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Computing for Sustainability: Low hanging curricula

July 2, 2007

In Sustainability a “Pervasive Theme” or MIC (”Missing In Curriculum”)? we looked for sustainability in the computing curricula but didn’t find any there. Clearly it should be (well we think so). If the high hanging fruit is paradigm change (ala Blevis), and medium hanging fruit is cross curricula integration (upscaling rethinking school lunch) and courses […]

Sustainability in computing’s Code of Ethics?

July 1, 2007

Q: Is sustainability described in computing’s code of ethics? A: Not explicitly. The ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (1992) identifies the “commitment to ethical conduct expected of every member”. It consists of “24 imperatives formulated as statements of personal responsibility”. It is argued in the preamble to the code that not every issue […]

Sustainability a “Pervasive Theme” or MIC (“Missing In Curriculum”)?

July 1, 2007

Q: To what extent is sustainability prescribed in computing curricula? A: Not at all. The ACM maintains a series of computing curricula documents (2005) for each of four bodies of knowledge (Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering and Information Science). Each is a significant document of around 100 pages. Unfortunately there is no mention of […]

SIDS: Blevis’ Sustainable Interaction Design

June 28, 2007

Eli Blevis’ “Sustainable Interaction Design: Invention and disposal, renewal and reuse” (pdf, ACM link), is set to become an influential paper in Human Computer Interaction and Interaction Design, if not the wider computing sphere. Blevis describes a broad approach that brings together computing (HCI) and sustainability in a way that benefits both streams. He argues […]

Computing supporting environmental education

June 21, 2007

So much of what we see about computing and sustainability is about the bad, or at least people trying to be less bad. So here’s a good news story, computing supporting environmental education. It describes a successful partnership between students of Otago Polytechic’s Bachelor of Information Technology and the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre. The […]