Friday, January 2, upstairs, 1 – 3 p.m., Orcas Food Co-op Meeting Room
— from Linda Lyshall, PhD, District Manager, San Juan Islands Conservation District —
Come learn about the Cuban energy revolution from Mario Alberto Arrastía Avila, physicist,
educator, and specialist with the Cuban Ministry of Science, Technology and the Environment. Arrastía Avila founded and directed the Group of Energy Education and is the author of Foundations of a Sustainable Future.
He works in the Outreach and Education Group of CUBAENERGÍA, where he coordinates with Educational Television to develop programs promoting a popular energy culture. He is currently coordinating and teaching a TV course on Energy and Climate Change.
Arrastía Avila has degrees in physics, astronomy and solar photovoltaic energy and writes a column about energy issues for the national Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde.
- Orcas Island: Friday, January 2, upstairs, 1:00-3:00PM. Orcas Food Co-op Meeting Room
- San Juan Island: Friday, January 2, 7:00-9:00PM. San Juan Grange in Friday Harbor
- Lopez Island: Saturday, January 3rd, 7:00-9:00PM. Lopez Library
For more information please contact the San Juan Islands Conservation District at 360-378-6621 or email us at energy@sjislandscd.org.
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