Reinventing Fire - An Evening with Amory Lovins

Dramatically reducing the nation’s hunger for fossil fuels might lower our impact on the environment and increase energy security. But it also could mean disrupting a large part of the foundation of global economies—and it isn’t possible without a dramatic shift in lifestyles and humankind’s entire approach to the planet. That might not seem remotely feasible. But it is just that kind of mind-bending transformation Amory Lovins, cofounder, chairman, and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, has in mind. He believes it is time to take concerted action, and, as RMI puts it, "speed the transformation from pervasive waste to elegant frugality, from causing scarcity by inattention to creating abundance by design, from liquidating energy capital to living better on energy income."

Enter Reinventing Fire, a major initiative by the Rocky Mountain Institute and a new book by Lovins. Join the Xconomy Xchange for this special evening as Lovins gets up close and personal in a chat with Flagship Ventures general partner Jim Matheson, and brings us up to date on his latest thinking about energy, the environment, and the economy.

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