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An A-Z of the 4th R of Reduce-Reuse-Recycle
Yesterday’s post about paper was titled Most important of the three Rs, by which I meant Reduce (and, by happy coincidence – Reading). Leigh added a 4th R: “Replace: if your sources are non sustainable”. I know that there are sometimes 4 or more Rs but most people refer to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (waste hierarchy, […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, sustainability
Most important of the three Rs
August 25, 2008
We’re on the first of the three R’s today. Both the Reading one and the Reduce one. We’ve been doing some analysis on our paper use. Before you scroll down, take a shot at working out how much paper we use in this institution. Three ways of thinking about it: 1. Total number of pages? […]
Posted in: Computing for Sustainability, Otago Polytechnic
Simpa as a model of partnership
August 18, 2008
Last month Khyla Russell presented a paper at the Oxford Round Table. The basis of the paper is an examination of the interaction of cultures, with our Simpa project as the main case study. Here’s a working version of the paper. It may eventually form a formal publication (in part or whole), so please contact […]
Posted in: Otago Polytechnic, SimPa
Strong message without the preaching?
August 18, 2008
I’ve got a couple of public lectures coming up. Both are about our approach to “sustainable practitioners”. One is at the end of a series of lectures with a threaded story – we’ve got a problem, and here’s some suggestions to get out of this situation. So, I’m writing the titles and blurbs to go […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability
Little systems thinking in games either
August 17, 2008
I’m still on the hunt for systems thinking in museums. I still don’t know why museums tend to shy away from complexity in their interactive exhibits. Martin suggests that it is the complexity of making such games that dissuades museums – they don’t have the big budgets of the games industry. Good point. […]
Computing for Sustainability 
August 26, 2008
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