This episode of the Getting Smart Podcast is a part of our Green Schools campaign, an initiative to highlight important thinkers and activists in the movement to make schools more sustainable, more green, and more mindful of our relationship with the planet.

On this episode of the Getting Smart Podcast, Tom Vander Ark is joined by his friend and former Governor of Colorado, Bill Ritter. Bill Directs Center for the New Energy Economy, Colorado State University which works with state and federal policymakers to create clean energy policy throughout the country.

During his four-year term, Ritter established Colorado as a national and international leader in clean energy by building a New Energy Economy. Years ago, Governor Ritter authored a book entitled, Powering Forward – What Everyone Should Know About America's Energy Revolution, which we talk about at length on this episode.

Links

• Center for the New Energy Economy
• Powering Forward – What Everyone Should Know About America's Energy Revolution
• Bill Ritter LinkedIn
• Dr. Bryan Willson
• Senator Tim Wirth
• Green Cross
• Justice 40
• TerraPower
• Modular Reactors
• Boulder Valley School District