AN international lecturer from the UN Climate Change conferences is in Cebu City to speak in a lecture on Creating a Climate of Change.
Golo Joachim Pilz is invited by Advocates of Living Values Education (Alive) to speak on global warming and solar energy at Casino Español de Cebu from 6 to 8 p.m.
An international speaker on sustainability, solar energy and climate change, Pilz is the adviser on Renewable Energy, Brahma Kumaris and World Renewable Spiritual Trust (WRST) in India.
“To make this Earth a better place, it needs more than just using renewable technologies or creating good strategies. We have to change ourselves, change our consciousness and attitudes,” Pilz said in a statement.
Alive President Dr. Nancy Berame said the event will be attended by around 150 officials of foreign consulates, government agencies, leaders and executives.
The event is a collaborative effort of six organizations, namely, Brahma Kumaris Philippines Spiritual Foundation, The Inner Space, Prosel Pharma, Rotary Club—Gloria Maris, Rotary—Mactan and Zonta Club Cebu-1 under the lead sponsorship of Alive.
Its objective is in consonance with the 17 Millenium Development Goals of the UN, in particular, Goal 13, which is Climate Action. It is not only increasing the awareness of this need for creating a climate for change but also to show us how to create this through a clean-up of the internal climate. The speaker is a practical scientist who has practiced his science in himself and in the communities he has worked with.
Pilz founded in 1989 the charitable trust “IndiaCare” with headquarters in Berlin, Germany, and is since more than 12 years its presidents. In 2009 Golo became a founding member of the Brahma Kumaris Environment Initiative and has annually participated and lectured at the UN climate- change conferences.
From 2010 to present, Golo has been coordinating the design and construction of “India One,” a one-megawatt solar-thermal power plant at the Shantivan Campus of the Brahma Kumaris/WRST. This advanced parabolic dish based power plant features thermal storage for continuous operation, generates heat and power, and is a landmark in the future Indian renewable energy scenario.
“India One” is managed by WRST and partly funded by the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy Sources (MNRE) and the German Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUB).
ALIVE chairman, Dr. Ester Velasquez, said she hopes participants could learn from what Pilz has done in India.