Hosted by the UBC Reads Sustainability Lecture Series. Ozzie Zehner is the author of Green Illusions and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. His recent publications include public science pieces in Christian Science Monitor, The American Scholar, The Humanist, The Futurist, Women’s Studies Quarterly and The Economist as well as educational resources in Green Technology (Sage, 2011) and Green Culture (Sage, 2011). Zehner’s research and projects over the previous two decades have been covered by CNN, MSNBC, USA Today, Science News Radio, The Washington Post, Business Week and numerous other media outlets. He also serves on the editorial board of Critical Environmentalism. Zehner primarily researches the social, political and economic conditions influencing energy policy priorities and project outcomes. His work also incorporates symbolic roles that energy technologies play within political and environmental movements. His other research interests include consumerism, urban policy, environmental governance, international human rights, and forgeries.
Relevant Books and Articles at UBC Library
Zehner, O. (2012). Ozzie Zehner: Alternatives to alternative energy. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 68(5), 1-7. doi:10.1177/0096340212459037 [Link]
Zehner, O., Project Muse University Press eBooks, & Ebrary Academic Complete (Canada) Subscription Collection. (2012). Green illusions: The dirty secrets of clean energy and the future of environmentalism. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. [Link]
Zehner, O. (2014). Conjuring clean energy: Exposing green assumptions in media and academia. Foresight, 16(6), 567-585. doi:10.1108/FS-11-2013-0062 [Link]
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