Plug-In Solar: Key Takeaways from Our September Panel

By Ngoc Nguyen and Mia Aguilar On September 17th, CEC and Houston Renewable Energy Group (HREG) jointly hosted “Plug-In Solar: Power Within Reach” at IKEA Houston, where attendees explored how this emerging technology could make solar power more accessible to a wider range of Texans. The event, one of the many Houston Energy & Climate Week happenings, featured panelists Pete…

Meet Gleeson Ryan: Bringing Stakeholders Together and Creating Art to Move the Needle on Environmental and Social Progress

Gleeson Ryan sees her job as Senior Manager for Future 500 and her art practice as two ways of addressing the social and environmental issues we face. At Future 500, a non-profit, whose goal Gleeson explains “is to build common ground between corporations and their stakeholders — activists, philanthropists, and environmental NGOs  —  to build bridges in order to find…

You are Using AI, Even if You Don’t Know It

by Susie Hairston Full disclosure: I have been reading a lot about AI lately — it is a big, complex subject, the technical details of which are foreign to many of us, including me. I am no expert, but I think it is something that is so life, culture, and world changing that we all need to learn more about…