The third segment of a lecture series about the sustainability and resiliency impacting Wisconsin communities will be offered in March through the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
The lecture, “Navigating Solar Energy Deployment in the Urban/Rural Divide,” presented by Brian Ross, vice president of renewable energy at Great Plains Institute, will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, March 12, at the Portage County Public Library Pinery Room. The event will also be live streamed.
“Sustainable and Resilient Communities” is the UW-Stevens Point College of Letters and Science community engagement series offered free of charge and open to the public. It welcomes anyone interested in urban planning, energy policy, natural resource management and climate resilience to attend.
The lecture will focus on addressing environmental justice considerations in communities that are asked to host clean energy sites. These places are facing land use issues and concerns regarding the transformation of the rural landscape and agricultural economics. Ross will touch on ways communities can navigate fairness in clean energy policy, consensus building, decarbonization and local government implementation.
The series is hosted by the UW-Stevens Point Department of Geography and Geology and the Center for the Small City in the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences within the College of Letters and Science. The 2023-2024 series is sponsored by the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership at UW-Madison.
To learn more or find the live stream, go to www.uwsp.edu/SRC.