I had the chance this week to attend to a lecture given by a lecturer in Industrial Ecology, that is currently member of an NGO, as well as a member of the City Council of Trondheim. Prior to this job, she took a degree in Industrial Ecology and spend time both in research within [...]
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Could we build a last cathedral?
Posted in consumption, environment, motivations on November 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
A conjunction of factors
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming, peak oil, population, science, technology on October 26, 2007 | 5 Comments »
Today seems to be the right day for publication of another synthesis of what has been available online in the newspapers this week.
For those interested in an even better review, covering the recent times and looking at different issues, I would recommend this post from Trinifar. Impressive but true.
I was astonished to discover three significant [...]
Basic instincts
Posted in consumption, environment, tagged Amazon, American dream, consumption, destruction, environment, Rainforest on October 16, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We are just another animal species, unfortunately given the ability to master fire and technique. I write unfortunately, because it is this gift that is going to cost us our disappearance. And not satisfied enough to put an end to our short period of existence on this world, we will also bring with us to [...]
IPCC and population growth
Posted in IPCC, climate change, environment, global warming, population, science, technology on October 12, 2007 | 26 Comments »
In the context of a series of conferences organized by the department of Industrial Ecology at NTNU, Norway, we had the honor and pleasure to welcome Mr. Leo Meyer on the 2nd of October, for a speech on the work of the working group III of the IPCC in its 4th assessment report. Mr. Meyer [...]
IPAT, the fundament of industrial ecology
Posted in consumption, environment, population, technology on September 17, 2007 | 2 Comments »
An introduction to Industrial Ecology (two terms which, in my opinion, are hard to put together) will certainly expose this equation, which describes easily the current problems our civilization has to face:
I=PAT
I is the total impact on the environment. P is the population, in capita. A is the affluence, or consumption level per capita, expressed [...]
Let’s face the truth about climate change mitigation (I)
Posted in climate change, environment, global warming on September 14, 2007 | 5 Comments »
This post will be the first of a series, aiming at giving you a fair idea of what would be needed to effectively mitigate climate change. Let me first emphasize our core belief: global warming and the resultant climate change are anthropogenic, meaning human-induced. Some might argue that no, everything is a question of natural [...]
