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Conservation District to host “Laboratory for Energy Conservation”

Published 5:09 pm Tuesday, December 30, 2014

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.

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.

Avila holds degrees in physics, astronomy and solar photovoltaic energy. He also writes a column about energy issues for the national Cuban newspaper Juventud Rebelde.

The lecture date are:

Orcas Island: Jan. 2, 1-3 p.m., Orcas Food Co-op Meeting RoomSan Juan Island: Jan. 2, 7-9 p.m. The Grange HallLopez Island: Jan. 3, 7-9 p.m. Lopez LibraryFor more information please contact the San Juan Islands Conservation District at 360-378-6621 or email us at energy@sjislandscd.org.

For more information please contact the San Juan Islands Conservation District at 378-6621 , or energy@sjislandscd.org