Obscura Digital Computing for Sustainability | Saving the earth one byte at a time | Page 2 Hopeful tourism computing? A couple of weeks a ago I interviewed Tess Brosnan, a film maker who wanted to talk about links between citizen science and hopeful tourism. This led me to read Annette Pritchard, Nigel Morgan and Irena Ateljevic’s “Hopeful tourism: A new transformative perspective” (pdf). I found myself reading while mentally replacing “tourism” with “computing”. For […] Apple growers, Academics, Activists and an Animator of Lunatics Sustainable Lens: Resilience on Radio, condensed down to one image. There’s a word for that: Anupholesteraphobia I found myself reading a book on music performance (long story). Audaciously sustainable The Audacious Student Business Challenge has expanded this year to encourage business for good with a social enterprise category. Sustainable action points I’m working with a final year Career Practice student – Lily Parker. Celebrating Excellence in Communication within IT in NZ What’s your favourite quote?
Pacific Domes International - Home - Pacific Domes International Pacific Domes, International - Glamping Sites, Eco-Resorts and EcoLiving Villages “People from all parts of the world have used the circle, for ritual, for houses, for shelter.” EcoCamp Patagonia exposes guests to the breathtaking natural beauty of the land, while incorporating green technologies with their energy efficient domes such as photovoltaic energy and composting toilets. The Greening of the Self By Joanna Macy / filmsforaction.org Something important is happening in our world that you are not going to read about in the newspapers. I consider it the most fascinating and hopeful development of our time, and it is one of the reasons I am so glad to be alive today. The self is the metaphoric construct of identity and agency, the hypothetical piece of turf on which we construct our strategies for survival, the notion around which we focus our instincts for self-preservation, our needs for self-approval, and the boundaries of our self-interest. Widening our self-interest The conventional notion of the self with which we have been raised and to which we have been conditioned by mainstream culture is being undermined. At a recent lecture on a college campus, I gave the students examples of activities which are currently being undertaken in defense of life on Earth-actions in which people risk their comfort and even their lives to protect other species. The ecological self
The Ridgeback Lodge EcoGeek - Brains for the Earth Top 10 eco-buildings | Environment Dalby Forest visitor centre, North Yorkshire What do yoghurt pots, old Wellington boots and mobile phones have in common? They were all recycled and used to make the reception desk of this super-green new visitor centre. The forest next door is proving handy – it supplies wood chips to power the boiler and is also where the wood used to clad the building came from. The building last month won the prime minister's Better Public Building award for 2007. RSPB environment and education centre, Purfleet, Thames Gateway Wind turbines and birds are not ideal stable mates, but the RSPB is thinking about installing one at its newest - and greenest - visitor centre in the Thames Gateway. Honingham earth-sheltered social housing scheme, Honingham, Norfolk Gary and Keron Lawson, who live in one of four, two-bedroom bungalows say it's like living the dream. There's no conventional heating or cooling system and the development has zero carbon emissions. Kingsmead primary school, Northwich, Cheshire
Big Ideas: Linking Water, Power, and Sewer in K-12 A Center for Ecoliteracy – San Francisco Public Utilities Commission partnership. This publication is an addition to the Center for Ecoliteracy’s suite of Big Ideas curriculum resources. It was commissioned by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) as a guide for educators, curriculum developers, and schools to engage students. It stems from the commitment of the Center and the SFPUC to nurture the next generation of environmental stewards. Big Ideas identifies key concepts that link water, power, and sewer. Download Big Ideas: Linking Water, Power, and Sewer in K–12 on the SFPUC website. With issues of equity and access in mind, Big Ideas: Linking Water, Power, and Sewer in K–12 incorporates creative strategies to help support students with limited English proficiency or learning differences, students of color, and other underserved populations.
bridal shower game idea with printable i can’t believe “wedding season” is almost here! yay! if you’re looking for a Bridal Shower game, here’s a fun one for you! it’s a spin on “His and Hers”. last weekend i helped a friend throw a Bridal Shower. my job was to come up with a game to play. i wanted to do something a little different and fun. and this is what i came up with, a little game called:Staches and Tiaras what’s not love about a mustache? these are the questions i used. but you could come up with all kinds of other fun ones! 1. i cut out the tiaras and mustaches with my Silhouette {love my Silhouette!} now i know not all of you have a digital cutting tool, so i whipped up a couple FREE printables for you to use if you want to play this game! these are two different printables that you can print out and put onto popsicle sticks{when you download the files, they will not have my watermark} Click here to download the His mustache card.Click here to download the Her Tiara card. happy bridal showering!
Vision, Mission, Goals | Global Ecovillage Network Vison The Global Ecovillage Network envisions a world of empowered citizens and communities, designing and implementing their own pathways to a sustainable future, and building bridges of hope and international solidarity. Mission As a solution-based, multi-stakeholder alliance, GEN provides information, tools, examples and global representation to the expanding network of those dedicated to developing and demonstrating sustainability principles and practices in their lifestyles and communities around the world Goals Main Activities
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