When President Trump pulled the United States out of the Paris climate treaty, Fred Hunter was so angry that he took money from his retirement savings and bought a solar system for his small home in Santa Barbara with assistance from the World Business Academy’s Powering Paradise program. The free program offers consultations, contractor referrals, […]
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California Doubles Down on Hydrogen Infrastructure
By Robert Perry, Director of Energy Research California is once again taking a global leadership role, doubling down on its commitment to build a clean, green transportation system in a second round of funding. In response to Executive Order B-48-18 issued by Gov. Brown in January, the California Energy Commission (“CEC”) has allocated $92 million […]
Upcoming Earth Day Focuses on Resiliency
Visit The Academy at the Santa Barbara Earth Day Festival April 21 and 22 at Alameda Park The World Business Academy urges all members of the public to celebrate Earth Day this year by learning something new and charting a course for action in your personal life. How are YOU going to be a part […]
Academy Featured in Local Magazine VOICE
Thinking Globally, Acting Locally If you missed the Friday, March 9 issue of the local Santa Barbara’s VOICE Magazine (AKA CASA Magazine), please check it out! We are thrilled to share that our very own Rinaldo Brutoco is on the cover of the weekly issue, which features a well-written and comprehensive article about The Academy, […]
Rebuilding Montecito Community Meeting
Global Citizens Club Meeting Explores Grid Resiliency in Montecito The Academy’s February 20th Global Citizens Club meeting Rebuilding Montecito: Pathways to a Resilient Future explored resiliency on a personal, community, and countywide level as we addressed the rebuilding of a community deeply affected by climate change. Following the Thomas Fire and Montecito landslides, we need to pursue solutions […]
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 […]
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 […]
Blackout or Bright Future? SBR3: Reliable, Resilient, 100% Renewable
Santa Barbara’s aging infrastructure threatens to wipe out power for the South Coast community for weeks or even months. One minor landslide could result in chaos, confusion, and even economic collapse for the coastal community that relies on a thriving tourism sector and a world-class University. Read more about this situation and our proposed solution […]
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 […]
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 currently have the technology and capital to support the transition to the next energy paradigm—the global implementation of 100-percent renewable energy. To catalyze this shift, we propose a challenge along the […]
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 […]
