The Office of Information Technology has formed a working group to focus on the environmental impact of its operations. The group includes CITO David Waldron and representatives from each of the four departments within OIT. These representatives are Marlene Brown (Applications Development), Roger Dills (Digital Infrastructure), Matt Gardzina (Instructional Technology) and Mary Schantz (User Services). Assistant Registrar Wil Burton is also a member of the group.
Source: Technology@Woostersustainability
Think Global, Map Social! Interview with Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull of Opengreenmap.org
I talk to Wendy Brawer and Thomas Turnbull about the origins of Green Map System (greenmap.org) and what they to accomplish when they launch the Open Green Map (opengreenmap.org) in the coming months.
Open Green Map, Phase 2
Post-NetSquared, Summer's been lots of fun at Green Map as our team grew. By the end of July, we completed Phase 1, and opened the http://OpenGreenMap.org website to our network of locally-led Green Map projects. In the few days since, the first 35 maps are being charted and about 1000 sites have been charted.
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Products Design in Sustainable Agriculture
The main problems in Peru as poverty, low productivity, inadequate infrastructure and poorly integrated markets are often exacerbated by an under-developed agro-industrial sector. Little attention has usually been paid to the value chain through which agricultural commodities and products reach the final consumers in Peru and abroad.
According to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO, 2007), while high-income countries add US$180 of value by processing one tonne of agricultural products, developing countries generate only US$40. Moreover, while 98 percent of agricultural production in high-income countries undergoes industrial processing, barely 30 percent is processed in developing countries.
Source: NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org blogsUsing Social Media to Document EPIC
As community manager for happyfrog.ca, i often rally up a crews of bloggers, photographers and podcasters to create social media of green minded businesses, sustainability focused organizations and other stories which the mainstream media don't pick up.
Recently at the EPIC Sustainable Living Expo in Vancouver, we pulled off the biggest social media bonanza i know of with over 50 posts including audio, video, and narrative, plus a Flickr pool of hundreds of candid shots from the trade show floor.
Source: NetSquared, a project of TechSoup.org blogsGetting started...
Thank you for Opening the Door!
Here at Green Map System, we're tickled pink to be among the 21 featured projects for N2Y3! Thanks much to all who voted for us and are already connecting to share ideas, resources and advice! This project is getting better, day by day, with your involvement.
Our work on this project really began in Fall 2007. Among other things, we floated a few different names out to the Green Map network. Open Green Map was their top choice, but we decided to test out a few other options, including My Green Map, as working names. As we used the different names, we watched the reactions.
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