Quirky Forum - Please join me as I explore the surprises coming with Climate Change, the Pandemic and the War in Ukraine from a background of studying development in 40 nations.

What is Quirky Forum? Do we ever really retire? Once a teacher, always a teacher. How about being shocked seeing sheets of ice, the size of cities, moving out to sea from the Antarctic.

John BullochMarch 12, 2021March 13, 2021

Do we ever really retire? Once a teacher, always a teacher. How about being shocked seeing sheets of ice, the size of cities, moving out to sea from the Antarctic. ...

Water Technology

Desalination: If there is a guaranteed growth industry, it is water desalination.

John BullochJuly 10, 2021July 10, 2021

Climate North and South

Permafrost: The Arctic permafrost is melting. And the decomposition of organic material is sending carbon into the atmosphere.

John BullochFebruary 28, 2021March 13, 2021

The Arctic permafrost is melting. And the decomposition of organic material is sending carbon into the atmosphere.

Politics Crisis Politics

Democracies Under Threat: Governments are using the pandemic to increase their powers. Democracies are under threat.

John BullochFebruary 28, 2021March 13, 2021

Governments are using the pandemic to increase their powers. Democracies are under threat.

Economics Corporations

Workers: At home and coming into the office for meetings. Workers replaced by robots. Massive retraining. It’s a new world for workers.

John BullochFebruary 28, 2021March 13, 2021

Working at home and coming into the office for meetings. Workers replaced by robots. Massive retraining. It’s a new world for workers.

Climate North and South

The Northeast Passage: New Arctic shipping lanes around Russia will change the global balance of power.

John BullochFebruary 28, 2021March 13, 2021

New Arctic shipping lanes around Russia will change the global balance of power

Globalism Agriculture

Food Imports: Massive reliance on imported food.

John BullochDecember 8, 2021July 8, 2023

Water Nations

Afghanistan: How do you attract investment to upgrade Afghanistan’s water infrastructure when civil war is possible after the USA leaves?

John BullochJuly 10, 2021

Virus COVID-19 Basics

Communities: Small firms are reaching out to people during the Coronavirus pandemic because of the emotional ties they have to their communities.

John BullochMarch 2, 2021March 13, 2021

Small firms are reaching out to people during the Coronavirus pandemic because of the emotional ties they have to their communities.