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Beginning a dialogue to generate a vision (4)

August 9, 2007

Do we have any local examples that would suit being used as case studies? How can we shift sustainability from a fad to an enduring basis of what we do? Zorn and Collins (earlier post) ask whether is sustainability is “merely a fashion”, with connotations of “frivolousness, an emphasis on aesthetics (particularly superficial or […]

Beginning a dialogue to generate a vision (2)

August 7, 2007

Where are local businesses on Willard’s continuum? Remembering how Bob Willard identifies five stages of an organisations adoption of sustainability. I think these are very useful – it helps give context to problems and decisions. I liked this distinction(full post) Stage 4 companies “do the right things” so that they are successful businesses. Stage 5 […]

Beginning a dialogue to generate a vision

August 6, 2007

The “every graduate” approach means that sustainable practice is recognised as a core capability which must be developed within the context of each discipline. A premise of the CfS Agenda is that we work with disciplines to articulate appropriate responses, coming at problems from both incremental and transformative directions. The first four items on the […]

Sustainability as first step in Agile Development Methodology

July 25, 2007

Sustainability in first iteration of software development gives basis for design. (trying out a template adapted from Creative Communities for CfS Agenda, item 7: resources). Solution Sustainability is considered as a major part of ethical design early in our software development process. We follow a methodology that is an integration of structured methodology under an […]

Presenting exemplar learning for sustainability resources?

July 25, 2007

Almost universally, people agree with the concept of integrating education for sustainability but then ask how they go about it? and, do we have any examples? The seventh item on the CfS Agenda is: 7. Identify and promote exemplar resources and teaching strategies, initially identifying sustainability related areas missing from current curriculum. This includes the […]