The document outlines the nine elements of a sustainable culture/campus: infrastructure, community, and learning. Infrastructure includes energy, food, and materials. Community includes governance, investment, and wellness. Learning includes curriculum, aesthetics, and interpretation. Each element is described in 1-2 paragraphs, outlining key aspects and questions to consider to make progress toward sustainability in that area. The overall goal is to train a new generation of sustainability leaders through experiential learning and leading by example with campus initiatives.
I believe that revolution and change in interior designing to sustainable standards should be an effort by everyone...more people are working from home, most people spend their time indoors, more people are adhering to indoor activities; creating designs to help humanity thrive in a clean atmosphere should be the main goal.
On 8th Feb 2010, Hew Dawn was launched in the House of Commons.
The first initiative that New Dawn will undertake is a collaboration with the Saharawi people in Algeria. Using Permaculture technology and the energy and enthusiasm of Uk youth, New Dawn will create food sovereignty for the Saharawi people.
Recently, I put together a white paper about "Sustainability: A Strategic and Tactical Approach to Succeed in the Interdependent World" and thought that you may like to read it. The awareness of "Green" or "Sustainability" issues has led to a fundamental shift in addressing environmental and social issues. Businesses are responding to this shift not only for environmental and social reasons but also for a very good economic reason: customers are demanding the shift. According to Deloitte, a survey shows that Green is becoming a "tiebreaker" in shopping decisions.
This white paper includes definition of Sustainability and its benefits, followed by what it means for business strategy and a very holistic approach to achieve Sustainability.
I believe that revolution and change in interior designing to sustainable standards should be an effort by everyone...more people are working from home, most people spend their time indoors, more people are adhering to indoor activities; creating designs to help humanity thrive in a clean atmosphere should be the main goal.
On 8th Feb 2010, Hew Dawn was launched in the House of Commons.
The first initiative that New Dawn will undertake is a collaboration with the Saharawi people in Algeria. Using Permaculture technology and the energy and enthusiasm of Uk youth, New Dawn will create food sovereignty for the Saharawi people.
Recently, I put together a white paper about "Sustainability: A Strategic and Tactical Approach to Succeed in the Interdependent World" and thought that you may like to read it. The awareness of "Green" or "Sustainability" issues has led to a fundamental shift in addressing environmental and social issues. Businesses are responding to this shift not only for environmental and social reasons but also for a very good economic reason: customers are demanding the shift. According to Deloitte, a survey shows that Green is becoming a "tiebreaker" in shopping decisions.
This white paper includes definition of Sustainability and its benefits, followed by what it means for business strategy and a very holistic approach to achieve Sustainability.
This is the first slideshow for students studying Unit 4 VCE Environmental Science - Area of Study 2 online. It includes terms and definitions relevant to ecologically sustainable development.
Gulf Coast Green 2010 Rives Taylor & Richard JohnsonHayley Pallister
Gulf Coast Green speakers, Rives Taylor & Richard Johnson, presented "Looking Long: Striving for Sustainable Texas Campus Communities" on 4/16/2010 in Houston, Texas
An overview of the growth of the world's largest environmental education program, the Go Green Initiative, founded by Jill Buck in 2002. www.gogreeninitiative.org
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The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Highlighting CGIAR Innovation. Presentation given by Torben Timmermann at the CGIAR Heads of Communications Meeting, Rome, 20 March 2012.
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/commission
This is the first slideshow for students studying Unit 4 VCE Environmental Science - Area of Study 2 online. It includes terms and definitions relevant to ecologically sustainable development.
Gulf Coast Green 2010 Rives Taylor & Richard JohnsonHayley Pallister
Gulf Coast Green speakers, Rives Taylor & Richard Johnson, presented "Looking Long: Striving for Sustainable Texas Campus Communities" on 4/16/2010 in Houston, Texas
An overview of the growth of the world's largest environmental education program, the Go Green Initiative, founded by Jill Buck in 2002. www.gogreeninitiative.org
The Go Green Initiative is the global leader in environmental education. The program is FREE to all schools, and offers a comprehensive approach to creating a "culture of conservation" on campus.
The Commission on Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Change Highlighting CGIAR Innovation. Presentation given by Torben Timmermann at the CGIAR Heads of Communications Meeting, Rome, 20 March 2012.
http://ccafs.cgiar.org/commission
Threefold Sustainability: New Direction for DevelopmentMartin Ossewaarde
Sustainability is about balancing the economic, social and environmental aspect of every human venture. Countries everywhere now have an obligation to achieve the SDGs. Higher education for sustainable development should lead. Why not start a positive impact career?
Characteristics of Education for Sustainable DevelopmentMichaelDeniega2
This is a carefully crafted presentation about Education for Sustainable Development. It discusses how education could promote sustainability, and the role of the teachers as agent of positive change.
【平成25年度 環境人材育成コンソーシアム(EcoLeaD)事業】
日付:平成25年12月14日
イベント:第3回アジア環境人材育成研究交流大会-国際シンポジウム2部
タイトル:高等教育におけるサステイナビリティの実現に向けて:オーストラリアにおける模範例の紹介 / Leading for sustainability in higher education: Exemplars from Australian contexts
発表者:スー・エリオット 氏(ニューイングランド大学教育学部教授、オーストラリア環境教育学会副会長) / Dr. Sue Elliott(Senior Lecturer, School of Education, University of New England, Vice President, Australian Association for Environmental Education Inc.)
詳細:http://www.eco-lead.jp/active/seminar/2013-2/
Presentation by Meena Nareshwar of CEE’s Zoo Education Programme focused on weaving in sustainable action into all programs of the Zoo and communicating about these to zoo visitors.
Green school, Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment presentation on sustainable classrooms. This unique school features a recycling program that even recycles cooking grease to biodiesel and soaps.
9/8 THUR 16:00 | Educating the Sustainability Planner 1APA Florida
Christopher Silver
This session draws upon the teaching, research and consulting experiences in sustainability drawn the perspectives of an architect, planning lawyer and an international planner. Through a series of case studies, it explores how the global community
is undertaking legal, regulatory and other measures to realize sustainable urbanism, promote sustainability in various parts
of the world, and how these efforts can influence the work of Florida planners. This comparative perspective not only provides a source for innovation in practice, but can also serve as
a measure of success locally in the face of the global challenges faced by the sustainable urbanism movement.
Resilience Design Toolkit. 50 Ingredients for Sustainable Business Model Inno...Sebastiaan de Neubourg
The Resilience Design Toolkit is a tool for change makers.
The toolkit offers a straightforward way to integrate key sustainability principles within the core business of a company, creating a more resilient and circular economy. The tool combines resilience thinking and biomimicry and is built on basis of the Business Model Canvas.
The tool is freely available under a creative commons license.
Beyond Virtualisation: What's next for IT sustainability?Samuel Mann
Samuel Mann presentation to 26th NZ IT managers conference. Explores computing and sustainability imperative. Looks at our own footprint, and what we could be doing that is "good, not just less bad".
ESD Through a Whole School Approach: Teaching, Learning, Planning and Assessm...jbacha
Presentation delivered to educators at the ‘4th International Beijing Forum on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)’ held in Beijing, China on 22-24 October 2009
Gulf Coast Green speakers, Tim Duggan and Ritchie Katko, presented " Making it Right: A Progress Report on Recovery in New Orleans" on 4/15/2010 in Houston, Texas
MD Anderson Energy Initiatives, reduced annual energy costs by $1 million in 2009
Author: Timothy Peglow, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Patient Care and Prevention Facililties
Big Dreams, Tight Budgets: UH Retro-Commissioning to Reduce Carbon Footprint
Authors: Sameer Kapileshwari, University of Houston Facilities and Cole Robison, Controls Unlimited
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
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This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
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Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
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Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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However, this ease of use means that the subject of security in Kubernetes is often left for later, or even neglected. This exposes companies to significant risks.
In this talk, I'll show you step-by-step how to secure your Kubernetes cluster for greater peace of mind and reliability.
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Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Knowledge engineering: from people to machines and back
Gulf Coast Green 2012 Mitchell Thomashow
1. The Nine Elements of a
Sustainable
Culture/Campus
Mitchell Thomashow, Director Second Nature
Presidential Fellows Program
President Emeritus, Unity College
(Mthomashow@secondnature.org)
2. Sustainability is a Response to a
Planetary Emergency
The Sixth Megaextinction
Plunging Declines in Biodiversity
Rapidly Changing Climatic/Oceanic Circulation
Biogeochemical Imbalances
Rapidly
5. A Sustainable Approach to
Economic Decisions
Encourages:
Frugality
Debt Reduction
Living Within Our Means
Protecting Future Generations
Conserving Natural Resources
Creative Problem Solving
6. As a former College President I suggest that
Sustainability is the single biggest challenge for all
of education, ultimately linked to:
Turbulent Economy
Accessibility and Affordability of Schooling
How We Think about the Future of the Planet
Our goal should be nothing less than to train a new generation of
sustainability leaders, graduates who understand the intricate
connections between economics and ecology, place and planet, how we
live and the consequences of our actions.
9. The Nine Elements of a Sustainable
Culture/Campus
Culture: How We Think, Organize,
Communicate,
Campus: Where We Live, Work,
Play
A TEMPLATE FOR ACTION relevant
for schools, businesses, hospitals,
and any organizational setting
11. Imagine these categories as dynamic,
unfolding, emergent, and intrinsically
interconnected. Any sustainable practice
may involve multiple categories.
Energy Food Materials
Infrastructure
Community Governance Investment Wellness
Learning
Curriculum Aesthetics Interpretation
12. ENERGY
Energy refers to the ability to do work, involving the transformation of
matter to produce heat and electricity.
The point of sustainable energy practices is to maximize the efficiency of
those processes so as to minimize unwanted byproducts.
We require a new energy algorithm that enables us to heat and cool our
buildings, move people and their goods from one place to another, and
power our machines, without simultaneously altering the biosphere.
13. HOW TO MOVE TOWARDS ZERO-CARBON
ENERGY USE
Ingenious Technical Innovations
Renewable Energy Sources
Rigorous Conservation and Retrofitting
Energy Cost Accounting
Monitoring Cooperatives
15. FOOD
(Everybody has to Eat!)
A food-producing, edible landscaping,
demonstration-garden laboratory
Lawns bisected by garden strips and
permaculture shrubbery
Administration buildings with small
greenhouses
Cafeterias serving local and organic food
Regional center for cooperative food growing
16. FOOD AS LANDSCAPE
Inviting Hard Questions
Where does your food come from?
How much energy is used in its production and distribution?
What policies will support more sustainable food operations?
How does the history of the food we eat reflect ourselves in this place?
17. MATERIALS
refers to the manipulation, rearrangement, and heating and cooling of matter
to produce the stuff of our goods, appliances, dwellings, and tools
minimize energy use and toxic byproducts
resilience, durability, recyclability
procurement, life cycle accounting
from green cleaning materials to recycled
carpets
18. Responding to the challenge
Inviting Hard Questions
Unravel and expose the full cost of
What is the supply chain?
building materials and
How can we minimize ecological impact? construction products.
Can we find materials that are recycled, Creatively use recycled and
reclaimed or re-imagined? reclaimed materials.
19. COMMUNITY
Energy Food Materials
Infrastructure
Community Governance Investment Wellness
Learning
Curriculum Aesthetics Interpretation
20. GOVERNANCE
The role of organizational culture
Alignment between mission, governance, and
curriculum (or work practice)
Job descriptions and performance evaluations
Guidelines for procurement, events,
procedures and protocols
The capacity to change and innovate
21. GOVERNANCE: The Importance of
Leadership
Boldness and Tenderness
Urgency and Patience
Innovation and Tradition
Two caveats: (1) Sustainability is not the political philosophy of an
esoteric, green politics. It is beyond traditional left/right categories,
embodying elements of traditional conservative and progressive political
approaches. (2) Decisions related to governance will be complex and
controversial, and not always consensus-driven.
22. INVESTMENT: Where
Capital Goes
Every college campus has a significant impact
on the surrounding community
Colleges serve as dynamic economic
mulltipliers
Their investment decisions have profound
ramifications
23. Investment Questions
Is the college working with schools,
communities, and businesses to transform the
region into a thriving sustainable community?
Is the campus an incubator for new
sustainability research and design initiatives?
Is the endowment invested in ecologically and
socially responsible businesses?
Is the college considering sustainability
workforce training?
24. WELLNESS
Ultimately the point of a sustainable campus is to provide a
nourishing and supportive learning and work environment that
promotes personal, community, and planetary well-being.
25. WELLNESS Questions
Is stress impacting performance of students,
faculty, and staff?
Does the college promote healthy living?
Is wellness an integral part of the academic
curriculum, staff training, and professional
development?
26. LEARNING
Energy Food Materials
Infrastructure
Community Governance Investment Wellness
Learning
Curriculum Aesthetics Interpretation
27. CURRICULUM
What you know and how you think is
always a reflection of how you live
The best sustainability curriculum is one that
provides the hands-on experience of living,
implementing and designing a sustainable
campus
28. CURRICULUM: The Hard Questions
Is climate change and sustainability education a core component of
the curriculum?
Are students involved in campus-wide master planning?
Are service learning opportunities available that bring sustainability
initiatives into the community?
Are the professional schools involved in sustainability initiatives?
29. AESTHETICS
The Art and Sensibility of
Sustainability
At the core of understanding sustainability, biodiversity, and climate
change is a perceptual challenge: scale and the biosphere.
Art projects use imagination to convey scale and are a bridge to
scientific understanding
Art projects catalyze the emotional responses to the planetary
challenge
A deeper cognitive advantage
30. The Aesthetic Challenge
Are there vivid, imaginative and evocative
campus exhibits, art projects, and installations
that support sustainability initiatives?
Is the campus used as an exploratory
“canvas” of environmental art using recycled
materials for sculptures, soundscape designs,
native plant arrangements, watercourse flows
and patterns?
31.
32. INTERPRETATION: Making
Sense of Sustainability
Every sustainability project should have an
interactive, dynamic explanation
The campus is a sustainability learning
laboratory
Hide nothing
Measure, keep records, and share information
in compelling ways
33. INTERPRETATION
Some Questions
How can we use buildings, gardens, and
campus facilities to exemplify the campus as a
living laboratory?
How can we best tell the story of the campus
as an ecological place that is located in a
dynamic environment?
How can we make our sustainability efforts
transparent and interesting, rooted in the
history of the campus and projected into the
future.
35. NOW IT’S YOUR TURN
This is my narrative as a sustainability
explorer, a former college president, a writer,
and now a Second Nature Presidential Fellow
What is your narrative? How will you be a
change agent? What catalog of ideas and
possibilities will you initiate?
When you come up with a great idea and
you’ve accomplished something, tell your
story, too!