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15February2021 |
Transition Engineering CourseDate February 15, 2021Details 40 CPD Credits or 20 Point Micro-Credential for Professional Engineers21 lectures that follow the new text book Transition Engineering. Numerous examples in Energy Transition. The lectures are recorded and can be watched at any time, assignments and quizzes are assessed for the course credit. Proceed at your own pace, and complete within the normal 16 week semester. Tutoring is available.Link https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/epecentre/... |
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31December2020 |
New Years Honours for Professor KrumdieckDate December 31, 2020Details Dr. Susan Krumdieck is recognised with Honorary Member of New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Sustainability Research and Engineering.Link https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/433... |
Prof. Krumdieck is a Radio PunditDate December 20, 2020Details Professor Krumdieck has been a regular pundit on Radio New Zealand throughout 2020. Links to the radio discussions are available here. |
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Webinar with Engineers IrelandDate December 10, 2020Details Professor Krumdieck presents a webinar for Engineers Ireland on Transition EngineeringTransition in 10 Years? Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a71RXl2... |
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26November2020 |
Convergence for Carbon Transition 2020Date November 26, 2020Details Join us at multiple venues in New Zealand.People who have taken a TE course and/or carried out a shift project will present an innovative "Shift Project". Investors, policy-makers and companies will be watching and getting their perspective shifted.Link https://www.transitionengineering.org/c... |
Stuff News ArticleDate November 14, 2020Details Sustainability is Wishful Thinking, Get ready for the downshift. An interview with Professor Krumdieck in Stuff.Link https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/cli... |
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06October2020 |
Transition in 10 Years WebinarDate October 06, 2020Details Hugo Neu Corporation Sustainability Seminar Series5:00PM Eastern Standard Time Stephens University New YorkLink https://www.stevens.edu/events/hugo-neu... |
29September2020 |
EngNZ WebinarDate September 29, 2020Details A free webinar looking at the possibility of meeting the climate change targets by 2030. What would it take? Transition Engineering.Link https://ipenz.adobeconnect.com/p7vinlq0... |
22May2020 |
Happen Films Podcast on Transition EngineeringDate May 22, 2020Details Are you confused about whether solar PV, wind and electric vehicles are the answer, or how protesting climate change works, or maybe even why that Michael Moore movie, Planet of the Humans makes you so upset?This podcast gives us a conversation to explore these topics.Link https://happenfilms.com/podcast/episode... |
Podcast Interest.co.nzDate May 10, 2020Details Discussion about COVID-19, The end of commodity tourism, rethinking growth economics and Transition Engineering.Link https://www.interest.co.nz/news/105039/... |
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11February2020 |
Transition Engineers AustraliaDate February 11, 2020Details Engineers Australia have invited a presentation by Professor Krumdieck about Transition Engineering and how to deliver the training to members as an on-line course or through training workshops at companies. This is a great development for the movement. |
10January2020 |
Transition Engineering in the NewsDate January 10, 2020Details News outlets have featured stories on Transition Engineering.These articles attracted more than 20,000 views in 2020 Follow the links and share with your networks. |
21November2019 |
Transition Engineering ConvergenceDate November 21, 2019Details InTIME Workshop21 November 2019 The first Convergence for Carbon Transition was a great success! |
20October2019 |
Book PublishedDate October 20, 2019Details The first book on Transition Engineering is just published CRC PressLink https://www.crcpress.com/Transition-Eng... |
28May2019 |
Big Do in DunedinDate May 28, 2019Details Public lecture and open discussionProfessor Susan Krumdieck has been invited to give a keynote address to the New Zealand Minerals Forum. The oil extractors are going to hear about the sunset of their industry. But there is a twist. In this talk she will open up a new perspective on the future we know is looming up at us. Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZrPDKT... |
04April2019 |
The Winning MoveDate April 04, 2019Details University of Texas at Austin Energy SymposiumProfessor Carey King organises the symposium as part of his research into the energy economics of transition to the third age. Professor Krumdieck presents the winning move at the invited seminar. Watch the VideoLink https://www.youtube.com/user/utenergyin... |
25February2019 |
Energy Transition Engineering CourseDate February 25, 2019Details ENME405/605 S1University of Canterbury Department of Mechanical Engineering The course will have 7 weeks of lectures on Transition Engineering using the new textbook. Students will focus on learning by doing. A workshop will be included for group brainstorming around the 100 year path-break concepts and discovering shift projects.Link https://www.facebook.com/transitionengi... |
12November2018 |
Seminar: The Big DODate November 12, 2018DetailsProfessor Susan Krumdieck |
09October2018 |
Conference: The Big DoDate October 09, 2018Details That was Amazing!Just a week before the IPCC released the report on what we are in for and what we risk by running the planetary thermodynamics into instability - we met, and flipped our perspective and came up with a spectacularly disruptive Big DO. |
02July2018 |
Metropole Grenoble TransitionDate July 02, 2018Details A major forward-looking research program is being developed with the City of Grenoble, the universities, and local companies. As part of the development phase of the program, a workshop was held to work through the Transition Engineering vision of the future and discoveries of disruptive opportunities as carried out by Jeremy Pascal and Susan Krumdieck. |
15March2018 |
University Course in Transition EngineeringDate March 15, 2018Details A full semester course in Transition Engineering at Munich University of Applied SciencesA final year elective taught in English using the new text Transition Engineering , Taylor & Francis-CRC Press MUAS Professor Susan Krumdieck, MUAS Fellow |
09February2018 |
New Report on SolutionsDate February 09, 2018Details GATE has supported the "Future Climate - Engineering Solutions" (FC-ES) project since our foundation in 2014. |
09December2017 |
EROI of OilDate December 09, 2017Details Last century's oil was mobile liquid in porous source rock where it had concentrated after being thermally broken down from the biomass deposited more than 50 million years ago. This century's oil is being mined from tar deposits or blown out of solid shale. |
08September2017 |
1st International GATE ConferenceDate September 08, 2017Details GATE 2018 Breaks new ground with global "no-travel" designGATE didn't want people to have to fly to the conference. Thus we organized an e-conference with venues in New Zealand and UK, and live webfeed to people around the world. We reduced the greenhouse gas emissions by more than 80% AND we all slept better. Other benefits included much higher attendance, and not having to go through airport security. Read Article on IMechE |
18July2017 |
Energy Transition Engineering CourseDate July 18, 2017Details ENME405 Energy Systems Engineering offered at University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand incorporates a topical coverage of Transition Engineering. As part of the final examination 2017 the students research and prepare an advice to the Minister of Transport regarding the government policy aimed at reducing carbon emissions by "encouraging purchase of electric vehicles".Link http://www.canterbury.ac.nz/engineering... |
06March2016 |
3rd Science and Energy SeminarDetails Science & Energy 2016: 50 scientists and engineers, historians and economists came together for a week of intense discussion about how to carry out scenarios and how to interpret results of scenarios.Date March 06, 2016Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJVon80... |
02October2015 |
InTIME Workshop Series: Ideas Beyond TargetsDetails A series of workshops ahead of the COP21 Paris meeting on Climate Change.Date October 02, 2015Link http://www.aemslab.org.nz/transitioncli... |
10June2014 |
Engineers Without Borders New ZealandDetails Engineering Change 2014 - "Transition Engineering: the Job of Change"The theme of the conference involves understanding the engineering ethics of climate change. The presentation is available on YouTube.Date June 10, 2014Link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd29e_0... |
15November2010 |
Signs of Change National e-ConferenceDetails 40 Presenters from around New Zealand gave their experience with emerging sustainability. The first e-conference was designed, tested and run as a Shift Project in the transition of the wicked problem of conference travel.Date November 15, 2010Link www.signsofchange.org.nz/ |