The Wall at Te Papa

October 16, 2008

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There’s a great new interactive exhibit at Te Papa.   The Wall is part of a big new development “Our Space”.    I stood and watched people interacting with the wall for ages.  Much of the time they were playing with the technology but unconciously perhaps they’re telling the story of New Zealand(ers).  It’s not […]

Muller and Hatch, orators and entrepreneurs

October 12, 2008

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My friend Logan Muller is a brilliant speaker. He uses appreciative inquiry to move people to a position of wanting to do something to improve the world.   As part of this he uses a device of simultaneously looking forward and back.   To summarise (and without the eloquence or passion),   in 30 years […]

Posts from ACTS: David Thompson on 3D sustainability

October 7, 2008

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 David Thompson spoke about 3D sustainability at the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability conference in Christchurch last week.   He got a mixed reception.  Some hadn’t seen SecondLife before and were impressed.   Others gave him quite a hard time.  They picked up on his “gee, second life is cool, you should use it for sustainability” and probed […]

Posts from ACTS: Jennifer McMillin engages students

October 7, 2008

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Jennifer McMillin from ANUgreen spoke at the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability conference in Christchurch last week.   Jennifer talked about Engaging students in campus sustainability: learning experiences, using campus as laboratory. The focus of her talk was ways of engaging the majority of students who “don’t come looking for courses on sustainability”.  This has benefits as a learning […]

Posts from ACTS: Neil Barnes

October 7, 2008

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Dr Neil Barns gave one of the keynotes at the Australasian Campuses Towards Sustainability conference in Christchurch last week.   Barns is the CEO of CPIT, his talk focussed on the challenges and opportunities education for sustainability presents to a tertiary institution.   In short, he describes an approach of developing a vision with the governance […]