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Facebook objected to in NZ Parliament
Yesterday our local Member of Parliament Pete Hodgson attempted to table a Facebook page in the House. Unfortunately, it was objected to. I’m telling you this because the “Keep Neurosurgery in Dunedin” was my doing. Richard Thomson and I set it up to bring attention to the nonsensical proposal to remove neurosurgery from Dunedin. As […]
Posted in: Dunedin, government
Heartfelt and reasoned messages back Dunedin Neurosurgery
July 29, 2010
On Sunday the 19th July Richard Thomson and Samuel Mann set up a facebook page “Keep Neurosurgery in Dunedin” to bring attention to the nonsensical proposal to remove neurosurgery from Dunedin Hospital. The South has joined the fight in large numbers (4200 to date) with heartfelt and reasoned messages. The 54 pages of messages are […]
Posted in: Dunedin
Community benefits as sustainability framework
July 25, 2010
In the second of two talks Professor Geoff Syme presented a social psychological approach to water allocation. While many of us don’t have the extreme water allocation problems Australia does (he seriously described Australians as becoming environmental refugees), the concepts have wider appeal. The key message is that rather than focussing on managing the allocation […]
Dunedin residents call for change
July 25, 2010
As you know, I’m standing for Dunedin City Council in the upcoming elections with Greater Dunedin. Several people have asked me for my opinion on the the current Council. Rather than just a soapbox from me (happy to do that too, involves repeated use of the word debacle), I’d rather look at what Dunedin […]
Posted in: Dunedin
Syme: we should trust communities
July 23, 2010
This week I went to two talks by Professor Geoff Syme from Edith Cowan. He presented a social psychological approach to climate change and water allocation. In the first talk Syme developed a model of factors affecting support for Climate Change policy. The model includes knowledge, awareness of consequences, personal pro-environmental norms, personal and societal […]
Posted in: psychology
Computing for Sustainability 
August 6, 2010
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