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…
education… Creating a New Kind of University 17 Jan 201623 Apr 2016 If you know me or have been following my blog, you may have surmised that I'm interested in creating new forms of higher education that are more conducive to sustainable…
Culture Change… Happy Holidays? 25 Nov 201525 Nov 2015 CGP Grey gives a brief recap of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel, just in time for Thanksgiving. Speaking of Thanksgiving, do take some time to get in touch with gratitude…
education… Saving What Matters: Taking Sustainability Personally 20 Sep 201520 Sep 2015 I was asked to deliver a talk to the School of Arts, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University last week. As I was preparing, I recorded a rehearsal version…
disasters… Leuser Under Threat Again 14 Sep 2015 And yet another sad but important recent article related to my upcoming talk, this time on the Leuser Ecosystem (where I studied orangutans at Suaq Balimbing and Ketambe research sites in…
justice… The Curse of Coltan 13 Sep 201513 Sep 2015 Planning another of those difficult talks about primate conservation, and came across this summary of the link to coltan mining in the DRC.
Culture Change Sustainability Strategies Sampler 28 Aug 201525 Jun 2017 I had to throw together a presentation for a Sustainability Salon at the beginning of this otherwise-very-busy-with-grant-writing week. Despite its hasty nature, I think there are some interesting and useful…
disasters… Latest article on the Palm Oil threat to the Leuser Ecosystem 23 Jul 2015 A recent summary of the current challenges facing Leuser, where I went 16 years ago to study orangutans, then watched their home being desecrated by the relentless chainsaws. "Right now, huge swaths…
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…
education… Celebrate Life’s B(earth) Day 25 Feb! 24 Feb 2015 A little dash of perspective, from WHY CELEBRATING LIFE’S B(EARTH)DAY IS IMPORTANT TO BIOMIMICRY BY DAYNA BAUMEISTER We need perspective. And no where is this perspective more obvious than in…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 