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Experience
John's expertise as a speaker, educator, and leader in the solar industry:
- John has traveled to China several times to speak on a variety of renewable energy topics including using solar to power electric vehicles, solar water heating, practical uses of solar energy, global warming and what you can do about it, and many more.
- John has been keynote speaker at Sol-West, the largest solar energy fair in the Northwestern United States.
- John chaired the solar section and gave two presentations at the 2011 Low Carbon Earth Summit in Dalian, China attended by over 1,000 energy experts from 58 countries.
- John has lectured in China to engineering students at Lioning University of Technology, environmental students at Soochow University, and international medical students at Lioning Medical University.
- John has conducted hundreds of workshops, including presentations for Solar Energy International, an assembly of 100 engineers of Hewett Packard, and hundreds of commercial and industrial customers of a major utility, Portland General Electric.
- John is a professor at Portland Community College teaching courses on solar water heating, photovoltaics, and practical applications for solar energy.
- John has given dozens of talks to high schools, middle schools and elementary schools in Oregon and Washington. Recently the Gresham Outlook newspaper wrote a feature in it's Sustainable Living Section about John teaching at Gresham High School. (See the press link below to read the article.)
- John has written several published articles by Home Power, Solar Pro, and Solar Home Tour Magazines. In 2010 he released his first book: FOOTPRINT: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Extinction.
- John has served twice as the President of the Oregon Solar Energy Industries Association (OSEIA).
- John was chairman of the board of CUB, the Citizens' Utility Board, an advocacy group responsible for pushing numerous renewable energy bills through the Oregon legistration. Many of the incentives for using solar in Oregon originated with CUB.
- He is on the Advisory Board of the Oregon Interfaith Council, a mufti-faith organization that promotes renewable energy as a moral imperative, and a member of the Fair and Clean Energy Coalition to promote renewable energy.
- John was one of only a handful of Americans invited to attend the international conference on solar cooking in Varesse, Italy, along with several dignitaries from around the world. With his thorough knowledge of solar, he contributed substantially to the conference.
- John donated and installed solar panels on a dorm in Kanada, India, at the University of the Nations. The University is one of a network headquartered in Hawaii with campuses in Europe and around the world devoted to international development and healthcare.
- John's pioneering work in solar has been recognized in business journals and newspapers throughout Oregon.
- John is a dynamic, personable speaker who will use humor, statistics, and slide show presentations to captivate and educate conference attendees.
- To see John's book on global warming, visit FOOTPRINT: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Extinction