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Some puzzles, triangles and circles, a golden snitch and a pocket knife

May 13, 2010

I’m filling holes on the framework so a slightly strange collection for the corpus. 219 Ecology, Equity, and Economy Triangle by McDonough and Michael Baungart From the book, Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things by William McDonough and Michael Baungart 220 Alden Dow’s A way of life cycle (“Alden B. Dow Midwestern […]

Thirty more sustainability diagrams

March 24, 2010

I’m working towards structuring the collection into a book (watch this space). I’ve almost got a framework sorted out, so this lot is filling some holes. 189 “Bretherton diagram” (based on a concept of Francis Bretherton) highlighting some of the linkages between social systems, biogeochemical systems, and the physical climate system. (NCAR) 190 Priorities and […]

Designing for conscious human behaviours for eco-friendly interaction

February 15, 2010

I’m off to CHI in April. Last year I was impressed by all the work going on in Sustainable Interaction Design (see my post on Sohn’s paper). Nearly 12 months later, I’m not so sure. Here’s my position paper for a workshop on SID. Much of the work in Sustainable interaction design (SID) has […]

Update from Dad in Cambodia

November 24, 2009

Here’s an update from my Dad (John Mann) on the work he’s doing for Beaudesert Rotary building schools in the village of Chuor Ph’av, Cambodia (and now, it seems, Koh te Cho). This post is my editing together of five emails – so, sorry Dad if I’ve mixed it up (here’s an earlier update). Dear […]

Software Engineering class explores our handprint

November 19, 2009

Our software engineering students have proven again that computing can make a bigger contribution than energy in the data centre. We’ve been working with the Dunedin 350 campaign. All semester, groups have been working with their client – Ella Lawton – to develop systems to raise awareness and engage people in climate change. […]