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Sustainable action points
I’m working with a final year Career Practice student – Lily Parker. Lily is interested in the notion of the sustainable practitioner from a career counselling perspective. For her is it is as much about personal understandings – life as a journey as it is about changing work practices. We are producing a set of […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, professional practice
Celebrating Excellence in Communication within IT in NZ
July 22, 2013
I’m flying a kite – looking for feedback and a vague non-committal indication of support in principle – or at least an idea of who I might talk with to begin a conversation. I’m thinking that there is an opportunity to address the standard of communication seen in computing graduates. I want to produce a […]
Posted in: education, professional practice
What’s your favourite quote?
July 17, 2013
There’s lots for computing folks to take on board in this round up of recent guests on SustainableLens.org. Enjoy. Tell us which is your favourite quote in the comments.
Posted in: sustainable practitioner
Talking at the Intersection of Games and Sustainability
June 23, 2013
SustainableLens.org explores a sustainable view of the word, usually with an extended interview (last week Nicole Foss told us that politicians who promised growth were deluded or lying, the week before, Bill McKibben said “If 1 degree warming melts the Arctic, we’re fools to be experimenting with the earth to find out what 2 degrees will do”). This year, […]
Posted in: game
Crowdsourcing student business challenge
May 29, 2013
I’m helping run a student business startup competition: Audacious. This year we’re experimenting with crowdsourcing: Audacious Skulksource. The system is 95% complete in terms of interaction design and functions, just missing some graphic elements and real text. The objectives are: To provide a vehicle for student engagement beyond the entrants; To provide a […]
Posted in: student
Computing for Sustainability 
August 30, 2013
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