Multimedia: Past Presentations

Past Presentations are listed by date and are by Hunter Lovins unless otherwise indicated.

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Date	Location	Event		Links


26 Jan 2013	Seattle, WA	Bainbridge Graduate Institute's TEDxBGI		Hunter's slides Video
16 Nov 2012	Denver, CO	Challenge 2030 - AIA		Hunter's slides
12 Nov 2012	Miami, FL	Continuity Forum		Hunter's slides
8 Nov 2012	New York, NY	Bard College Admissions Event: "It's Global Warming, Stupid"		Hunter's slides
2 Nov 2012	San Francisco, CA	California College of the Arts Public Talk		Hunter's slides
25 Oct 2012	Colorado Springs, CO	5th Annual Colorado Sustainability Conference		Hunter's slides
18 Oct 2012	Star, NC	The Future or North Carolina's Water		Hunter's slides
16 Oct 2012	Tacoma, WA	Housing Washington Conference		Hunter's slides
14 Oct 2012	Los Angeles, CA	AASHE 2012 (Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education)		Hunter's keynote slides Hunter & Toby's workshop slides "Communicating Sustainability"
3-4 Oct 2012	Iowa Tour	Iowa State University (Ames, IA) Iowa Environmental Council (Des Moines, IA) University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA)		Hunter's slides Hunter's slides Hunter's slides
25 Sep 2012	Denver, CO	Algae Biomass Summit		Hunter's slides
21 Sep 2012	Boston, MA	New England Campus Sustainability Forum		Hunter's slides
17 Sep 2012	Estes Park, CO	International Strawbuilders Conference		Hunter's slides
6 Sep 2012	Denver, CO	Modern Energy Forum		Hunter's slides
22 Aug 2012	Santiago, Chile	Clean Tech Open		Hunter's slides Photos
		20 AUG 2012 NEWS: La Tercera Hunter Lovins: "El error más grande de los países es pensar que los recursos son inagotables" (Click here to read .pdf and click here to read .txt)
17-18 Aug 2012	Aspen, CO	American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY)		Hunter's slides from Woody Creek Hunter's Keynote slides
27 Jul 2012	Pittsburgh, PA	Dusquesne University MBA Graduation		Hunter's slides
20 Jul 2012	Boulder, CO	Unreasonable Institute "Do Good & Do Well"		Hunter's slides
27 June 2012	Mountain View, CA	Singularity University		Hunter's slides
22 June 2012	Santa Clara, CA	Association for Environmental Studies & Sciences		Hunter's slides
12 June 2012	Boulder, CO	LOHAS workshop		Hunter's slides
5 June 2012	San Diego, CA	Sustanable Brands Conference Opening Speech		Hunter's slides
4 June 2012	San Diego, CA	Sustainable Brands Workshop with Jeff Mendelson		Hunter's slides
31 May 2012	Menlo Park, CA	Acterra Business Awards
17 May 2012	Seattle, WA	Reframing the Global Economy, hosted by Bainbridge Graduate Institute		Hunter's slides
16 May 2012	Portland, OR	Reframing the Global Economy, hosted by Bainbridge Graduate Institute		Hunter's slides
8 May 2012	Golden, CO	Jefferson County Women's League of Voters		Hunter's slides
30 April 2012	Denver, CO	Clean Med Conference		Hunter's slides
23 April 2012	Ft. Collins, CO	TEDx CSU		Hunter's slides Video
21 April 2012	Marin, CA	Earthday Marin
19 April 2012	Evergreen, CO	Earth Day Evergreen		Hunter's slides
17 April 2012	Laguna Beach, CA	Fortune Brainstorm Green
16 April 2012	Norwalk, CT	Norwalk Community College		Hunter's slides
20 March 2012	Monmouth, IL	Monmouth College		Hunter's slides
29 February 2012	San Jose, CA	International Facilities Managers Associaion IFMA - Silicon Valley Chapter		Hunter's slides
1 Feb 12	Indian Wells, CA	CleanTech Investor Summit		Hunter's slides
18 Jan 2012	San Francisco, CA	Young President's Oranization (YPO) San Francisco Chapter		Hunter's slides
30 Nov 11	Seattle, WA	BGI Net Impact
15-16 Nov 11	Salt Lake City, UT	Utah Council for Citizen Diplomacy World Affairs Lecture Series at Westminster College & Utah Clean Energy Breakfast		Hunter's slides
11 Nov 11	London, UK	Tomorrow's Business Conference		Hunter's slides Video
9 Nov 11	Tampa Bay, FL	Urban Land Institute Tampa Bay		Hunter's slides
3 Nov 11	Tacoma, WA	NEEA Conference		Hunter's slides
26 Oct 11	Merced, CA	City of Merced and Siemens Sustainability Symposium		Hunter's slides
25 Oct 11	Perth, WA, Australia	BHP Billiton		Hunter's slides
23 Oct 11	Adelaide, SA, Australia	WOMAD Earth Station Festival at Belair National Park		Hunter's slides
14 Oct 11	Denver, CO	Colorado Water Wise Conference		Hunter's slides
13 Oct 11	Denver, CO	Rocky Mountain Association for Energy Engineers (RMAEE) Annual Forum		Hunter's slides
12 Oct 11	Stockton, CA	TEDx San Joaquin		Hunter's slides Video link
11 Oct 11	San Rafael, CA	City of San Rafael		Hunter's slides
23 Sep 11	Portland, OR	International Society of Sustainability Professionals 2011		Hunter's slides
25 Aug 11	Sonoma, CA	Infineon Raceway	.	Hunter's slides
		2 SEP 2011, NEWS: Triple Pundit ..."Yes, it’s true: your favorite cowgirl-slash-environmental-activist-extraordinaire is a motor-head speed-freak! (She’s raced motorcycles, cars, and even snowmobiles.) But, according to Ms. Lovins, she is, in no way an oxymoron, or a hypocrite. .... 'Sustainability is about higher performance.'"... 28 AUG 2011, NEWS: San Rafael, CA Patch ..."I'm here to tell you racing will go green; you will go green," said Hunter Lovins, president and founder of Natural Capitalism Solutions. "Sustainability is higher performance. This is part of the message that's been missing. … This is where tracks like Infineon come in. We need to prove this, we need to test it, we need to show that it's true. We need tracks like Infineon to reach a crowd of people who would never come to a talk (on sustainability) anywhere else."... 25 AUG 2011, NEWS: GreenBiz ..."What's a Colorado cowgirl doing at a raceway? Well, it's just a different type of horsepower," said Lovins, who led a lengthy and impressive list of speakers at the conference called Accelerating Sustainable Performance. It was the first of what Infineon leaders hope will be ongoing public dialogues about how the racing industry can help drive sustainability and innovation. "Sustainability is about higher performance," Lovins said, adding that higher performance is the essence of racing... 22 AUG 2011, NEWS: Sonoma News (Announcing the event)
18-20 Aug 11	Aspen, CO	AREDAY	.	Hunter's slides
		22 AUG 2011, NEWS: National Geographic Daily News "According to Jigar Shah of the Carbon War Room at the American Renewable Energy Day (AREDAY) conference in Aspen, if one doesn’t confront inaccuracies, “you’re not doing your job” and you are part of the problem. The tone of Shah’s message is comparable to the public’s frustration over political inaction... Hunter Lovins of Natural Capitalism Solutions, offered similar sentiment. Although we might not have a president who cares enough, “we don’t have a lot of things, we just have us.” There is no need to wait for political agreement in order to take action. Lovins’ work in energy efficiency has found that corporations around the world are already making money by going green. Reducing waste saves energy and resources, hence there’s no need to wait for government leadership."... 18 AUG 2011 VIDEO: "The Business of Going Green" Moderated by Ann Davlin from Carbon War Room, Jigar Shah also from Carbon War Room, Michael Haas from Orion Energy and Hunter discuss the business of going green on this panel. 18 AUG 2011, NEWS: Renewable Energy News "Wind is cheaper than new natural gas – new coal – new nuclear”, according to Jigar Shaw, CEO of the Carbon War Room [Hunter] Lovins’ response was: “The truth is that we are going to pay more for electricity. We are just going to pay less more!"... 18 AUG 2011 VIDEO: "The Business of Going Green" Moderated by Ann Davlin from Carbon War Room, Jigar Shah also from Carbon War Room, Michael Haas from Orion Energy and Hunter discuss the business of going green on this panel. 20 AUG 2011 VIDEO: Hunter Lovins' keynote (on Vimeo)
15 Jun 11	New York, NY	SRI Rockies Basecamp	.	Hunter's slides
14 Jun 11	Boulder, CO	Boulder County Business Report Annual Green Summit	.	Hunter's slides
		27 May 2011, NEWS: Boulder County Business Report Hunter Lovins, a leader in helping companies, communities and countries profit from sustainable practices, will be the keynote breakfast speaker at the Boulder County Business Report's Green Summit: Blending Business & The Environment... 13 June 2011 NEWS: Boulder County Business Report Lovins to discuss sustainable practices 14 June 2011 NEWS: Boulder County Business Report Lovins: Saving Energy Good Business (by Beth Potter) "This is free money that we're wasting,... There is no more important conversation to have, particularly at this time..."
7 Jun 11	Breckenridge, CO	Colorado Association For Recycling		Hunter's slides
		PHOTO CREDIT: I-News
31 May 11	Webinar	Stanford Innovation Review on Clean Technology with Hunter Lovins, Clayton Christensen, and David Mann	.	Hunter's slides
27 May 2011	Boulder, CO	Highlands City Club		Hunter's slides
16 May 11	Pleasanton, CA	Firehouse Performing Arts Center	.	Hunter's slides
		NEWS: Oakland Examiner 'Climate Capitalism - The Winds of Change (by Jon Barsanti) "She made the points early and often that whether or not you believe that global warming is occurring, whether or not you believe that the science is valid, there is a finite amount of coal, oil, and natural gas and that there is a growing demand for fuels of all types around the world. She stated 'You don't have to believe in the problem to believe in the solution.'"
12 May 2011	Berkeley, CA	Ecology Center		Hunter's slides (coming soon!)
11 May 2011	Oakland, CA	CERES	.	.
3-4 May 2011	Washington, D.C.	Creating Climate Wealth Conference with Carbon War Room		.
27 Apr 2011	Teleforum	Live Teleforum about Climate Capitalism, the book, sponsored by FSG		Listen to the .mp3
27 Apr 2011	Chicago, IL	Kellogg Business School at Northwestern University	.
		NEWS: Kellogg School of Business News & Events “You don’t have to believe in the problem to believe in the solution,” she said. “If it turns out it’s a hoax, you’ve made a lot of money. If it turns out it’s a problem, you’ve made a lot of money — oh, and you’ve solved the problem. Green is the color of money.”
25 Apr 2011	Seattle, WA	Town Hall Meeting		Hunter's slides
21 Apr 2011	Nashville, TN	Green Business Summit	.	Hunter's slides
21 Apr 2011	Nashville, TN	Lipscomb University		Hunter's slides
19 Apr 2011	New York, NY	Columbia Business School	.	Hunter's slides
18 Apr 2011	Falls Church, VA	NOVIS		Hunter's slides
13 Apr 2011	Saratoga, CA	Commonwealth Club of Silicon Valley	.	Hunter's slides
12 Apr 2011	San Francisco	Commonwealth Club of San Francisco		.
		VIDEO: Wach on You Tube 1 hour, 1 minute Watch this panel with L. Hunter Lovins, President and Founder, Natural Capitalism Solutions; Author, Climate Capitalism: Capitalism in the Age of Climate Change; David Chen, CEO and Founder, Equilibrium Capital Group; Bruce Klafter, Managing Director for Environmental, Health, and Safety at Applied Materials Inc.; moderated by Joel Makower, Chairman and Executive Editor, GreenBiz Group Inc. "
11 Apr 2011	Denver, CO	Sustainable Opportunities Summit	.	Hunter's slides
		NEWS: Green Manufacturing News Hunter Lovins to Illustrate How Sustainability Drives Profits (by Wendy Stott) "It’s time for business leaders to step up and take responsibility for implementing a capitalism that best enables them to create the wealth that enables them to create ever greater wealth,... This is, after all, capitalism. Wealth is not just money and stuff. It is intact ecosystems; it is intact human systems. And, as business recognizes that real capitalism is the productive and responsible use of all forms of capital, we will unleash the prosperity that we’re all seeking." NEWS: Press Release “It’s time for business leaders to step up and take responsibility for implementing a capitalism that best enables them to create ever greater wealth. This is, after all, the genius of capitalism. Wealth is not just money and stuff. You can’t do business on a dead planet. And that’s what we’re facing....” NEWS: Planet Profit Report " If you had told me five years ago that Wal-Mart would be the entity on the planet doing the most to drive sustainability, I would have bet eating my hat against it. But here we are...” VIDEO:ColoradoBiz Magazine 5:21 minutes Hunter at the Sustainable Opportunities Summit book signing after her speech.
8 Apr 2011	Oakland, CA	Mills College 3rd Annual Conference on Socially Responsible Business		.
		VIDEO: Vimeo 1 hour, 13 minutes “Drawing on their extensive experience harnessing the power of business to address environmental and social challenges, Hunter Lovins and Greg Miller will engage each other and the audience in a provocative conversation about the future of social enterprise. The discussion will touch on what it means to be a social enterprise, how enterprises of all kinds can create and enhance social impact, and how entrepreneurs can gain the knowledge and skills they need to address the world’s challenges."
7 Apr 2011	Denver, CO	TEDx MileHigh	.	Hunter's slides
		VIDEO: You Tube 14:30 minutes “What is the future of education? Hunter Lovins paints the picture for why the latest findings in sustainability will be shared digitally and will create the newest wave in modern education across all disciplines and industries." NEWS: Amrican Independent Hickenlooper emphasizes reading instruction (by Scot Kersgaard) “...Talking about corporate change, longtime Colorado sustainability advocate and author Hunter Lovins said 'Hypocrisy is the first step to real change.'"
4 Apr 2011	Miami, FL	Sustainatiopia		Hunter's slides
30 Mar 2011	New York, NY	Bard College	.	Hunter's slides
30 Mar 2011	Poughkeepsie, NY	Vassar College		Hunter's slides
23 Mar 2011	San Francisco, CA	Nest Collective	.	Hunter's slides
6-9 Mar 2011	Helsinki, Finland	Hunter Lovins and Gregoroy Miller Tour for U.S. Embassy to Finland		Slides for ARC Slides for Metropolia
		NEWS: U.S. Embassy to Finland's Blog “Hunter Lovins and Greg Miller explained how the current mental model – that going green is bad for business – is outdated and false. According to Lovins, when energy efficiency is implemented throughout the entire chain of business operations, companies save money which can then be reinvested, strengthening the company’s bottom line and increasing share prices...” VIDEO: YouTube 2:11 minute video of Greg at the American Resource Center VIDEO: YouTube 1:17 minute video of Hunter at the American Resource Center Photo: Hunter and Greg at the American Resource Center
3 Mar 2011	London, England, UK	Lean And Green Conference		Hunter's slides
14 Feb 2011	Rye Brook, NY	L'Oreal Operations Managers Meeting		slides
24 Feb 2011	Evanston, WY	GroBiz Conference		Hunter's slides
		NEWS: University of Wyoming News & Wyoming Entrepreneur Read about the collaboration between NCS and the Wyoming SBDC and the seven-week webinar class that came out of this conference
28 Jan 2011	Online	International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) Webinar with Gwendowlyn Hallsmith		slides
13 Jan 2011	San Francisco, CA	SPG Solar		Hunter's slides
12 Jan 2011	Phoenix, AZ	Arizona State University (ASU) - Polytechnic		Hunter's slides
5 Dec 2010	Denver, CO	National League of Cities		Hunter's slides
		NEWS: Nation Cities Weekly “Nothing about the way that we do business is sustainable. We are ruining the capacity of the planet to sustain life,” environmental activist L. Hunter Lovins told delegates at a general session focused on sustainability during the Congress of Cities & Exposition in Denver... VIDEO: C-SPAN2 40 minute video of Hunter's talk.
4 Nov 2010	Oakland, CA	2010 StopWaste.org Awards Ceremony		Video from event
19 Nov 2010	San Francisco, CA	Presidio Graduate School International Sustainability Club "James Project" Fundraiser		Hunter's slides
10 Oct 2010	Boulder, CO	World Enviro Day 10/10/10
		NEWS: Boulder Reporter PHOTO: Click here to see Hunter & Leslie Glustrom
6 Oct 2010	Las Vegas, NV	Water Smart Innovations Conference		Hunter's slides
2 Oct 2010	San Francisco, CA	West Coast Green Hunter Lovins and Greg Miller announced their new venture in open-source sustainability education, the "Madrone League"
		NEWS: Triple Pundit Madrone League Announcement [Hunter Lovins and Gregory Miller] announced for the first time publicly they are doing just that with a new educational venture dubbed the Madrone League that would bring the best of sustainability to students inexpensively via web-based content. NEWS: Triple Pundit A Look at Women’s Leadership in Sustainability [Hunter Lovins] was resistant to the conversation, asserting she becomes nervous when male/female tags are applied, and that she doesn’t think gender should be relevant. VIDEO: TreeHugger (You Tube) Eco-architect extraordinaire Michelle Kaufmann speaks with Hunter in this TreeHugger exclusive from West Coast Green. VIDEO: Just Means (You Tube) Kevin Long from Just Means interviewed Hunter for their Corporate Social Responsibility Update at West Coast Green.
27-28 Sep 2010	Jacksonville, FL	World Affairs Council of Jacksonville, Florida		Hunter's slides
		NEWS: The Florida Times-Union "Hunter Lovins had a very direct message for Jacksonville businesses Tuesday: You won’t be able to keep doing the things you’ve been doing. And though she spoke about dying ecosystems, acidifying oceans and carbon footprints, she wasn’t advocating altruistic environmentalism..." NEWS: The Florida Times-Union "The business consultant in a cowboy hat talked about Adam Smith and global warming, about saving the planet and making a profit..." NEWS: Jacksonville Business Journal "...U.S. businesses need to realize that embracing sustainable practices, including solar energy and more energy-efficient buildings, will drive innovation and profits, she [Hunter] told a World Affairs Council lunch audience at the River Club in Downtown Jacksonville..." PHOTOS: Financial News & Daily Record
21-22 Sep 2010	Calgary, Canada	CAUSES		Hunter's slides from 21 Sep from 22 Sep
		NEWS: Calgary Herald "She [Hunter] spoke to business and environmental leaders in Calgary Tuesday and brings her message to the general public tonight at the U of C's MacEwan Hall. She's worth a listen. Even though Alberta has a clean energy technology fund worth $190 million and has about 13 per cent renewable energy in its electricity mix, Lovins says it makes economic sense to do more." NEWS: Issues Magazine, Antony Chauvet "92% of all young people graduating college now want to work for a sustainable business..." VIDEO: City TV Interview of Hunter Lovins BLOGS: So far we've found 3 who wrote about seeing Hunter (Ken Chapman & Alla Grueber & Mark Wolfe)
16 Sep 2010	Boston, MA	Take Action!
15 Sep 2010	Westminster, CO	Colorado Open Space Alliance
30 Aug 2010	San Francisco, CA	CAPCOA Climate Change Forum
18 Aug 2010	Denver, CO	Southwest Denver Metro Chamber AM: Renewable Energy Taskforce PM: Energy Council		Hunter's slides from AM from PM
22 Jul 2010	Charlotte, NC	Energy Codes 2010		Hunter's slides
29 Jun 2010	Ames, IA	BioChar Conference		Hunter's slides
23 Jun 2010	Boulder, CO	Boulder Chamber of Commerce Award: Women Who Light the Community		Hunter's video
22 Jun 2010	Ft Lauderdale, FL	Greening Corrections Technology Conference		Paul's slides
19 Jun 2010	Sonoma, CA	Solar Sonoma Energy Fair
24-26 May 2010	Raleigh, NC	North Carolina State University, Center for Innovation Management Studies (CIMS) Spring 2010 Meeting		Hunter's slides Paul's slides
		NEWS: NCSU's CIMS Technology Management Report "Sustainability and systems thinking must become integral to every aspect of today’s manufacturing processes, L. Hunter Lovins told the CIMS Sponsors Meeting in May. Lovins cited survey data from Goldman Sachs and A.T. Kearney showing that sustainability can boost shareholder value, cut costs, drive innovation, and help attract and retain the best talent. " This article describes the helix.
25 May 2010	Pleasanton, CA	City of Pleasanton, CA		Hunter's slides
		NEWS: Livermore Independent "L. Hunter Lovins and Elliot Hoffman told an audience of 160 at the Pleasanton Senior Center on May 25 how something as simple as turning off computers and light bulbs really can make a difference to the pocketbook and the green, growing things... However, not much will happen unless businesses get together to accomplish the kind of networking that will spread education to each other through brainstorming solutions, they noted."
22 Apr 2010	Napa, CA	Pacific Union College		Hunter's slides
		NEWS: Napa Valley Register "...What kind of future do you want?” Lovins asked the students. Lovins, who has helped bring windmill-powered electricity to remote villages in Afghanistan and advised the United Nations, Walmart and others on sustainability practices, showed examples of successful sustainable communities. One was an energy-efficient hotel in Jamaica; another a farming organization in Egypt that employs 2,000 people to produce fair-trade vegetables, fruits, spices and cotton; and a third was a windmill-powered pump in a remote Afghanistan that draws water up 100 feet from a river to a village. ..."
19 Apr 2010	Ft Collins, CO	Clean Energy Expo at Colorado State University		Hunter's slides
10 Apr 2010	San Francisco, CA	Green Festival		Hunter's Slides
		NEWS: Treehugger.com "Hunter Lovins stressed the economic case for moving aggressively to solve such challenges as global warming, peak oil, the vulnerability of our energy infrastructure and others. She talked about the efforts happening right now in businesses and communities to live sustainably, and how it's simply economically smart to make changes, and fast."
10 March 2010	Ft. Collins, CO	Paul Sheldon's speech "Climate Protection is Profitable"		Slides coming soon.
5 Mar 2010	Santa Barbara, CA	State Legislative Leaders Foundation		Hunter's Slides
9 Feb 2010	Boulder, CO	Clean Energy Action		Hunter's Slides Photos 1, 2
28 Jan 2010	Boulder, CO	Sustainable Boulder: Challenges and Opportunities		Hunter's Slides
18 Jan 2010	Boulder, CO	Bringing Copenhagen Home		Video
13 Dec 2009	Copenhagen, Denmark	United Nations COP 15 meetings		Documents
19 Nov 2009	Oakland, CA	East Bay Community Foundation		Hunter's Slides
13 Nov 2009	Arvada, CO	Interfaith Power and Light		Hunter's Slides
28 Oct 2009	Mill Valley, CA	Marin County Council of Mayors and Council Members (MCCMC)		Hunter's Slides