News Release

CLASA Presents "Social Struggles in the Transition to a Postpetrol World"

The Carney Latin American Solidarity Archive will host speaker Kolya Abramsky on Monday, Nov. 22 at 9 a.m. in Briggs 350 on the McNichols campus. This event is free and open to the public.

Abramsky will be speaking on "Social Struggles in the Transition to a Postpetrol World", loosely based off of his recently published book: Sparking a Worldwide Energy Revolution—Social Struggles in the Transition to a Postpetrol World. The history of the relationship between energy and technology, the current energy crisis and a transition to an alternative energy world will be covered in this speech.

In his book, Abramsky states, "The question as to how can the countries with the highest consumption of energy, especially the USA, maintain their "lifestyles" and standards of living becomes the center of attention surely pales in the face of the more confrontational question that strives to address today's enormous global energy inequalities".

Abramsky has been working within the field of alternative energy for the past six years. He has worked with the World Wind Energy Institute, promoting non-commercial renewable energy education at the Nordic Folkecenter for Renewable Energy.

The speaker has received the Manfried-Heindler Award for Energy and Climate Change Research, and has received an IAS Grant four times. Currently, he is researching the process to reach a transition to full renewable energy, and the possible social issues that may rise because of it.

For more information, please contact Dr. Gail Presbey at presbegm@udmercy.edu or 313-993-1124.

Release date: November 22, 2010

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