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Environmental best practices in ICT in Higher Education report
Here’s more notes from Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson’s study on Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education (first, second post). This chapter describes environmental best practices. Short story: return of the data centres (but with a green tinge). The chapter is structured around taking action. Data centres are seen as an important area with rapidly expanding data […]
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More from ICT in Higher Education report – several drivers
January 27, 2009
Here’s more notes from Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson’s study on Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education (first post). In this chapter they present the case for universities and colleges at the forefront of sustainable ICT. The report presents a case for greater action to achieve sustainable ICT in higher education. They see financial arguments as the strongest in the […]
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Today’s reading: Sustainable ICT in higher education
January 27, 2009
Peter James and Lisa Hopkinson have released their mammoth study on Sustainable ICT in Further and Higher Education. The report summarises a survey, a footprinting of University of Sheffield, several workshops, and a lot of literature. Here’s my notes on the preamble through Chapter 1. The topic of sustainable ICT – ie the economic, […]
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Punctuated equilibrium
January 15, 2009
Romi Mahajan has an interesting little piece that examines developments in computing in terms of theories of biological evolution. He explores different explanations for evolution. After dismissing catastrophism (change occurs in a slow, continuous process – “hyperbolic and rather useless with regard to planning and preparation”) and uniformitarianism (IT changes slowly in a continuous and predictable […]
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Need for sustainable developers-slash-journalists
January 14, 2009
Recent discussion (Eric Ulken,Emily Nussbaum, Cindy Royal) on the people behind the New York Times website puts a new light on the role of the sustainable computing practitioner. The breadth of the impact of computing is what drives many of us to take sustainable computing beyond our own footprint. This is recognised in statements such as NACCQ’s policy that […]
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Computing for Sustainability 
January 27, 2009
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