Who are we and what have we accomplished in the last year? Director of the Safe Energy Project Jerry Brown gives an overview of the work of the Academy for the past year, succinctly exploring the core mission and local collaborative successes and accomplishments throughout 2017. Did you miss our year in review? Read it here. […]
Academy Establishes Global Citizens Club
New Global Citizens Club Engages Donors and Supports Local Non-Profits Now in our 30th year, the World Business Academy strives to keep growing and evolving as an organization. We constantly endeavor to stay relevant and to show our appreciation and dedication to the Santa Barbara philanthropic community. Without our generous supporters, we couldn’t continue to […]
Climate Change in our Backyard
Santa Barbara has been the home of the World Business Academy for more than a decade, and as such, has been the hub of much of our project based work as we practice “think globally, act locally.” Over the past month, the global impacts of climate change have hit our local community harder and sooner […]
PEACE: A New Definition
PEACE: A New Definition A transcript of Rinaldo Brutoco’s acceptance speech, UNA-SB Peace Prize. October 24, 2017 RINALDO BRUTOCO: I thank you all for coming tonight and supporting UNA. I really appreciate it. I’ve been involved with this actually at the national level for more than two decades. It’s really great to connect with […]
Belmond El Encanto to Offer Discounts to Montecito Flood and Mudslide Evacuees
Belmond El Encanto Hotel in Santa Barbara Offers Huge Room Discounts to Montecito-area Evacuees Fleeing Flooding, Mudslides Santa Barbara, Calif.- The Belmond El Encanto is offering discounts of 50 percent or more off of rooms for any local residents seeking shelter after being evacuated due to the local flooding or mudslides. The luxury hotel is […]
2017: A Year in Review
A letter from the Academy team on the clean energy progress we’ve made this year: Dear Friends, It is with great pleasure at this time of year that we write to you and fill you in on the impact that the World Business Academy has created over the past 12 months. Our focus has been […]
Clean Energy Moonshot- California Vision 2020 Summit (2017)
World Business Academy founder Rinaldo Brutoco spoke at the CA Vision 2020 Conference in 2017 on the Clean Energy Moonshot – how California can reach 100% fossil free energy in 10 years or less at no additional cost to ratepayers. Through the use of community microgrids and hydrogen storage, we can reach a renewable future […]
Beyond Nuclear Energy Video
Our safe energy initiative team is committed to the pursuing the decommissioning of existing nuclear power plants such as Diablo Canyon and finding feasible solutions for the permanent disposal of radioactive waste. As outlined in our video, an important part of securing a clear energy present and future is coming to terms with the events of Fukushima and how we can […]
The Fight Against Diablo Canyon Continues
We don’t give up easily, especially when it comes to the incredibly dangerous Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant near San Luis Obispo. The World Business Academy has decided to appeal the ruling against our lawsuit seeking an Environmental Impact Report to address the significant environmental and human health dangers that would result from continued operation […]
First Santa Barbara UN Association Peace Prize awarded to Rinaldo S. Brutoco
The Board of Directors, Staff, and family at the Academy would like to congratulate the World Business Academy’s founding president, Rinaldo S. Brutoco, who has been honored as the recipient of the inaugural 2017 Santa Barbara Peace Prize from the United Nations Association of Santa Barbara & Tri Counties. The United Nations Association (UNA) of […]
Rejection of Gas Power Plant in Oxnard Presents New Opportunity for Renewable Energy
An evaluation and recommendation by a California Energy Commission committee to reject a new natural gas peaker plant in Oxnard provides additional impetus towards the development of a safe, renewable energy system within the region. On October 5, the two-person committee issued a statement recommending denial of the proposed 262-megawatt Puente Power Project in Oxnard […]
CPUC Rejects Ellwood Proposal in Favor of Renewable Energy
As we celebrate a victory for the families who live and work near the Ellwood natural gas peaker plant in Goleta, the World Business Academy also sees this decision as an opportunity to advance the larger end goal of developing a renewable, community-based distributed energy system in Santa Barbara. The Academy applauds the unanimous decision […]
