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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 […]

Byte here for sustainability: rethinking school lunch

June 26, 2007

I have a theory. A person’s sustainability awareness decreases while they are in tertiary education. Why? Three reasons. 1. We’re not very good at modelling sustainable behaviour (yes the skip, but also try informally applying the Green League criteria to your own organisation – I did, it’s not pretty) 2. According to Erik Erickson’s eight […]

We could learn lots from teachgreenpsych

June 18, 2007

Thanks to Anelibrary I’ve been looking at this really nice set of resources www.teachgreenpsych.com. Described as “Teaching Psychology for Sustainability: A Manual of Resources“, the creators state that their purpose in creating this site… is to provide a resource to help instructors begin integrating psychology and environmental issues in their courses. The site has a […]

Shape of Education for Computing Sustainability: 1

June 1, 2007

The ACM is asking for contributions to their review of the computing curricula. What might be the shape of sustainable computing curricula? Institutions committed to sustainability often prominently feature certain topics in their course offerings, e.g. Globalization and Sustainable Development; Environmental Philosophy; Nature Writing; Land Ethics and Sustainable Agriculture; Urban Ecology and Social Justice; Population, […]

A skip, a woodsman’s annual examination and the computer technician

May 27, 2007

Leigh posted this image of a skip outside our work. This skip has become somewhat of a symbol for all that is wrong with our attempts at sustainability. It has been there for months, usually filled with building detritus, sometimes computing packaging (as in the photo), and, for a while, the contents of science labs […]