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The skip and a working system (almost)
The skip (again). We have this skip, it causes much angst: poor attempt to meet those basic 6th grade principles. No attempt to reduce the packaging that our consumables are delivered in. No attempt to reuse the waste, and certainly no attempt to recycle it. This prompted me to write about the need for empowerment […]
Posted in: CfS-TheBad
A skip, a woodsman’s annual examination and the computer technician
May 27, 2007
Leigh posted this image of a skip outside our work. This skip has become somewhat of a symbol for all that is wrong with our attempts at sustainability. It has been there for months, usually filled with building detritus, sometimes computing packaging (as in the photo), and, for a while, the contents of science labs […]
Posted in: CfS-TheBad, Education for Sustainability
Sustainabilityness of Tate’s Sustainable Software Development
May 25, 2007
In Capitalism 3.0 Barnes used computing as a metaphor for a paradigm change in the world’s operating system. This gives us a new twist: at an abstract level (rather than infrastructural) to what extent are computing and sustainability already intertwined? Software engineering has perhaps already adopted a sustainable approach without explicitly realising it – Agile […]
Posted in: CfS/SfC
Over the fence: Engineering
May 24, 2007
In Challenge we borrowed from Cortese’s challenge to engineers to envision the future role of engineers in a sustainable future. That leads us to think about what else is happening in our sister disciplines : engineering; business; and design. Here we look at two initiatives in engineering, first at a professional level, then in education. […]
Posted in: Education for Sustainability, OvertheFence
Computers in Barnes’ Capitalism
May 21, 2007
I’ve been quoting from Barnes’ Capitalism 3.0 for a few weeks (the entire book is on a creative commons licence at http://capitalism3.com/files/Capitalism_3.0_Peter_Barnes.pdf) A couple of quotes I like: Technology, of course, greatly magnifies our impact on the planet, but technology by itself is mere know-how. It’s the choice of technologies, and the scale at which […]
Posted in: CfS/SfC
Computing for Sustainability 
May 29, 2007
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