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10 kinds of people: Sustainable practitioners and the guzzlers
The world is made up of 10 kinds of people: those who are sustainable practitioners and those who aren’t (OK, old computing joke). Suggesting that there are only two groups is clearly far too simplistic, but we need to know where people are so that we can work with them for the better. The fourth […]
Sustainability as first step in Agile Development Methodology
July 25, 2007
Sustainability in first iteration of software development gives basis for design. (trying out a template adapted from Creative Communities for CfS Agenda, item 7: resources). Solution Sustainability is considered as a major part of ethical design early in our software development process. We follow a methodology that is an integration of structured methodology under an […]
Presenting exemplar learning for sustainability resources?
July 25, 2007
Almost universally, people agree with the concept of integrating education for sustainability but then ask how they go about it? and, do we have any examples? The seventh item on the CfS Agenda is: 7. Identify and promote exemplar resources and teaching strategies, initially identifying sustainability related areas missing from current curriculum. This includes the […]
Agenda encourages and empowers computing education for sustainability
July 16, 2007
Following up on the NACCQ policy statement on computing education for sustainability, here is the agenda for achieving this vision. We hope that it is empowering and engaging. It is deliberately both top down and bottom up. It is deliberately both incremental and transformative. It is deliberately aimed at the champions and the “ordinary lecturer”. […]
Posted in: agenda, CfS_Agenda, Computing for Sustainability, curriculum, NZ Computing, sustainability
Sustainability an “inane fad”? Let’s ride the wave!
July 15, 2007
Bob Jones describes green building as an “inanity” (stuff.co.nz). “I’m picking this to last about four years with the private sector and a decade with the government,” Jones’ argument goes like this: Government’s new aim to reduce the carbon footprint of its departments, installing power and water-saving devices along with other environmentally sound initiatives…But power […]
Posted in: climatechange, Computing for Sustainability, fad, management, nz, policy, report, sustainability
Computing for Sustainability 
July 26, 2007
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