climate… The Scale of Change Over Time 12 Sep 2016 (or "The difference between rust and fire") Randall Munroe has given us a great way to look at climate change over a somewhat-deep-time perspective. (Remember, I'm an anthropologist, so 20,000…
climate… Energy Return on Investment 1 May 20161 May 2016 What every schoolkid (and investor) should know, and why it is time for fossil fuel divestment. Energy Return on Investment (EROI) is easy to understand: how much energy do you…
climate… We’ve got goals: the 17 SDGs 15 Feb 201628 Feb 2016 The UNDP's Sustainable Development Goals took effect the first day of 2016. I'll be leading a discussion of these goals at the upcoming NTU Sustainability Salon. As I see it, the most…
climate… Goodbye and good riddance to coal 29 Jan 201629 Jan 2016 Two fascinating and promising new articles regarding this fossil of a fuel (both from German Energiewende perspectives): Is renewable electricity now driving coal prices? Craig Morris at Energy Transition makes the argument that, particularly in…
climate… The Smoke of Centuries: Indonesia’s Fires 9 Nov 2015 The fires in Indonesia burn rainforest trees that have grown and fed and housed orangutans for decades or centuries, and peat that has stored carbon for centuries or millennia. George Monbiot…
climate… Climate Scientist Jason Box: “Yeah, the shit that’s going down has been testing my ability to block it.” 13 Jul 201523 Jul 2015 I find it impressive that an article like this was posted in a mainstream magazine like Esquire. I especially like their web address that went with the article, which includes…
climate… Little humans on a big planet 22 Apr 201523 Apr 2015 Happy Earth Day! I hope you enjoyed the Google doodle and quiz as much as I did (in my squiddy way, I 'spose). You can even get Google to match your…
climate… Vernal Thoughts 24 Mar 2015 Four quick thoughts on events that come around this time of year... 1. Solar zenith in Singapore and what the Equinox is all about At 1:11 PM Singapore time, the…
climate… Singapore’s outsized footprint 7 Oct 2014 Singapore is putting some efforts into improving sustainability, but that doesn't mean we're outpacing the problem. From Channel News Asia: Singapore was found to have the seventh-largest ecological footprint [per…
climate… People’s Climate March 22 Sep 2014 Seeing the pictures out of NYC gives me some real hope that we can create the kind of change we need soon enough to make a difference. Time Magazine is…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 