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Posts from NZAEE (4): Henrik Moller
Henrik Moller would like to lose the Sustainability word, he would prefer us to use Resilience. Dr Moller spoke at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin recently. He heads CSAFE, the Centre for the Study of Agriculture, Food and Environment at Otago University. His research includes the titi project and was involved […]
Posts from NZAEE (3): Metiria Turei
February 17, 2008
It must be hard representing a small party in NZ politics. Greens MP Metiria Turei who spoke at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education is the spokesperson for Biosecurity, Conservation, Disability Issues, Education, incl. Tertiary, Environmental Education, Fisheries, Health (Assoc. Alcohol and Drugs), Local Government, Maori Affairs, Senior Citizens, Tourism, Trade (Associate), Treaty Issues, […]
Posts from NZAEE (2): Environmental Education in NZ
February 17, 2008
Barry Law from Canterbury University (ex Christchurch Teacher’s College) gave the first keynote at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education. Barry is the National In-service Coordinator for Education for Sustainability and is also an education adviser to the Enviroschools Foundation so was well known to the conference crowd. Barry gave a history of environmental […]
Posts from NZAEE (1): takata whenua
February 17, 2008
Over the summer I attended the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin (Otago Polytechnic was the major sponsor). Now on this wet Sunday with teaching starting tomorrow, what better opportunity to write up my notes… The opening session was at the Araiteuru Marae. There, after the powhiri and tea we listened to a […]
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 […]
Computing for Sustainability 
February 17, 2008
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