Jonathan Brun

Satyagraha

Category: environment

Water wars not real

Recently two friends have repeated the idea that nations go to war over water. It is not true.
Over-consumption of natural resources is the topic du jour. The current popularity of environmental sustainability has birthed the notion that countries go to war for water. This is simply not true. While we do fight wars over resources, [...]

Global Warming Models are Inherently Flawed

Climatologists and financial modellers share more than we might think, or like. Fundamentally, both climate and financial models propose bold predictions based on highly sophisticated mathematical systems. One has already collapsed and the other will too.
Both the planet’s climate and the financial system are very, very complex beasts. Yet, people in both camps claim an [...]

Global Warming, True?

Just watched a great interview between Charlie Rose and Michael Crichton. He has some interesting view on global warming (which I agree with). His idea mainly boils down to this:
The global climate is a chaotic non-linear system that cannot be predicted (as stated by the UN). He also claims the models the UNFCC have made [...]

The Path of the (Quasi) Vegetarian

The concept of vegetarianism has always appealed to me. Like my other to-do items, I have procrastinated; but it is now clear that (Quasi) vegetarianism makes sense on three massive fronts: Personal Health, Environmental Degradation and Morality.The word “quasi” is not used as an escape root, but rather a warning. In my attempt to move [...]

Peka Kucha Update

At the Pecha Kucha night back in March, I presented the importance of graphical representation of data in the medical and philanthropic world (in under 7 minutes). At the time, I could not find the actual graphic that influenced Bill and Melinda Gates to give their fortune to preventable disease in Africa so I recreated [...]

Bus Optimization

Why are so many huge buses half-full.
http://www.eem.ca/index.php/blog/68-half-full-or-half-empty-bus

The History of Oil

A very interesting way of presenting the history of oil. 45 minutes long, but worth it.

Good interview about the Loblaw’s Green Bag Initiative

Pretty good interview outlining the project, benefits and pitfalls. Ihave one or two of these bags and they are indeed very practical formany things, not just groceries. It’s all about branding without thelogo. This project has helped brand Loblaw’s as the green grocer inCanada, interesting to see how they fare in the future. They seem [...]

Crazy Spider Web in TX

Coming of the apocalypse? Perhaps these are G.W.’s secret weapon, part of his arsenal of dark arts and devil worshiping.
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More Global Warming Zealots

Building on Dyson’s Heretics article, here is a piece about the various players who hate global warming skeptics (read NOT deniers).
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/08/15/opinion/edjacoby.php?page=1