Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’
Green vs sustainable
I get a daily email from Inside Higher Ed This caught my eye yesterday…‘Green is not sustainable’ especially the part about the difference between green and sustainable “…“Green” is subjective. Being “green” is modifying your societally-defined default behaviors in the hope of being somewhat less destructive of the environment and the planet. “Green” means using [...]
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Tags: green, sustainability
TED spread!
“Great minds come together at TEDxCanberra“ - Canberra Times the day before the TED fest yesterday. I don’t think it escaped the attention of anyone at TEDxCanberra that talks on mental illness book-ended a rather fantastic day. Like millions of people I have watched TED talks online. They are great, but actually being in the TED audience is [...]
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Tags: learning, state of mind, sustainability
Here chook chook
@jobeaz asked that someone blog on the pros and cons of keeping chooks – so here is my list. We’ve had chooks for the past 3 or 4 years, with a year off last year when our chooks were having a coastal holiday with my parents-in-law while we were building/renting. Pros eggs, fresh, fresh eggs! [...]
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Tags: chooks, sustainability
hurry, hurry … Seen this? – Airline asks passengers to pee before flying to save energy. It’s a trial and seems a little far fetched – but doesn’t it all count in the end – lighter passengers, less fuel, less carbon emissions? I had a million titles for this post- but seeing as it’s all [...]
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Tags: future, green, happiness, sustainability, waste
Anticipating the future…
Keynote for Information Online 2009 – Anticipating the future of libraries: understanding trends and staying relevant in the digital age – Andy Hines, futurist, adjunct professor of Future Studies at University of Houston. 22 January 2009. Emerging challenges 1. Values 2. Demography 3. Lifestyle 4. Technology 5. Work 6. Education ‘addicted to growth, debt, consumption’ [...]
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Tags: future, librarians, libraries, sustainability
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