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'Winning the Oil Endgame' lecture Feb. 12

 BY SARA GILLIAM, UNIVERSITY COMMUNICATIONS

Physicist Amory Lovins, cofounder, chairman and chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute, will deliver "Winning the Oil Endgame," the Lewis E. Harris Lecture on Public Policy at UNL. Lovins will speak at 7 p.m. Feb. 12 at the Lied Center for Performing Arts as part of the E.N. Thompson Forum on World Issues.


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The Rocky Mountain Institute (www.rmi.org) is an independent "think-and-do-tank" that helps individuals and organizations use energy and resources efficiently while being better stewards of the environment.

Lovins's work has been recognized by a MacArthur Fellowship and a Time magazine Hero for the Planet award.

He advises governments and major firms worldwide on advanced energy and resource efficiency, and has led the technical redesign of $30 billion worth of facilities, to achieve large energy savings at lower capital costs.

W. Cecil Steward, dean emeritus of the UNL College of Architecture and president and CEO of the Joslyn Castle Institute for Sustainable Communities, will deliver a lecture pre-talk at 6:30 p.m. in the Steinhart room of the Lied Center.

Thompson Forum lectures are free and open to the public. New this year, free tickets are required for all lectures. Tickets are available at the Lied Center ticket office, 472-4747 or (800) 432-3231, the Nebraska Union or Westfield Gateway.

The forum will be broadcast live on the UNL Web site (www.unl.edu), Lincoln cable Channel 21, UNL campus TV Channel 8, NEBSAT 105 and KRNU radio station (90.3 FM).

For more information, go to http://enthompson.unl.edu.



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