Perspectives on material flows, industrial symbiosis, and the physical metabolism of human systems — written for people who think carefully about how industries interact with the environment.
Kalundborg vs. the Hype: A Direct Comparison
A skeptic-friendly breakdown of the Kalundborg industrial symbiosis network, comparing what it promises versus what it delivers with real figures.
Explainer
Sorting Out Two Frameworks Consultants Keep Mixing Up
Two concepts often used interchangeably by consultants who should know better. Here is what separates them and why conflating them causes real planning mistakes.
Analysis
Planning vs. Emergence in Industrial Symbiosis
Eco-industrial parks appear in sustainability strategies worldwide, but the failure rate is rarely published. This breakdown compares successful and failed examples.
Technical Breakdown
Reading LCA Results Without Getting Misled
LCA is the backbone of industrial ecology analysis. Skeptics are right to question its assumptions. Here is an honest breakdown of what the method can and cannot tell you.
Technical Explainer
From Raw Data to Policy Claims: Where the Gap Opens
Material flow analysis quantifies how substances move through industrial systems. It is genuinely useful, but its outputs are regularly misrepresented in policy summaries.
Scientific literature
Selected readings from peer-reviewed publications, summarised with context on what each paper adds to the field.
A candid look at the less-discussed sides of macroeconomic theory and policy, with a balanced breakdown of where conventional wisdom holds up and where it quietly falls apart.
Water quality reports are contested regularly. This breakdown of the monitoring process identifies where the methodology is solid, where it depends on assumptions, and what questions are worth asking.
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