PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LECTURE HAS BEEN CANCELLED. WE HOPE TO RESCHEDULE AT A LATER DATE. CHECK BACK FOR UP-TO-DATE INFO. Energy 101: Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Energy Dr. Cutler Cleveland, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies, Boston University April 11, 2008 $5

What are 10 key concepts about energy that everyone should know? This is an intriguing question to which Dr. Cutler Cleveland has devoted considerable thought. Energy prices are at near record levels, the future of world oil production is the subject of intense debate, and climate change is rapidly moving to the front of public consciousness. Encapsulating energy science into 10 concepts is a daunting exercise for many reasons. Foremost is that the concept of energy is highly interdisciplinary, and so it is found in fields ranging from particle physics to cultural anthropology, and from ecosystem ecology to resource economics. Physicists and economists would no doubt debate the 10 most important implications of energy for their respective disciplines; carving out just 10 principles across all fields will leave out important ideas. Nonetheless, the link between energy and human well-being is so deep and so compelling that a list of core principles forms the seed for important discussion and debate.

Cutler J. Cleveland is a Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment and the Center for Energy and Environmental Studies at Boston University. Dr. Cleveland is Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Energy, winner of an American Library Association award and the Dictionary of Energy, and is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Earth. Dr. Cleveland is a member of the American Statistical Association's Committee on Energy Statistics, an advisory group to the Department of Energy, a participant in the Stanford Energy Modeling Forum, and is a Senior Fellow at the National Council for Science and the Environment. He is the recipient of the Adelman-Frankel Award from the United States Association of Energy Economics for "unique and innovative contributions to the field of energy economics." Dr. Cleveland is Chairman of the Environmental Information Coalition, the governing body of the Earth Portal. He has won publication awards from the International Association of Energy Economics, the American Library Association, and the National Wildlife Federation. He has won teaching awards from the University of Illinois and the Honor's Program in the College of Arts and Sciences of Boston University. Dr. Cleveland has been a consultant to numerous private and public organizations, including the Asian Development Bank, the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, Charles River Associates, the Technical Research Centre of Finland, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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