Ozzie Zehner
Author and visiting scholar
Ozzie Zehner is an author and visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley. He wrote Green Illusions, a book about clean energy and environmentalism.
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About Ozzie Zehner
Ozzie Zehner grew up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. He studied engineering at Kettering University and science and technology studies at the University of Amsterdam. He wrote Green Illusions and co-produced the 2019 documentary Planet of the Humans. He argues that a sustainable future takes more than swapping fossil fuels for clean energy, and that energy problems are rooted more in culture than in technology. Zehner has written for Christian Science Monitor, The American Scholar, The Humanist and The Futurist, among others. He has also talked about energy and the environment on CNN, MSNBC and PBS.