Jonathan R. Schmidt

Why do socieities collapse?

I came across Jared Diamond’s online lecture about his book Collapse while searching for his book online for my Masters thesis. The lecture is an excellent summary about why societies collapse due to ecological destruction. Diamond links ecological collapse to total social, economic and cultural collapse. His book Collapse was a best-seller and for good reason. It not only highlights our need to understand our ecological systems, but also how our social and economic systems support an ignorance to the destruction of our ecological systems, which ultimately underpin our whole society.

My Video Resume

After my previous post you’ve probably all been waiting for my own video resume. Well, after compiling a summary of my awards, work experience and creative arts portfolio I have a finished my video resume. The video resume is meant to be a supplement to my paper resume. The video resume does a much better job at  displaying the creativity and innovation from which I work than a paper resume. Additionally, it shows a bit of my personality, including my vision and passion for municipal planning. The intended audience is future employers, mainly in regard to municipal planning related jobs.

To view my video resume go to:
http://www.jon.schmidty.ca/videoresume