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And the Award for the Most Inspiring Dad goes to…
In February last year I got this email from my Dad: My BIG project is that I’m going to raise the money to build a school for 400 kids in Cambodia…I’ve got it all planned and costed and approved in Cambodia a…I’ve made a power point 50 photo presentation and big talk…with […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
You’re not going to be measuring “ecological friendliness” just by watching the power meter
March 2, 2009
Ever had that nagging feeling that something is missing? YesterdayI wrote about Michael Healey’s The Eco-Enterprise And The Reality Of Green IT. I thought his premise that many green IT initiatives are really just ROI-based business decisions wrapped in green packaging was timely. His quote is judicious: “Virtualization isn’t about being green, and we all know it”. But I […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Green IT quote of year: “Virtualization isn’t about being green, and we all know it”
March 1, 2009
It’s nice to be proven right once in a while. I’ve been saying for a long time that we’re making a mistake in connecting green with short-term business benefits (see earlier posts about the lean=green fallacy 1, 2, 3). Now a report from InformationWeek by Michael Healey finds that A mere 12% of the 419 business […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability
Sustainability strategies poorly supported by operational processes
February 27, 2009
As a facilitator of wider sustainable change, computing can have a far bigger impact than its own footprint. But we’ve a long way to go. Sophie Hallstedt finds that even in companies that have adopted sustainability as core strategy, there is little evidence of the decision systems needed to enable these goals. In one chapter of […]
Redundant question not wasted
February 16, 2009
I’ve been interviewed a few times in the past weeks (Beeby Fellow, ODT). I’ve been surprised by the first question asked by every journalist: you’re in computing – that’s not sustainability, how come you’re writing a book about teaching sustainability? My answer “oh I used to be a botanist/geographer” has satisfied the journalists, but […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability
Computing for Sustainability 
March 6, 2009
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