TED has introduced Al Gore’s new presentation on environmental concerns. Some of the most fascinating points that he makes is that in order to act on his new findings concerning global warming, people need to feel a sense of urgency (I guess we’re still procrastinating…) — and after listening to military historians — he [...]
Nathan who runs a brilliant blog called, FlowingData, posted a large number of visualizations focused on energy conservation today. We see charts all the time in newspapers and magazines as well as a number of interactive graphs that various media companies and organizations produce in order to have content that complements their body of [...]
I’ve been busy lately with work and such — so being able to blog about the issues I take note of has been difficult. I try and post anything interesting via twitter.
That said, I noticed a very interesting article in the Toronto Star, one of the newspapers in my home city and it documented numerous [...]
February 18, 2008 – 1:48 pm
The Tyee has a great article on city densities and how a city needs to change as the number of people that live within a specific area increases. That said, the question that comes to mind is — how do we appropriately shape city areas based on demographics or population?
Erick Villagomez makes an interesting [...]
February 6, 2008 – 4:08 pm
I ran across this article on The Nature Conservancy through digg earlier today.
Nature recreation worldwide — from camping, hunting and fishing to park visitation — has declined sharply since the 1980s, and the negative consequences for nature and conservation could soon be profound, says a new study sponsored by The Nature Conservancy.
I’m not surprised by [...]
January 16, 2008 – 6:23 pm
An article on Treehugger reported a couple of weeks ago that young asians are not as concerned about the environment as their peers in the west. This struck me as a rather intriguing study as I continued to ask myself … what does that really mean?
I remember when I was in elementary school and the [...]
January 15, 2008 – 6:28 pm
This is an astounding visualization of how much space various retail or fast food chains take up in the world. While there is the argument of reducing the amount of space takes up, I have to admit that being accustomed to living in Canada, I really appreciate and like my personal space. Make sure you [...]
January 14, 2008 – 8:09 pm
It’s not that the idea is not terrifying, it’s just that the most terrifying video would actually involve no debate whatsoever. The video itself demonstrates how important it is to approach to the environment in different ways. It poses the question of whether or not we take action now, later, or never. [...]
Learning to Support the Tree and Earth
