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Abuse of intergenerational equity

September 4, 2011

Intergenerational equity is a cornerstone of sustainable development (Our Common Future, Brundtland): Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs This definition of sustainability has both current and future generations at its core. These are described as intragenerational equity and […]

On not finding a useful image

August 15, 2011

I’ve spent the day looking in vain for visual representations of Commoner/Ehrlich/Holdren’s IPAT equation: Impact on the Planet = Population X Affluence X Technology (IPAT) or I = P * A * T or in words: Environmental degradation = population × consumption per person × damage per unit of consumption Ray Anderson argued that equation […]

Some of my favourite Ray Anderson quotes

August 12, 2011

I did a piece on Ray Anderson on Sustainable Lens last night. Here’s some of my favourite quotes: On more happiness and less stuff: More happiness with less stuff, all made sustainably. (via Environmental Leader) On waste: The industrial system takes too much, extracting and frittering away Earth’s natural capital on wants, not needs,” […]

DIY “Essay”

July 29, 2011

This year I’m teaching Web1 (1 because it is in first year, the subject matter is Web2.0). The course has a large project that generates 50% of the marks. Another 30% is for achievement of weekly learning outcomes – this is entirely self and peer assessed through a collaborative learning approach – all their […]

Research agenda for a real sustainable lens

May 26, 2011

If the military can have “terminator vision” why can’t sustainability? Mainly because we don’t have specifications for such a device, nor even a wishlist. In these slides for our talk at Collaborative Technology Systems (CTS 2011), we explore what it might mean to augment the world with a sustainable perspective.