The Energy Grid

About

The Energy Grid Blog will help develop the questions and examine the issues—political, economic, and environmental—that are needed to build an efficient and sustainable energy infrastructure. It is sponsored by Shell, and managed by Seed editors and expert guest bloggers:

Jonas Meckling (moderator) is a Research Fellow with the Energy Technology Innovation Policy group at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University. His research focuses on carbon trading, market-based environmental governance and multinational corporations. Before entering academia, Jonas worked for the Directorate General Environment of the European Commission on international environmental policy.

Dr. Deepa Badrinarayana is an Assistant Professor of Law at Chapman University School of Law, where she offers courses on international trade law, environmental law, international corporation social responsibility, and climate governance, among others. Before joining Chapman University Professor Badrinarayana was a Visiting Scholar at the Center on Global Legal Problems in Columbia Law School. She was also a reseach assistant to Prof. Frank P. Grad at Columbia Law School. Prof. Badrinarayana holds a Doctor in Juridical Sciences (S.J.D.) and Masters in Law in Environmental Law (LL.M.) from Pace Law School, and a B.A. LL.B(Hons) from National Law School of India University.

Coby Beck is a software developer specializing in Artificial Intelligence applications. He has been blogging about climate change since January, 2006 and currently blogs on ScienceBlogs at A Few Things Ill Considered. Coby's writings can also be found on Grist.org's blog, the Gristmill, where you can find his best known contribution to the climate debate, the "How To Talk to a Climate Skeptic Guide".

James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist. He writes about energy and climate issues at The Island of Doubt. He has also written for New Scientist, Canadian Geographic and Up Here. He recently spent two years as communications coordinator for Project Seahorse, a marine conservation and research organization based at the University of British Columbia's Fisheries Center, with which he keep close ties.He may be reached at: jamesh@cyamid.net.

Grant Kristofek (MIT, BSME 2002 / MSME 2005) has worked with clients such as American Express, SUN Microsystems, Sprint, Symmons, and others to help them understand how sustainable thinking can make them innovators in their industries. He is on the development team for Sourcemap.org, an open source tool to help producers, business owners and consumers understand the impact of supply chains. He serves on the advisory board to Ecolect.net, an online sustainable materials guide and design community, and he contributed to the development of Sustainable Minds, a new sustainability assessment tool for designers. Grant was a panelist on the “Materials and Life Cycle”> panel at the first annual Greener Gadgets conference held in NYC in February 2008 and spoke about the consumer perspective on sustainability at The Green Event held in NYC in September 2008.

Deb Todd Wheeler is a Boston-based artist. Using the vernacular of the 19th century, a time when art and science were more closely linked, an era when technology was still messy, and mechanization suggested easy living, mixed with the DIY optimism of the 1960s, Wheeler investigates alternative avenues for power that draw from the kinetic potential of communal activity. These interactive sculptures and installations aim to intertwine the failures of our consumer culture and the Utopian hopes of sustainable initiatives. She is on the Graduate Faculty at the Art Institute of Boston, and also teaches in the Metals Department at Massachusetts College of Art. She has been the recipient of numerous awards, including an individual artist grant from the Artist Resource Trust, a LEF Contemporary Work Fund Artist grant in Inter-media, and a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant in Sculpture and Installation.