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5 tips for Green IT and beyond
Last week the editor of Computerworld set me an interesting challenge: could I come up with “5 tips on what to think about as an IT professional to ensure sustainability”. Here’s the list I sent in, what do you think? (Computerworld’s story Beyond Green IT). 1. Address your own footprint: Do the low-hanging fruit (recycling […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Need for a humility based worldview
September 8, 2010
I’ve been reading a book that seems to have flown so far under the radar it has largely sunk without a trace, which is a shame as its message could be a game changer. In The Virtues of Ignorance Bill Vitek and Wes Jackson (with many contributors from a research camp) argue that a […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Trees and community gardens: a positively fruitful election issue
September 2, 2010
Anna Chinn raises the question of Council Policy on fruit trees and community gardens and asks candidates for their opinion and policy. To date, eight candidates have responded, all positively. Several other people have also commented – positively but with one exception. “Farsighted” replies with this: You are joking, right? The city is in debt […]
Posted in: Dunedin, LivingCampus
John Wilson Promenade Open Day
August 24, 2010
John Wilson Promenade Open Day Originally uploaded by Samuel Mann On Sunday we walked along one of our favourite places – John Wilson Drive. The place was full with families walking alongside bikes, trikes, wheelchairs, rollerskates, skateboarders, a horse, and yes, a familiar eight year old on a unicycle (full flickr set). The open day […]
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Keeping track
August 24, 2010
Here’s a round up of recent conversations here and in the various media. Keep neurosurgery in Dunedin. We set up this facebook page to bring attention to the nonsensical proposal to remove neurosurgery from Dunedin Hospital. The South has joined the fight in large numbers with heartfelt and reasoned messages. Samuel Mann talks with Channel […]
Posted in: Dunedin
Computing for Sustainability 
September 17, 2010
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