Category Archives: resource efficiency

Posts related to the limited resources of our world

Circular economy

In my opinion the model of the circular economy is quite simply the way our future should look. There is still a long way to go. Heaps of teaching and learning materials for people of all ages are made by … Continue reading

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Energy infographic

I like info-graphics. Here is one from Good magazine about energy: I think what I like most about infographics is that they leave me asking more as well. For instance, I wonder how representative their assumed hydroelectric production rate is? … Continue reading

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World water

Someone asked me what proportion of freshwater was stored in the cryosphere and I had no number for them, so I looked it up and found this great figure from the USGS along the way: http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/2010/gallery/global-water-volume.html The largest sphere represents … Continue reading

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Chronozoom

This is maybe not “news” but its a video introduction to a really brilliant website called chronozoom Have a swoop around the new version of the website here if you think that looks like fun!

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