Graham & Dunn hosts energy guru : LXBN coverage
I had the honor of attending a private reception for Amory Lovins (@AmoryLovins), Co-Founder, Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute (@RockyMtnInst), yesterday afternoon at Seattle’s Graham & Dunn, a member of the LXBN Network.
Local and state government officials, consultants, engineers, and developers listened to and engaged with Lovins, who’s been described by TED, as worried (and writing) about energy long before global warming was making the front — or even back — page of newspapers.
The Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an independent, entrepreneurial, non-profit think and do tank in Snowmass, Colorado. Lovins is a key thought leader on energy issues, including the areas of transportation, industry, fuels, and power generation. Lovins and RMI have influenced over two generations of energy analysts and shaped the national and global debate on energy.
In 2009, Time Magazine named Lovins one the world’s 100 most influential people. Lovins has briefed 19 heads of state and his clients have included many Fortune 500 companies, major real-estate developers, and utilities. Lovins has published 29 books and several hundred papers. His latest book is Reinventing Fire: Bold Business Solutions for the New Energy Era.
Founded in 1890, Graham & Dunn is a premier Northwest law firm, committed to, among other things, making our region a sustainable place to work and live for generations. As a demonstration of this commitment, the firm is one of the sponsors of Beyond Oil: Transforming Transportation, a conference and summit taking place today as part of Seattle’s Next Fifty celebration. Lovins is one of the lead speakers.
I was struct by Lovins can do attitude. You need to have one when your organization’s goal is to have the U.S. be oil and coal energy free by 2015. He’s brought corporate heads who had never spoken before together to reach common ground on sound energy strategy.
“You don’t need to get people to agree with each other on what they stand for, you just need one point of common ground. Find it by probing. If you can’t get the federal government to act go to the state or be entrepreneurial.” RMI has certainly been entrepreneurial by forming multiple self-sustaining organizations and spinning off 2 or 3 non-profits as for profit entities.
Why am I sharing word of the Lovin reception? To showcase some of the good things members of the LXBN network are doing.
LXBN, the LexBlog network, has grown into the world’s largest curated collection of professional blogs with more than 7,000 lawyer-authors providing constantly updated flow of legal opinion and analysis. We aggregate and curate this content to create multiple points of exposure for our clients. Due to the reach of LXBN, we have been asked to cover various conferences such as LegalTech produced by ALM and The Social & Digital Media for Law Firms Forum, produced by Hildebrandt.
LXBN showcases good lawyers and law firms in the form of highlighting their insight and commentary on the law. In addition, when LXBN members host events such as this one, LXBN wants to highlight the events and causes LXBN members drive locally and nationally. Kudos to Graham & Dunn here.