The Santa Barbara News Press covered the risks El Niño poses to the electricity transmission system that serves the South Coast area of Santa Barbara County. This issue is the impetus for SBR3 – the Academy’s plan to create a local, 100% renewable microgrid to serve the power needs of Southern Santa Barbara County. The […]
Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission
Update: As of mid October, 2015, this video has received nearly 170,000 hits on the UCSB TV website. Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco presents “Nuclear Power: A Mistake in Search of a Mission,” at the University of California Santa Barbara’s Walter H. Capps Center for the study of ethics, religion and public life. Brutoco mentions […]
A Call to Arms for Renewable Energy
Those attending our monthly meetings or perusing our website know that the World Business Academy was established first as a non-profit business think tank, action incubator, and network of business and thought leaders, with the core mission objective of inspiring business to assume responsibility for the whole of society and assisting those in business who […]
How to Power Paradise? Santa Barbara Forum on Local Energy
The energy landscape is shifting in California. Renewable energy is now price-competitive with fossil fuels. Local and State targets mandate a shift to sources of power that do not pollute. Can Santa Barbara continue its legacy of leadership on environmental issues by creating a local energy system powered by 100% renewable energy? Can this shift […]
Santa Barbara Power Line Failure and Potential for Microgrids
This video is a Google Earth flyover of the transmission line that is “at risk,” for catastrophic failure in Santa Barbara County. Southern California Edison has determined that a line or tower failure would severely disrupt the availability of energy in Southern Santa Barbara County. Severe storms could prevent the repair and reconnection for weeks […]
The Clean Energy Moonshot – 100% Renewable CA in 10 Years!
Business and policymakers around the globe are waking up to the scope of the global warming crisis. With this crisis comes great opportunity: we have the technology and capital to support the transition to the next energy paradigm—the global implementation of 100-percent renewable energy. In 2015, the World Business Academy proposed the Clean Energy […]
100% Renewable Energy for Santa Barbara Now!
To learn more about the effort to create a 100-percent renewable microgrid in Santa Barbara County, please visit the SBR3: Santa Barbara Reliable, Resilient, Renewable project page. The Academy’s annual luncheon was held on November 17, 2014 at The Fess Parker Hotel in Santa Barbara. Thanks to TVSB for their videography and for airing this […]
Love, Fear and the Destiny of Nations – Richard Barrett
This article originally appeared in the World Business Academy’s monthly publication Currents in Commerce. Join our mailing list to receive Currents in your inbox. Love, Fear and the Destiny of Nations: The Impact of the Evolution of Human Consciousness on World Affairs (Vol. 1, 2012), by Academy Fellow Richard Barrett, is a wide-ranging and profound book that provides […]
Deepak Chopra and Rinaldo Brutoco on Climate, Energy, and Consciousness at the Commonwealth Club
World Business Academy President Rinaldo S. Brutoco sat down with close friend and Fellow of the Academy Dr. Deepak Chopra on September 15, 2014 for a wide-ranging discussion on the state of the planet, the emergency of global warming, the promise of renewable energy, and the tactics for shifting consciousness in time to address global […]
Safe Energy Project Videos from 2014 Luncheon
This page features the videos shown at our 2014 community luncheon on November 17 in Santa Barbara, California. (Read more about the event in an article from Noozhawk Columnist Melissa Walker here) 2013-2014 Accomplishments of the Safe Energy Project and the Close Diablo Canyon Campaign The Clean Energy Moonshot: 100% Renewable Energy for All of […]
Nuclear Power: Totally Unqualified to Combat Climate Change
From a business perspective, private investors should be seen as the ultimate ”referees” on competing energy choices, using informed diligence and prudent criteria to determine which energy technologies can compete in the market with the best chance of generating revenues and profits. As Amory Lovins points out, the capital markets have already spoken. Private investors and project finance lenders have flatly rejected large base-load nuclear power plants and have enthusiastically embraced supply-side competitors, decentralized cogeneration, and renewables.
Rinaldo S. Brutoco: The Future of Business
The intention of this short film is to express the heartfelt concern that motivates World Business Academy Founding President Rinaldo S. Brutoco to put his effort, time and energy into the World Business Academy. This video combines contemporaneous comments from Brutoco, set to music by Gary Malkin, an eight-time Emmy award-winning composer, with film from […]