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Research & writing

Commissioned research and writing on energy, public policy, and community development.

Services include articles, policy briefs, whitepapers, literature reviews, and subject-matter consultation.

Saxon Metzger standing in a field beside a wind turbine

Publications

Wells of Opportunity: Indigenous Perspectives on Geothermal Economics from Orphaned Drilling Operations

Proceedings, World Geothermal Congress 2026. With D. Rose.

 

Prairie-Voltaics: Harnessing Solar Power and Agriculture to Revitalize Rural Economics

Solar Today, Vol. 39, Issue 2, p. 16, 2025.

 

Building Energy Independence: Resilience and Reliability for Rural and Tribal Communities

Solar Today / American Solar Energy Society, 2025.

 

Sovereign Systems: Tribal-Driven Geothermal Solutions for Data Centers and Distributed Energy

GRC Transactions, Vol. 49, 2025. C. Cornelison and S. Metzger.

 

Beyond Affirmative Action: The Future of Indigenous Education

Native Forward, Spring 2024.

 

5 signs your company is not sustainable

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, 2024.

 

5 ways to write better grant applications

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, 2024.

 

5 resources for making your business sustainable

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, 2024.

 

Seizing an Unforeseen Boom: Giving U.S. Clean Energy Assets a Second Life in Latin America

CREO Syndicate, 2024. Contributor.

 

5 tips to bring sustainability to your business

Lassonde Entrepreneur Institute, 2023.

 

Sustainability Action Plan

Official government document, City of Carbondale, 2022. Metzger, S., et al.

 

Baseline Inventory of Government Operations Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Official city document, City of Carbondale, 2022.

 

Collaboratively Integrated Sustainability: Modeled Cross-Sector Collaboration as a Method to Generate Support For and Achievement of Environmental and Economic Sustainability Objectives

Master’s thesis project, Wilmington University, 2022.

 

Current research

Co-authoring a paper for the Federation of American Scientists and ICLEI USA series on local, state, and regional climate policy. Publication is forthcoming.

 

Editorial & peer review

Recent work includes a faculty review of a McGraw Hill financial technology product and volunteer peer review for the American Planning Association’s 2027 National Planning Conference.

 

Research & writing inquiries →

Eighth Generation Consulting

Eighth Generation Consulting works with Tribal Nations, public agencies, and community organizations on energy planning, siting and permitting research, grant development, and community engagement. It is led by Saxon Metzger.

 

saxonmetzger@8thgenconsulting.com

 

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