Au sommaire de Terra Economica ce mois-ci, on peut lire entre autres une série d’articles très intéressante sur l’isolation des bâtiments en France. Un sujet passionnant pour moi depuis que je m’ intéresse à ce sujet primordial depuis la rédaction de mon mémoire de Master. Terra Economica prouve encore ce mois-ci qu’un autre monde, plus […]
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The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development – the body regrouping some of the richest nations – is now urging its members to act fast on climate change. Solutions to this challenge exist and Mankind just needs to apply them. Moreover, they are affordable compared to the cost inaction would have on a global scale.
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I continue my series on the various investments realized in renewables as the Worldwatch Institute released a report giving some data on this topic. According to this NGO, global investments in these various energy sources might reach 66 billion USD in 2007, a sharp increase over 2005 and 2006. The State of the World 2008
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As I just finished this book from the renowned founder of the Earth Policy Institute, I will give you my review of what I consider an essential reading on environmentalism. I consider it a must read as it brings not only solutions to most problems our Planet and Mankind are facing, but also hope for
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First and foremost I would like to wish you all a happy new year 2008. Hope this year will be great for you and full of good news in environmental topics. I begun this blog a year ago and wrote last year 200 articles and plan to write the same amount this year, so have
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As we are now near Christmas, and as I am willing to do a best of of what I read in the past months, I will outline in today’s article my favourite readings of 2007. From science fiction and comic books, to serious readings on sustainable development and astrophotography, I recommend you a dozen articles,
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I have never been a great fan of traditional biofuels (nor the World Bank and the OECD) as their yield is quite small and as they require a lot of by-products (pesticides…). However, some alguae like Ulva lactuca (sea lettuce, pictured left) have a much superior yield than cereals and aren’t as much eaten as
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Reading some of my articles elsewhere is now possible as my good friend Sherlock kindly asked me to write on ecology and sustainable development for his blog. Sherlock is a photography enthusiast and his pictures are just mesmerizing. The latest version of his blog, Focus on Sherlock puts more emphasis on his works. My first
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Mois après mois, je continue d’écrire sur les grands projets et grandes nouvelles du front du développement durable et de la lutte contre le changement climatique. L’Agence Internationale de l’Energie a émis ce mois-ci son deuxième avertissement afin de pousser tous les pays à une plus grande efficacité énergétique. Il serait temps d’agir et on
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Another good news on the climate change front as over a billion trees have been planted according to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) since last year. Worldwide, people of all conditions planted trees in order to mitigate global warming. This is a strong message to the leaders of the world that are meeting in
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