Monthly Archives: August 2012

The City Bee

August 31, 2012 By Matt Palmer I have a love/hate relationship with insects. Generally, I love to hate them. Unfortunately, my sons love insects, and my oldest is a great grasshopper hunter. We have a number of plastic containers filled … Continue reading

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Transforming the World with a Toilet

August 29, 2012 By Matt Palmer Bill Gates is working to transform the developing world with a toilet. Before I go into that, I want to offer a little personal context to the story. I made my first trip to … Continue reading

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Pipelines or Waterslides?

August 1, 2012 By Matt Palmer One does not have to look hard these days to find the death notices for Enbridge‘s Northern Gateway pipeline. And, although southern sections of TransCanada‘s Keystone XL have received approval, getting the cross border sections … Continue reading

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