Monthly Archives: February 2012

Bill Gates on Energy pt2

February 29, 2012 By Matt Palmer Inventing the Energy Future: Bill Gates and Steven Chu Have a Plan : Greentech Media. I’ve added this second link to the energy conversation between Bill Gates and Stephen Chu yesterday because it expands … Continue reading

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Bill Gates on Energy

February 29, 2012 By Matt Palmer Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy: When Bill Gates Speaks About Energy, We Should Listen | Ecocentric | TIME.com. Bill Gates puts a lot of time and investment into the energy issue. Yesterday he made a … Continue reading

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Life Cycle Analysis

February 28, 2012 By Matt Palmer Determining the environmental impact of a product is a complex process – The Washington Post. This article from the Washington Post is a good introduction to the ideas and regulations behind Life Cycle Analysis … Continue reading

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Possibility, Skepticism, and Certainty

February 27, 2012 By Matt Palmer http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=LENqnjZGX0A I discovered today’s video link thanks to some friends on Facebook. The video is a TEDx talk from Houston featuring Dr David Eagleman, a neuroscientist at the Baylor College of Medicine. His bio … Continue reading

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Fierce Light – Affecting Change

Fierce Light Trailer – YouTube. February 24, 2012 By Matt Palmer Yesterday I wrote about my experiences teaching grade 5/6 students over the last five years. One of my goals is always to inspire kids to be positive and to … Continue reading

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Teaching Documentary Filmmaking

February 23, 2012 By Matt Palmer For the last five years I have been teaching documentary filmmaking to grade five and six students at an elementary school in Calgary. Teaching allows me to reconnect with my craft because I have … Continue reading

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Energy Policy is the Thing

February 21, 2012 By Matt Palmer I recently wrote a blog about how the adversarial campaigns being waged by the environmental lobby, energy industry, and government over the Keystone XL, Northern Gateway pipeline and oil sands extraction are keeping us … Continue reading

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Oilsands impacts posing ‘financial risk’ to Alberta, says PCO

Oilsands impacts posing ‘financial risk’ to Alberta, says PCO.

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Extreme Makeover Required – Guest Blog

February 21, 2012 I have met a lot of great people over the last three years during the development of this project. Support has come from so many places,with so many people offering to help het this documentary made. In … Continue reading

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Plotting a road map for a low-carbon future – The Globe and Mail

Plotting a road map for a low-carbon future – The Globe and Mail. February 16, 2012 By Matt Palmer This in an exciting article, pointing to how innovative thinking can push us to solve complex problems. I’m excited by this … Continue reading

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