James Knuckles
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- Research Project Coordinator and Teaching AssistantRenewables & Environment | Salinas, California Area, USSummaryDemonstrated accomplishments in high-profile international organizations. Extensive work, study, and travel abroad. Consistently recognized by supervisors, professors, and peers as a charismatic leader and innovative problem-solver.Specialties: Island-scale sustainable and resilient growth planning; financial, environmental, and energy analysis of electric power systems; international and domestic energy policy analysis; business model development for new ventures in emerging markets; applied Microsoft Excel problem-solving; small-scale solar panel installation; public speaking; fluency in French.Experience
- Jan 2011 - PresentResearch Project Coordinator and Teaching Assistant / Monterey Institute of International StudiesSelected as one of the Institute’s top energy students for these positions in four different courses. Currently leading a team of 11 students to develop an actionable sustainable and resilient development plan for Lopez Island, WA.
- Jun 2011 - Aug 2011Program Manager / Micama SoleyReported directly to the CEO of Micama Soley, the social enterprise arm of a large Haitian company. Managed a project with the UN to distribute 8,000 solar-powered lamps to rural communities. Advised the CEO on a new distribution method to reach over 100,000 more Haitians. Developed a return and repair process for hundreds of systems yearly.
- Aug 2007 - Apr 2010Research Associate / Council on CompetitivenessCo-authored a 120-page report on bilateral public-private renewable energy partnerships. Coordinated six international clean energy workshops for 60-80 high-level experts. Assisted in drafting successfully funded proposals.
- Jun 2006 - Aug 2006Intern - Cash Management / Harley Davidson Financial Services, Inc.Forecasted monthly cash flow of millions of dollars in Harley-Davidson’s international accounts. Implemented two new strategies that would save almost $500,000 annually.
Education-
2010 - 2012Monterey Institute of International StudiesMBA, International Management (International Economics Focus); MA, International Energy Policy
Activities: Consultant, Step Up 2 Green (local energy efficiency nonprofit); President, Our Green Thumb Community Garden; Project Leader, Monterey Institute Student Sustainability Council; Marathon runner and fundraiser, Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Team Fox -
2003 - 2007Bowdoin CollegeBA in Mathematics, French, and Economics
Activities: RA, Campus Residential Life; 4-year varsity athlete, Indoor and Outdoor Track -
2005 - 2005Université Stendhal (Grenoble III)Coursework in Economics, History, and French
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Honors:• Hayward Family Foundation Business & Environment Scholarship (2011 – 2012) • Monterey Institute Merit Scholarship (2010 – 2012) • Bowdoin College Goodwin French Prize (2007) • Bowdoin College Hutchinson Memorial Trophy (2007) • National Merit Scholar (2003 – 2007)
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Posts
- May 09, 12
Currently under review by the International Scholarly Research Network. My role: co-author and background research. - May 09, 12
Under review at VertigO. My role: co-author and background research. - May 09, 12
Published by the Council on Competitiveness. My role: co-author, background research. - May 09, 12
Published by the Council on Competitiveness. My roal: background research and final editing.
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Posts
- May 09, 12
A word of caution to investors in natural gas fracking projects: this could be the next asset bubble. - May 09, 12
A social marketing plan to help the Monterey Institute achieve its carbon neutrality goal by 2016 by promoting the use of carbon offsets for student, faculty, and staff air travel. - May 09, 12
A small-scale renewable energy public-private partnership case study of a project that I managed in Haiti. - May 09, 12
A quasi-technical assessment of fracking for natural gas - how it's done, and why we should pay attention to it. - May 09, 12
An analysis of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership as a global policy regime. - May 09, 12
An innovative model to use eco-villages as levers for sustainable development. - May 09, 12
A short op-ed piece proposing a new way to look at how and why carbon should be priced at its source. - May 09, 12
A policy memo to former California gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman.
- May 09, 12
A letter to the health ministry in Cameroon proposing a new methodological framework for combating cholera.
- May 09, 12
How PBS and the New York Times framed climate change in 2007, and this impacts jornalistic and policymaking decisions.
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Geographic Bio
- Where I've lived, traveled, and worked.
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Tweets
- Hey @bowdoin ! Thinking about grad school at any point? The Monterey Institute is in the Union today until 3pm, rep'd by me! An '07 alum!
- Decarbonizing cities is the game changer (@drgrist)
- And create genuine intensity about need to decarbonize. Currently only zeal comes from conservatives.
- Excellent talk, @drgrist ! Everybody in US should learn your first 8 points.
- 10) nor has it sunk in for US politics or media
- 11) nor has it sunk in for US popular culture.
- Sen. Inhofe "I was on your side of this issue when...I first heard about it. I thought it must be true until I found out what it cost"
- 9) the reality of climate change has not sunk in for mainstream economists. (they believe in it but don't factor it in to their work?)
- 8) human beings are poorly suited (evolutionarily speaking) to understanding and addressing climate change.
- 7a) a 10 deg F is "incompatible with an organized global community ... and devastating to the majority of ecosystems"
- 7) our current trajectory leads to a planetary average increase in surface temperature of 10 deg F if not higher.
- 6) limiting temperature rise to 3.4 deg F is likely impossible, so adaptation is necessary.
- 5) rich country emissions must peak around 2015 and then decline by ~5% per year thereafter. Otherwise carbon budget will be surpassed.
- 4) the carbon budget must be split between rich and poor countries. The rich will get less of the budget.
- 3a) expert scientists agree that our budget is at most 2200 gigatons, or 142,857,142 African elephants
- 3) our "carbon budget" is the total amount of climate pollution we can add to the atmosphere this century before going past 3.4 deg F
- 2) expert scientists (IPCC) agree that a rise of 3.6 deg F is deemed "dangerous" to the planet.
- 1) as concentrations of GHGs in atmosphere rises in atmosphere, earths temperature rises.
- 12 things you should know about climate change:
