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Many hands
We’ve been testing user experiences for the e350 project today. We’re developing software to support the Dunedin 350 campaign. Our development process focuses on the user experience, so today we tested those experiences with paper. I think this is the most useful part of the development process (see last year’s reflections on the paper-based prototyping […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
The plot to destroy the planet in the meantime
September 6, 2009
Keep partying, the cavalry’s just round the corner – and they’re dressed in miracle green. I’ve been reading Brian Dumaine’s “The plot to save the planet: How visionary entrepreneurs and corporate Titans are creating real solutions to global warming”. I’m pleased I read it after going to Susan Krumdieck’s talk last week. This book […]
Posted in: sustainability
Green energy myths causing paralysis
September 2, 2009
There is a belief that alternative clean energy sources and technologies will substitute for fossil fuels to meaning we can carry on living like we are now. Dr Susan Krumdieck says this myth is dangerous, it has “induced paralysis when change is needed…we need to use less energy…we need to stop driving around so much”. Every […]
Young scientists fairly good at sustainability
August 24, 2009
There was a strong sustainability theme at the Otago Science and Technology Fair this weekend. Here’s some that caught my eye (flickr slideshow). There’s about an even split of chemistry, physics and botany but very little zoology. Alternative energy was by far the strongest theme within what I would characterise as physics/engineering. Most of these […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability
Capstone collaborations
August 19, 2009
A feature of our degree is the capstone project. Today I had to write a report outlining the 2009 collaborations with community and business organisations. It’s quite a list, so I thought I’d share it here. At the bottom of the list is the work Bachelor of Information Technology students are doing with other areas […]
Computing for Sustainability 
September 9, 2009
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