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Monbiot, Consumption, and Our Values

Posted on April 22, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

April 22, 2013 By Matt Palmer This article by George Monbiot “Let’s stop hiding behind recycling and be honest about consumption” illustrates one of the big challenges facing global society: consumption and the off shoring of emissions. Monbiot argues that countries claims … Continue reading →

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Don’t Let the Energy Blowback Get You Down

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

February 26, 2013 By Matt Palmer Woody Allen once said, “Time is natures way of keeping everything from happening at once.” Wouldn’t it be amazing if we knew everything at the same time, that the answers to our biggest problems … Continue reading →

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Competing Solutions for the Energy System

Posted on February 20, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

February 20, 2012 By Matt Palmer I am linking two articles today, post State of the Union, that lay out solutions for dealing with the world’s growing energy challenges. Both writers, Bjorn Lomborg and Amory Lovins make good points and … Continue reading →

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Creating Change in the Energy System

Posted on February 6, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

February 6, 2012 By Matt Palmer “The Art of System Thinking in Driving Sustainable Transformation” is a great article from The Guardian about how systems thinking can help in the design of sustainable systems. Change of the scale we need … Continue reading →

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Water Down – Nexus Point

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

by Matt Palmer January 31, 2013 The amount of fresh water used globally for energy production is going to double by 2035 according to a new report by the International Energy Agency (IEA). This news is a concern for all of … Continue reading →

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Optimistic Outrageousness – Energy Innovation

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

January 21, 2012 By Matt Palmer Carmen Medina, IBM Think Forum The dictionary definition for “heretic” goes like this: a person holding opinions at odds with what is generally accepted. In today’s polarized world we may feel we are surrounded … Continue reading →

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The Black Carbon Solution

Posted on January 16, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

January 16, 2013 By Matt Palmer A new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres shows that climate impacts from soot or black carbon has twice the impact on climate warming than previously thought. A great deal of the black carbon … Continue reading →

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A New Year = New Energy Solutions

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

January 10, 2012 By Matt Palmer This is my first post for the new year, after a bit of a break, and a nice holiday with family. My intention for this year, apart from completing financing for “Unintended Consequences” and … Continue reading →

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Newtown Inspiring Change

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

December 17, 2012 By Matt Palmer The events of December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut shook our world. Since then, many us have read numerous articles, opinion pieces, rants, and essays trying to make sense of something that makes no … Continue reading →

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Mass Transit Unintended Consequences

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Unintended Consequences Documentary Project

December 13, 2012 By: Matt Palmer Monday marked the opening of the new west leg of the LRT in Calgary. The $1.4 billion dollar project took more than two years to build, and was the first extension of the LRT … Continue reading →

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