Jonathan Brun

Satyagraha

Category: environment

(English) Global warming just isn’t that important

(English) End of oil

Water wars not real

Recently two friends have repeated the idea that nations go to war over water. It is not true. An article in Foreign Policy claiming there will be more conflict Good summary of Wendy Barnaby’s article Interview with a geologist about water wars Wendy Burnaby in Nature (paid – ridiculour 32 $)

Global Warming Models are Inherently Flawed

Désolé, cet article est seulement disponible en English.

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]