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Abuse of intergenerational equity
Intergenerational equity is a cornerstone of sustainable development (Our Common Future, Brundtland): Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs This definition of sustainability has both current and future generations at its core. These are described as intragenerational equity and […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability, Dunedin
On not finding a useful image
August 15, 2011
I’ve spent the day looking in vain for visual representations of Commoner/Ehrlich/Holdren’s IPAT equation: Impact on the Planet = Population X Affluence X Technology (IPAT) or I = P * A * T or in words: Environmental degradation = population × consumption per person × damage per unit of consumption Ray Anderson argued that equation […]
Some of my favourite Ray Anderson quotes
August 12, 2011
I did a piece on Ray Anderson on Sustainable Lens last night. Here’s some of my favourite quotes: On more happiness and less stuff: More happiness with less stuff, all made sustainably. (via Environmental Leader) On waste: The industrial system takes too much, extracting and frittering away Earth’s natural capital on wants, not needs,” […]
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DIY “Essay”
July 29, 2011
This year I’m teaching Web1 (1 because it is in first year, the subject matter is Web2.0). The course has a large project that generates 50% of the marks. Another 30% is for achievement of weekly learning outcomes – this is entirely self and peer assessed through a collaborative learning approach – all their […]
A wishlist for sustainable computing?
July 21, 2011
Last week we won the CITRENZ Award for Research for our paper “A research framework for sustainable software“. In this paper we propose a Sustainable Lens as the basis for a research agenda. This Sustainable Lens could be an actual augmented reality headset, or it might be a way of describing how we see the […]
Computing for Sustainability 
September 4, 2011
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