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Computing the Eden Project

October 12, 2007

Two things about me: 1. My work is a sometimes strange mix of education, plants and computers. 2. From my being 6 weeks to 9 years old, we lived outside Bodmin in Cornwall. All these things came together for me last week when we visited the Eden Project. What a wonderful place. Perhaps even more […]

SHaC09 spawns green challenge for computing students

September 12, 2007

I’ve previously posted about the Sustainable Habitat Challenge. This is the New Zealand sustainable building challenge to be held over the next couple of years. I’m on the SHaC steering committee. This gave us the opportunity to volunteer to develop the computer system to support the teams and administration of ShaC. This work is being […]

ElectroCity – fears confirmed

September 11, 2007

I’ve spent two days playing ElectroCity. Engaging? Yes. Balanced? No. Green? Not even nearly. Prompted by TreeHugger’s praise then questioning of ElectroCity, I posted a review of the instructions to the game. Today, let’s play the game with green glasses. The starting point for the game is a low population in a rural area, serviced […]

ElectroCity: “natural bias” not very natural at all

September 9, 2007

Last week TreeHugger said great things about a New Zealand site last week: “Electrocity: Teaching Kids to Manage Energy, Human Needs Responsibly Through Gaming” Genesis Energy, an energy supplier and retailer in New Zealand has come up with a terrific way of helping kids develop a strong basis on which to develop future knowledge about […]

Best transformative resources for sustainability?

August 25, 2007

Karlson ‘Charlie’ Hargroves is the Executive Director of the The Natural Edge Project. He sent us these open source education materials. Their whole system design suite gives a comprehensive introduction to whole system design approach as the basis for transformative action. Education for Sustainability has to be more than “bolt on” environmental papers in existing […]