Two speakers from Shac Symposium

November 20, 2009

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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 […]

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Software Engineering class explores our handprint

November 19, 2009

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Our software engineering students have proven again that computing can make a bigger contribution than energy in the data centre.    We’ve been working with the Dunedin 350 campaign.     All semester, groups have been working with their client – Ella Lawton – to develop systems to raise awareness and engage people in climate change.     […]

Sustainability Pictures X

November 6, 2009

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Ten more for the  collection.     Breaking my rule of stand-alone images but these seemed quite evocative, even if they do take some explanation. See also these variations on earlier approaches: Venn diagrams coming together and showing changing dominance of sectors in a static animation, and a nice systems loop.   179. Brown’s 15 elements […]

STENZ Tertiary Education Strategy submission

November 6, 2009

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STENZ Submission on Tertiary Education Strategy: 1. Status and interest of submitter This submission is presented on behalf of the Sustainability in Tertiary Education in New Zealand. STENZ is a working group dedicated to the United Nations Decade of Education for Sustainable Development (UNDESD) across all tertiary education in New Zealand. STENZ aims to provide […]

Almost 350

October 23, 2009

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Including sleep, there’s 15 hours until we have to be coherent and on show for 350.  Student projects are rapidly emerging and getting hurried testing (hopefully not too hurried!). If you’re in Dunedin, come and see us at the Spring Festival.  (more Flickr images).