Ashok in O, the Oprah magazine

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Ashok in O, the Oprah magazine
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Jons class was a great addition to Stanfords
energy offerings, combining policy analysis with
a sound analytical approach.
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• The Tech Museum Awards Forum
• Financing Technologies for the Environment
• San Francisco, 15 June 2004
• Confessions of a Serial Nonprofit
  Techno-Entrepreneur
• Amory B. Lovins

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Amory inspired me in two waysHe is a 'walking
library' of the kinds of knowledge the world will
most need in the coming century.Based on this,
he showed me how much better we can get.
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the MAP/Ming Visiting Professors transformed
the learning opportunities for students
interested in energy, environment, and
development.
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We learned to question our underlying
assumptions about things like energy subsidies
and the allocation of funding to stimulate
renewable energy growth.
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2002-2003 Dr. Joel Swisher Rocky Mountain
Institute Sustainable Energy and Greenhouse Gas
ManagementGreenhouse-gas mitigation strategies
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Jons class was a great addition to Stanfords
energy offerings, combining policy analysis with
a sound analytical approach.
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The Call to Action
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In addition to their teaching, all of the
MAP/Ming Visiting Professors have served as
remarkably attentive advisors and mentors.
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A group of trained women with their
Berkeley-Darfur Stoves
Start of the field test Nov. 2006
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Rocky Mountain Institute Strategic Model
customers, audiences
researchers
academics
policy advocates
foundations
New Intellectual Capital
Natural Capitalism Practice
customers, audiences
Strategic Influence
customers, audiences
corporations
Integrative Projects
key leaders in
public sector
private sector
nonprofit/
Metabolic
philanthropic sector
Outside
Functions
Consultants
Leadership/Conversation/Support
Demonstration Buildings
T
opical Pr
ojects
Land Stewardship
customers, audiences
customers, audiences
corporations
Community/Business Innovation/
small businesses
land stewardship and green
Ener
gy/Green Develpmt Services/
communities
building organizations/
W
ater/Climate/Forest/...
professionals/individuals
Education/Outreach

Publications

RMIRA
Windstar Land

Holding Company
Conservancy
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customers, audiences
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citizens
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policy advocates
academics
other influencers
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Within the span of six months, each Visiting
Professor left larger shoes for the next to fill,
and each managed to make contributions
substantive enough that when their courses ended,
we knew more about what we've been missing at
Stanford.
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2003-2004 Dr. Jonathan Koomey Lawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory Quantitative Methods for
Forecasting Energy FuturesCombined heat and
power technologies
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WaterHealth Centre(Mudinapalli, India)
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Reaching beyond the bounds of traditional
academia, the MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship
brought expert instructors and mentors to
Stanford who could share the excitement and the
opportunities visible from their vantage points
in national laboratories or through work with
leading-edge companies.
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Thanks to the MAP/Ming Visiting Professorship,
each newly-minted Stanford alum striving to make
a contribution in the fields of clean energy
technology and policy now has new points of
reference and support as they build exciting
careers framed by some of the most important
challenges of our generation.
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I was very familiar with Ashoks work before I
got to work with him, but I was not aware of his
unusual humility and kindness.
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the village nurse with school children
Water sells for US 0.002 per liter, for full
cost recovery
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Together the MAP/Ming Visiting Professors
generated 30 additional units of coursework -
more than doubling the university's existing
curricular offering over the last five years.
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2004-2005 Dr. Ashok GadgilLawrence Berkeley
National Laboratory Technologies Implementation
for Sustainable Development in Developing
CountriesSeminar on Technologies for
Sustainable Societies
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Amory's catchy phrases like infectious repititis
(repeating old inefficient practices without
considering why or whether there is a better way)
seemed silly at first but then I saw how they
stuck in our students' minds and were a constant
inspiration for them to approach challenges in
new ways.
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Professor Komor challenged us to analyze
policies in a new and very pragmatic way.
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"Amory helped me see how compounding returns
really strengthen the argument for energy
efficiency"
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2005-06 Dr. Paul KomorUniversity of Colorado,
BoulderRenewable Energy Policies and
MarketsElectricity Futures
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Professor Komor taught us how to critique
policies in a concise and unbiased manner such
that we could communicate with stakeholders
across partisan lines.
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The MAP/Ming Professorship provided us with
incredible learning opportunities that otherwise
wouldn't exist at Stanford.
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As removal as a function of total charge, proof
of concept
WHO Limit at 70 c/l
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The opportunity to TA for one of my life heroes,
Prof. Ashok Gadgil, was truly one of my
highlights during my PhD at Stanford.
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Despite his hectic schedule, Ashok always took
time to talk to his students and his TAs about
life and career choices, and treated us as
peers.
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2006-2007 Amory Lovins Rocky Mountain
Institute Advanced Energy End-Use
EfficiencyEnergy End-Use Efficiency
Opportunities at Stanford
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Dr. Komor encouraged us to distill complex
energy issues, ultimately leading to informed,
insightful, and objective discussions about
energy policy.
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Field visit to fetch Bangladeshi Groundwater --
March 2007
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I am tremendously grateful for this chance to
interact closely with Ashok and to meet bright
students.
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