POSTPONED: Energy Insecurity: The People’s Struggle for Power at Home

Nov. 6 update:  Today’s lecture has been CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances and will be rescheduled for a later date.

media release: UW Center for Sustainability & the Global Environment Weston Roundtable lecture, Room 1163.

Speaker: Diana Hernández, associate professor of public health, Columbia University

Join Diana Hernández for a timely conversation at the intersection of climate change, energy justice, and public health. Drawing on insights from her new book

This Weston Roundtable lecture will unpack how energy insecurity is both a cause and consequence of structural inequities and how the fight for energy justice is inseparable from broader struggles for health, housing, and climate resilience. Through compelling storytelling, original research, and a call to action, Hernández will invite the audience to rethink power — both electrical and political — as we confront rising temperatures and deepening inequality and to reimagine what it means to build a just energy future, starting not with technology, but with those most affected- the people.

Co-hosted with Center for Demography and Ecology

The Weston Roundtable is made possible by a generous donation from Roy F. Weston, a highly accomplished UW-Madison alumnus. Designed to promote a robust understanding of sustainability science, engineering, and policy, these interactive lectures are co-sponsored by the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, and the Office of Sustainability.