Jonathan Brun

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Housing is the solution because it is compoundable. People who live in healthy homes, lead healthier lives and demand healthier policies from government. Hopefully, such innovative building standards will become part of the building code. McDonough Here: http://www.wired.com/promo/acura/leadersadvancingtechnology/profile_jan.html And Amory Here:

China just announced that they were putting a price halt (read control) on petroleum, water, and some food products. See: http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/01/09/business/yuan.php This is a serious error on their part, and it will hopefully be short lived.  The benefits are: Temporary political stability.  The downside: Consumption of these resources continues to rise, putting more pressure on the [...]

I just heard a great talk and discussion from the Stanford Center for Social Innovation with Lawrence Jackson, former President and CEO of Global Procurement, Wal-Mart. The main points were: The move towards sustainability was started by one very influential person inside the organisation, Rob Walton. The first store retro-fits were very expensive and did [...]

This is my entry for the CBC competition: Canada’s Next Great Prime Minister [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgbW512yxr8&rel=1]

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 [...]

I just graduated from engineering and am looking into getting into sustainability. The best website and company I have ever seen in this regard is Interface’s, which is a leader in the field. Their website can be found here: http://www.interfacesustainability.com/ I also found a website that carries informaiton about many different people in the field [...]