A reminder: Our members and friends are invited to join fellows with the Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources for a “meet and greet” reception from 4:30 to 6 pm, Saturday, Nov. 5 at The New Mexican, 202 E. Marcy St., Santa Fe. Food and drinks provided (hard and soft). Visiting journalists want to get to know working journalists in our region, particularly those who have covered energy issues.
Solar panels at Santa Fe transit center
To get more involved, you are also welcome to sit in on the institute’s professional development panel “Meeting Future Energy Needs: Markets, Fuels, Technologies and Politics” at 1 p.m. at Santa Fe Community College in room 815 of the Sustainable Technologies Center. Panelists include Brendan Miller, NM Independent Power Producers;
Sandra Begay-Campbell, Sandia National Labs; Randy Grissom, director of the Sustainable Technology Center; Mariel Nanasi, executive director of the New Energy Economy and others. Please RSVP to jgrimm@sfnewmexican.com for the panel so we can ensure a large enough room to accommodate everyone who wants to be there.
For more information about Institute for Journalism and Natural Resources, see http://www.injr.org
IJNR is a nonprofit educational organization created by journalists and for journalists. Its mission is to encourage deeper and more explanatory coverage about complicated issues of natural resources and the environment. Since 1995, IJNR has helped nearly 700 reporters, editors and news producers in the U.S., Canada and Mexico to expand their knowledge of these issues and to strengthen their storytelling skills. The centerpiece of IJNR’s work is expedition-style journeys of learning that typically last three days to one week. IJNR covers all expenses for lodging, meals, transportation and activity fees through fellowship awards to the competitively selected journalists.
Santa Fe will serve as the hub city for the November journey through parts of southern Colorado and northern New Mexico. Stops en route will include solar and agriculture sites in the San Luis Valley, the Valles Caldera National Preserve, an algae-to-fuels project on the Southern Ute Reservation, the energy-rich San Juan Basin, and a utility-scale geothermal project at an American Indian pueblo near Santa Fe.
