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Occupational theme and sustainability worldview?
I’m wondering today if there is a link between occupational preferences and sustainability? I was prompted there by an interesting report in the latest Communications of the ACM. LeeAnne Coder and her colleagues report on a study of 500 graduates in Kansas. They were interested in exploring the extent to which “the dearth of […]
Over the fence: sustainable practitioners in planning?
April 23, 2009
The Egan Review was commissioned by the UK government in 2004. It aimed to undertake a skills review of the skills required to deliver sustainable communities. Despite a wide ranging definition: Sustainable communities meet the diverse needs of existing and future residents, their children and other users, contribute to a high quality of life and provide opportunity and choice. […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability, OvertheFence
Ethics not just for heroes
April 23, 2009
I’m organising a session on professionalism in computing for the upcoming NACCQ conference. I was talking about this a function at work last night and quickly the conversation turned to ethics in the workplace – how much home photocopying is acceptable? is skimming acceptable if there is demonstrably no harm? how come the hospital […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, ethics
Art of Computers:Computers of Art
April 21, 2009
I’m presenting the Art of Computers timeline at the Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Art Educators Conference. Here’s the artefact (pdf 14MB). Any suggestions greatly appreciated. The time-line is in two sections – a history of computers from Sumerian tablets and Stonehenge, and concurrent artistic representations. The time-line considers fusions and fault lines between these two […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
NZCS certification submission
April 19, 2009
In the interests of transparency, here’s my submission to the New Zealand Computer Society professionalisation initiative: Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the draft Professional Certification Framework. I believe this is the most important action the Society has ever taken, it is well overdue. This belatedness, however, is not a cause for undue haste, […]
Computing for Sustainability 
April 24, 2009
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