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Designing for conscious human behaviours for eco-friendly interaction
I’m off to CHI in April. Last year I was impressed by all the work going on in Sustainable Interaction Design (see my post on Sohn’s paper). Nearly 12 months later, I’m not so sure. Here’s my position paper for a workshop on SID. Much of the work in Sustainable interaction design (SID) has […]
EfS: separate or integrated? – some readings
December 17, 2009
Wals and Jickling (2002) argued that there is no universal remedy for the reconstruction of education for sustainability. Some institutions, they said, will choose to add on to existing programmes, others will opt for a more revolutionary approach. The European ‘Bologna process’ aims to make academic degree standards and quality assurance standards more comparable and […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability
Update from Dad in Cambodia
November 24, 2009
Here’s an update from my Dad (John Mann) on the work he’s doing for Beaudesert Rotary building schools in the village of Chuor Ph’av, Cambodia (and now, it seems, Koh te Cho). This post is my editing together of five emails – so, sorry Dad if I’ve mixed it up (here’s an earlier update). Dear […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Congratulations everyone involved in the Sustainable Habitat Challenge
November 23, 2009
I had the honour of being the warm-up act at the Sustainable Habitat Challenge Awards dinner on Friday (see ODT list of winners). It was a fantastic night, and not just because of the wine, music and train ride. The projects described were fabulous. Although I appreciated the “alternative” buildings, the ones I enjoyed […]
Two speakers from Shac Symposium
November 20, 2009
I’m at the Shac Symposium today. This is the final act of the Sustainable Habitat Challenge (for this round at least). Nine teams from around the country have developed housing that is “simple, affordable, efficient, adaptable and desirable. Sustainable, in a word”. Early in the development of Shac I went to the Solar Decathlon and […]
Posted in: shac
Computing for Sustainability 
February 15, 2010
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