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Sustainability Pictures X

November 6, 2009

Ten more for the collection. Breaking my rule of stand-alone images but these seemed quite evocative, even if they do take some explanation. See also these variations on earlier approaches: Venn diagrams coming together and showing changing dominance of sectors in a static animation, and a nice systems loop. 179. Brown’s 15 elements […]

Almost 350

October 23, 2009

Including sleep, there’s 15 hours until we have to be coherent and on show for 350. Student projects are rapidly emerging and getting hurried testing (hopefully not too hurried!). If you’re in Dunedin, come and see us at the Spring Festival. (more Flickr images).

Challenge for anyone who uses a computer

October 18, 2009

Here’s a challenge to give to folks who start quoting the environmental friendliness of their latest computer. All new computers and especially laptops come with claims of “green” and most laptop users are pretty smug about their energy use. This map shows the sources of the components of a typical laptop. It’s a Sourcemap representation […]

Values and hope combine in Earth Charter for teaching

September 25, 2009

In my getting-so-much-closer book, I examine barriers to integrating Education for Sustainability. Two of those barriers can be characterised as “My classroom is value neutral” and “Sustainability is too negative, and without vision” Jeffrey Newman addresses both of these barriers in Values reflection and the Earth Charter in the new Handbook of Sustainable Literacy. The […]

Davies stresses urgency of learning society

September 23, 2009

Quotes from Kate Davies’ A learning society from Handbook of Sustainable Literacy. The whole book is available online from University of Brighton. On urgency: There is not much time. The task of developing a learning society to facilitate humankind’s evolution towards sustainability is urgent. Given current trends, our species will need to learn and change […]