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LivingCampus proposal: More than a garden, more than a museum, more than a campus

February 4, 2008

We’re proposing the transformation of our campus to form a “LivingCampus”. I’ve been working on the proposal, here are some sections: This project will involve the complete renovation of the Polytechnic’s existing city campus, re-inventing the current, unsustainable outdoors environment as an open-air interactive museum, vibrant community garden and visionary hub for sustainability-oriented community education […]

Teaching models for different attitudes

January 16, 2008

I’ve been thinking about reactions to the Story of Stuff. Lots of people loved it. People around here are busily organising video evenings for their kindergartens and others are suggesting that it be made compulsory viewing for all staff and students. Another group of people hate it. Despite what the former may think, many of […]

Dynamic visualisations for telling sustainability stories

December 17, 2007

What makes the Story of Stuff so appealing? (despite content that increasingly frustrates). It is basically a talking head with some animated diagrams: essentially a lecture with a whiteboard. This has been a passion of mine for a while. Lecturers are challenged to deliver courses in new ways: online; distance; asynchronous; interactive. Yet for many, […]

Spot the Greenwash

December 10, 2007

Here’s something else for the “low hanging curricula“. All students should be able to recognise these “Six Sins of Greenwashing” from Terrachoice (pdf, and podcast on Greenbiz radio). Green·wash (grēn’wŏsh’, -wôsh’) – verb: the act of misleading consumers regarding the environmental practices of a company or the environmental benefits of a product or service. We’ve […]

Hey, I got an award!

December 8, 2007

At the Otago Polytechnic Graduation. For “Excellence in Sustainable Practices”. Cool bananas, must be doing something right. Dave got one too, for his flexible teaching.