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Amid turmoil, banks recognise importance of sustainability

December 5, 2008

I’ve been to a lot of strategy and review meetings in the last few weeks. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard words like: “with the current financial crisis, businesses need to focus on the financial bottom line” (with the sometimes spoken assumption that sustainability will have to wait). The sustainability newslines […]

Computing and sustainability in billboard mash-up

October 30, 2008

Today I have been inundated with evidence of the power of computing and its relevance to sustainability. It seems that everyone I know has found the Green’s “make your own Vote for Me billboard“. This is brilliant viral marketing that engages you with their brand message. It seems the very act of looking through your […]

Climate Change Unfinished or Too Late?

September 24, 2008

The second Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson talk this week was a panel discussion titled “Climate Change: Unfinished Business”. Two locals, marine ecologist Steve Wing and geologist Garry Wilson) were also panelists but it was clear who the big crowd had come to hear. Here’s my notes (apologies to the participants if I scribbled anything misleading). Brief introductions from the […]

Lonnie Thompson conveniently in Dunedin

September 24, 2008

We’ve been to two Lonnie Thompson and Ellen Mosley-Thompson talks this week. I was very impressed. The first “Climate change: past present and future” was an overview of their thirty years of research into icecores. The talk took an interesting approach. Thompson didn’t muck around. Two slides at the start cover the contributing factors […]

Steam’s up for the Prime Minister

September 16, 2008

Well that was an interesting afternoon. We’ve been to the opening of the Emperor’s Dragons at the Otago Museum. Then, after nearly 90 minutes of speeches (being translated three ways), Phil and I dashed to the Dunedin Gas Works Museum for for another function. The reason for the busyness was the Prime Minister. […]