Climate Lawsuit
By MIRIAM ACZEL Just weeks after the widespread Gilets Jaunes (Yellow Vest) protests swept across France for the better part of December, a petition commonly known as the L’Affaire du Siècle—the Case of the Century—has garnered over 2 million supporters. Brought by four nongovernmental organizations (NGOs)—Greenpeace, Notre Affaire à Tous, OXFAM, and the Fondation Pour la...
Knowledge As Power: Improving the Energy Industry with Artificial Intelligence and ‘Smart’ Systems
By MIRIAM ACZEL The global energy sector produces and uses massive amounts of data. To further enhance the power of this wealth of energy-related data, artificial intelligence technologies and methods are increasingly utilized in a wide range of energy products and services. Autonomous Energy Grids As global electric grids draw energy from an expanding variety of...
2018 The Four Gen Awards: Celebrating Clean Energy and Sustainable Solutions!
By Kerry Worthington, Miriam Aczel, and Carol McCaffrey On November 30, 2018, Leaders in Energy (LE) held our 5th Annual Four Generations of Leaders in Clean Energy and Sustainable Solutions Awards and Holiday Celebration! This special event reflects on the current state of clean energy and sustainable solutions in industry, government, nongovernmental organizations, academia, and within communities....
Sustainable Fashion: Closing the Clothing Loop
By MIRIAM ACZEL Our consumption and use of resources arguably need a rethink: Earth Overshoot Day, the date when our resource consumption for the year surpasses the Earth’s capacity to regenerate those resources, is occurring earlier and earlier. This means that global consumption levels are unsustainable. The fashion industry in particular is a key driver of resource consumptions: the overproduction...
From Plastic to Fantastic: Promoting the Circular Economy in Cambodia
By DEBRA ACZEL and MIRIAM ACZEL Our plastics problem is BIG and growing A landmark study that measured global production, use and ultimate disposition of plastics found that we’ve produced 8.3 billion metric tons of plastic. That’s enough plastic to cover the entire country of Argentina. It’s the weight of 822,000 Eiffel Towers, or 1 billion elephants. Of the...
The Grapes of Wrath: Global Warming and Wine
By MIRIAM ACZEL The global wine industry is not a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions—accounting for roughly 0.1% of global carbon emissions—but it is particularly vulnerable to climate change. Climate change has a wide variety of markers (heat, drought, etc,) and impacts (disease, reduced harvests, etc.) with a notable effect on the global winemaking industry, due to...