Micah Sifry at the techPresident has a very interesting blog post: The Big Spill and the Enviro Group of Ten: Why Isn’t Their Web Traffic Surging? He’s been checking the web traffic of the ten largest American environmental organizations, and to his surprise, he finds that the traffic is hardly increasing: If you total the … Continue reading »
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The problems with “free” public data in Norway
To make a mashup of public data in Norway sounds like a good idea, but in reality, it is much more complicated. I’ve been involved in an environmental internet project with Edda Media (a fairly large media company in Norway), as well as Sunnmørsposten (a regional newspaper on the west-coast of Norway), and the restricted … Continue reading »
Dirt and beauty in Mexico City – and why EU should care about the the dirty parts
Christmas in Mexico is quite something. Instead of listening to Norwegian choir boys and watching the white landscape, which I normally do, we listened to an incredible loud parrot and watched neon lit palms in the mild evening breeze. The occasion was a family wedding in Mexico city, and what better excuse to visit one … Continue reading »
Supercities and an interesting project
Next week, I’m heading to Mexico City, one of the world’s largest cities with about 19 million citizens. It will be the largest city I’ve visited, with about 1 million more people than another big place I’ve been to, New York (I’m using the metro numbers). I’m going to a wedding and is very curious … Continue reading »
Different shades of charcoal and still not shopping
As I promised earlier this fall, I would not buy any new clothes for half a year. I’ve kept that promise, and the only thing I’ve bought are things I’ve really needed (stockings, winter shoes, socks). It’s been some strange months, and in order to avoid all the temptations, I’ve tried to avoid the usual … Continue reading »
Car free day in Brussels
Yesterday was car free day in Brussels – a concept I love! The city really comes alive, and it amazing to see all the people everywhere, on their bikes, roller blades, strollers, feet. The whole atmosphere in the city changes, and instead of roaring cars, we hear laughter and chatting in the street (and once … Continue reading »
The truth about my geekyness and why I won’t buy new clothes this fall
I know, this is not something to be proud of, especially not among my nerdy friends. I’m not very geeky, even though I sometimes want to convince myself I am. Sci-fi, programming and playing computer games until sunrise is not my strong side, I’m more into the political and cultural aspects of technology. Inspired by … Continue reading »
Framtiden i våre hender’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints
Food miles seems to be my topic these weeks. And even though the comments I’ve received so far have been pretty clear and very interesting reading, I would like to add another. This time from Mekonnen Germiso, research director at Framtiden i våre hender (here is some information about the organization in English): “Det viktigste … Continue reading »
Grønn hverdag’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints
Here is Håkon Lindahl from Grønn hverdag‘s take on my blog post about The moral dilemma of eating pumpkin outside the season: “Hei! Dilemmaet du skisserer er veldig ofte ikke noe dilemma i det hele tatt, fordi transport bare utgjør en marginal andel av utslippene og miljøbelastningen knyttet til matproduksjon. Et eksempel er tomater: Norske … Continue reading »
Kurt Oddekalv’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints
Another follow-up on my blog post about The moral dilemma of eating pumpkin outside the season, this time from Kurt Oddekalv, leader of Norges Miljøvernforbund (Green Warriors). The previous answer was from Bellona. “Hei Bente, ikke enkel den der. Kortreist mat er alltid best på alle måter. Du kan si at det en nasjon ikke … Continue reading »
Bellona’s advice regarding food and CO2 footprints
Recently, I wrote about The moral dilemma of eating pumpkin outside the season, and since I encountered some tricky questions while dealing with this topic, I contacted the Norwegian environmental organization Bellona for a follow-up question. I asked: Is there any food we (meaning living in Europe) should totally avoid because of the environmental costs … Continue reading »
The moral dilemma of eating pumpkin outside the season
Yesterday evening I served my girlfriends pumpkin soup at my house. So what, why do you have to write a blog post about that, you might ask. Good point. Nothing sensational happened, no one died from soup poisoning, as far as I know, but the pumpkin soup got me thinking. Because the pumpkin had travelled … Continue reading »
Mash up the environment
I’ve been looking at some environmental mashups today, several from this site, and they give some pretty stark images, either on the present situation or the future. Here is a site that is dedicated to the consequence of rising sea level on American coastal cities. Take for example a look at this image from Manhattan … Continue reading »
Top 100 low carbon pioneers
Three Norwegian companies has been included in the CNBC’s magazine European Business yearly list of “The Top 100 Low Carbon Pioneers”. They are Norsk Hydro (aluminium production), Rec Group (solar energy) and Statoil (oil). Statoil and Hydro have merged their oil and energy business, and they are called StatoilHydro. I think the list is a … Continue reading »
