Events

    Thursday, September 23, 7:00 p.m. Addicted to Energy: A Venture Capitalist's Perspective on How to Save Our Economy and Our Climate  BUY NOW Addicted to Energy is written as a guidebook to a fictional governor, with advice on how to manage both the climate and energy crises. The book outlines practical steps that governments, businesses, and individuals can take to lower their energy consumption. Heavily researched, the book presents complex topics in simple, understandable, and sometimes amusing ways. Short and to the point, the author makes over fifty recommendations; most are shorter than three pages. The book contains many charts and graphs, as well as practical tips for homeowners, businesses, and local governments.   "Sherwin proposes many straightforward yet innovative policies to deploy technology already developed, but languishing, unused." Steve Jurvetson, Managing Director, Draper Fisher Jurvetson "It's refreshing to see someone writing about actual solutions to the problems." Rick Woodbury, President, Commuter Cars Corporation "Sherwin is correct when he says that ice is the key to widespread deployment of wind turbines. Unfortunately, this is not obvious and very few policy-makers understand it. Sherwin gets it exactly right and describes it in understandable terms." Frank Ramirez, CEO, Ice Energy       "A magnificent roadmap for creating jobs, wealth and real progress" Nicholas Parker, Executive Chairman, Cleantech Group Elton Sherwin is the Senior Managing Director at Ridgewood Capital, where he invests in private, high-tech companies. He holds eight patents and sits on the boards of several cleantech companies. His widely acclaimed first book, The Silicon Valley Way, was translated into Chinese, Japanese, Spanish, and Korean. Published in 1998, it continues to be used by entrepreneurs and universities around the world. The author worked for two decades at IBM and Motorola, where his products earned numerous awards.