Big Ideas in Sustainability with JB Straubel

The Big Ideas in Sustainability event series invites global thought leaders on climate and sustainability for conversations that engage the entire Stanford community. At a fireside chat moderated by Dean Arun Majumdar, founder and CEO of Redwood Materials JB Straubel discussed innovation, entrepreneurship, and the importance of scale for a clean energy future.

[@jeffboichuk]

Great interview! Congrats on the new school.

[@wilber8260]

Great to hear from JB - on his Stanford days, and Tesla and Redwood. The guy is a great role model. He says we need to move incredibly fast to a much more sustainable world. Seems like he agrees that this decade is the time for major change. Unfortunately, the Dean appears to not fully understand sustainability. He says we have decades to solve the problem and mentions carbon capture. His background is in mechanical engineering and energy. Apparently no life sciences background. To understand sustainability requires a solid understanding of living systems.

[@marilynspink7808]

41:41 "The Scale of this is dramatic..." The energy transition is about the re-industrialization of the West after 50 years of de-indusrialization. Good interview. #LeadingByExample

[@sallerc]

JB is great