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 →

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 →

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 →