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Green criteria in purchasing – an example
Here is another example of a tender document we responded to last week. This one from a quasi-governmental organisation in NZ (there’s lots of good example statements coming from the Govt3 programme). xxx is committed to sustainable development, and will seek to procure sustainable products, works and services wherever possible. Ref Description Requirement Response […]
Sustainability status of student intake: seeking feedback on survey design
February 28, 2008
We are preparing a survey to be administered in conjunction with the First Impressions Survey (second week in March). By surveying all incoming students across the institution we’re aiming to create a benchmark that will enable us to follow student progress throughout their education, and possibly beyond. In the first instance finding out what they […]
NZCS talking professionalism
February 28, 2008
The NZ Computer Society had its Otago AGM this week. Don Robertson, the new chair of the NZCS spoke about the Society’s plans to focus on professional registration. This is great news for sustainability. Don talked about the challenges facing the NZCS and its members. Foremost of those is professionalism. With the proliferation of computing […]
Formal launch of Sustainable Habitat Challenge
February 25, 2008
Last week we formally launched the Sustainable Habitat Challenge (see earlier posts). Here’s the website. Here’s the newspaper. Here’s the video of the launch (Alistair and Tim and Q&A)…
Posts from NZAEE (6): Bjarne Jensen
February 17, 2008
Bjarne Jensen from the Danish University of Education spoke about participation at the New Zealand Association for Environmental Education in Dunedin recently. He started with his conclusions and worked backwards. To build ownership and action competence in Education for Sustainability: 1. Genuine participation (in dialogue with a professional) 2. Own actions (but should be integrated) […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, Otago Polytechnic
February 29, 2008
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