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Native America Calling archive: Indigenous Scientists on Traditional Knowledge
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:36 — 38.2MB) | Embed Indigenous scientists often have a foot in two worlds: modern science and… View Article![Harvard Climate Action Week: Traditional Ecological Knowledge](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/iStock-1097186202-scaled-300x150.jpg)
Harvard Climate Action Week: Traditional Ecological Knowledge
One of the cornerstones of ESI’s approach to energy sovereignty is to ground the work in traditional indigenous wisdom and… View Article![2024 Energy Sovereignty Workshop a Great Success](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/image6-copy-300x150.jpeg)
2024 Energy Sovereignty Workshop a Great Success
Energy Sovereignty Workshop a Great Success On March 12th and 13th, 2024 the Energy Sovereignty Institute (ESI) and Microgrid Systems… View Article![Energy Sovereignty Research Workshop](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image2-300x150.png)
Energy Sovereignty Research Workshop
The National Science Foundation has awarded funding to the Microgrid Systems Lab and its Energy Sovereignty Institute, Navajo Technical University,… View Article![DOE Funds Picuris Pueblo, Other NM Microgrids](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image2-300x150.png)
DOE Funds Picuris Pueblo, Other NM Microgrids
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) to receive $23 million ($15.4 million in… View Article![Listen: Dr. Stan Atcitty on Energy Equity](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/stan-atcitty-sandia-electric-utility-grid-300x150.jpeg)
Listen: Dr. Stan Atcitty on Energy Equity
Stan Atcitty, a Senior Scientist at Sandia National Laboratories and a member of the Navajo Nation, spoke with Resilient New… View Article![RIT/ESI PhD Student wins Outstanding Graduate Woman](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Golisano-photo-300x150.jpeg)
RIT/ESI PhD Student wins Outstanding Graduate Woman
Sherralyn Sneezer will receive award during Graduate Education Week Sherralyn Sneezer, a Ph.D. student co-advised by ESI with the Rochester… View Article![ESI, RIT, Navajo Tech Win Energy Sovereignty Grant](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image3-300x150.jpg)
ESI, RIT, Navajo Tech Win Energy Sovereignty Grant
ESI and its parent entity, the Microgrid Systems Laboratory, along with the Rochester Institute of Technology and Navajo Technical University,… View Article![New Federal Funding Sources](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/image2-300x150.png)
New Federal Funding Sources
Several new federal funding programs, via the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, aka the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law) and the… View Article![Native American Communities at Global Energy Access Workshop](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/PV-on-a-Pole-300x150.png)
Native American Communities at Global Energy Access Workshop
The Microgrid Systems Laboratory (founder of the Energy Sovereignty Institute) convened a Global Energy Access Innovation Workshop in Kigali, Rwanda with the… View Article![You’re Invited! NM Net Zero Energy Summit](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/UNM-Taos-PV-array-300x150.jpg)
You’re Invited! NM Net Zero Energy Summit
ESI’s co-founder, the Microgrid Systems Lab, is once again producing the annual NM Distributed Energy Summit (virtual). Please join us… View Article![Energy Sovereignty Videos](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/image2-300x150.png)
Energy Sovereignty Videos
We are pleased to share two short videos produced by ESI for our community. The first, “Tribal Energy Sovereignty,” features… View Article![UNM-Taos is Hiring!](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Earthship-e1633381386910-300x150.jpg)
UNM-Taos is Hiring!
UNM-Taos, which serves Native Americans and their communities in solar energy technology training and other areas, is hiring construction tech… View Article![ESI, RIT Announce PhD Student](https://energysovereigntyinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/Golisano-photo-300x150.jpeg)