Rescheduled talk is on Green Energy Zones

FALLBROOK – Fallbrook Climate Action Team will present a talk about Green Energy Zones Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. Pierre (Pete) Beauregard, a Ramona rancher, will be the speaker. This talk is rescheduled from the group's September meeting which was canceled due to power outages in Ramona affecting the internet service provider.

Beauregard is the owner/builder of Casa Aguila, San Diego's first net zero energy home. He is a successful farmer using advanced irrigation methods and sustainable planting. He will talk about establishing Green Enterprise Zones to encourage investment by business and create good paying local green jobs.

Green or Renewable Energy Zones are geographic areas with high-quality variable renewable energy resources (such as wind and solar), suitable topography and land use designations for development, and demonstrated interest from project developers. The San Diego County back country has the right climate and topography for these zones.

Beauregard spoke to the group in 2018 to a packed house.

FCAT has been holding Zoom meetings since May 2020 and, prior to that, in person meetings at the library since 2015.

FCAT presents monthly presentations about climate change, usually on the last Tuesday of the month on Zoom. To receive the Zoom link, sign up for the group's eblast at fallbrookclimateactionteam.org.

Submitted by Fallbrook Climate Action Team.