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Mellalieu persistently and interminably asks the question
My friend Peter Mellalieu is the Professor of Innovation at Unitec. Fortunately for us, he does this with a strong leaning towards sustainability. We caught up at the Tertiary Education Summit where he was delivering a paper “Shifting frontiers, new priorities, creating pathways: Elevating the case for tertiary education for sustainable development in New Zealand”. Here’s […]
My learnings for innovative education
May 4, 2009
Last week I spoke at the Tertiary Education Summit. I was on a panel to discuss “Developing world leading research and innovation activities”. The panel was asked to explore what are characteristics of successful institutions? I’ve been on panels like this before and listened to lots more. The outcome is always the same: […]
Bill McKibben’s 350ppm at 46 South
May 1, 2009
We had Bill McKibben visiting work yesterday. He gave a good talk and stayed for lunch. Bill has been in Wanaka and started his talk with a compelling story of an experience in Tibet, of glaciers melting and significantly changing landscape in an area that provides the water supply for a huge proportion of […]
Computing for Sustainability 
May 4, 2009
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