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Finding meaning in stable/routine operation

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 The course I mentioned last post talked a lot about communicating meaning in terms of concrete objectives, with very clear examples like NA...

Meaningful blather

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I'm currently going through an online course in the business leadership vein, of which there are multitudes, but this one specifically i...

Not dead!

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...just reading more about business type stuff than interesting technical type stuff.  I think I may start posting about the stuff I'm...

Update: Greenwashing 7 - Simple Green

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Way back when I followed a CBC Marketplace show and assessed their assessment of the products , I mentioned that I should buy and try one of...

Carbon survey

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Tomorrow, NASA launches the OCO-2 satellite , which will make a detailed map of how much CO 2 is in the atmosphere at various points on the...

Solar-powered jet fuel (and diesel, and...)

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Sounds kind of backwards, I suppose, but there is in fact research happening on creating jet fuel, and other liquid fuels, using solar energ...

Edible education

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One subject I've had in my list to write about (once I spent the time to find some good sources) was why some leaves are edible while ot...

Unnatural or Natural

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Something I've been thinking about for a while, even since before I did the greenwashing article series, is: what makes a thing "n...

Oily algae

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Algae, as well as other biologically sourced feed stocks, has been the subject of a lot of research in oil production, for what should be ob...

Chlorinated hair

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When I signed up for triathlon training, I had to buy a pair of swim goggles so I didn't crash into things like the lane markers, the ot...