[open-sustainability] Open sustainability science + Cleanweb taxonomy

Wed Jul 17 11:45:51 UTC 2013

Yes let's see what comes out of the Cape Town meeting.

I am interested in getting involved in develoing such a taxonomy. Would be
glad to plug in to that as well.

Adrien

On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Townsend J.H. <J.Townsend at soton.ac.uk>wrote:

> Hi Adrien!
>
> Thanks, yep, attended both those conferences, and would be great to use
> their outputs for such an agenda. Open science itself is only one part of
> the open sustainability agenda, but a key one. Let's see how this Cape Town
> workshop progresses for inspiration.
>
> On a related note, there are initial discussions of developing a taxonomy
> of Cleanweb projects around the world, i.e. using the Web for
> sustainability and particularly to deal with resource constraints. If
> anyone wants to participate in this effort to categorise, please get in
> touch.
>
> Jack
>
> Web & Sustainability University of Southampton
>
> @JackTownsend_ <https://twitter.com/JackTownsend_>  jack at jacktownsend.net
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>
>
> On 17 Jul 2013, at 10:28, Adrien Labaeye <adrienlabaeye at gmail.com<mailto:
> adrienlabaeye at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Hi Jenny, Hi Jack,
>
> I would be very interested to contribute (at my level) in developing such
> a research agenda. I am not sure how much has been done in that respect. It
> could be a good start to check the outcomes of the ICT for sustainability
> conference in Zurich in February (http://2013.ict4s.org/) and the
> conference in Galway in June (
> http://www.conference.ie/Conferences/menu.asp?menu=1163&Conference=205)...
> did you participate to one of those?
>
> Best,
> Adrien
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 11:08 AM, Townsend J.H. <J.Townsend at soton.ac.uk
> <mailto:J.Townsend at soton.ac.uk>> wrote:
> Jenny
>
> Would be great to do something like this workshop to develop an agenda for
> open science for environmental sustainability (i.e. open sustainability
> science). Look forward to hearing how the Cape Town event goes.
>
> Jack
>
> Begin forwarded message:
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> From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org<mailto:jenny.molloy at okfn.org
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> Subject: [open-science] Open Science for Development Project
>
> Dear All
>
> We are delighted to announce that OKF is collaborating with the OpenUCT
> Initiative at the University of Cape Town in an International Development
> Research Centre funded project to develop a southern led research agenda
> for open science for development.
>
> We hope to use this as an opportunity not only to explore research into
> open science but also to really push community building efforts in the
> global south and identify a strong network of open science advocates and
> practitioners - maybe setting up some new local open science groups along
> the way!
>
> You can read more in out project proposal:
>
> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UGgPpd7PQtYuX-mOGE58fEbXVJgohs4O_XiBrBZph8k/edit
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> A small group met in London last week to set the ground work for a larger
> workshop in Cape Town 11-13 September 2013 and the results of that meeting
> will be available online shortly.
>
> We hope you are as excited about this opportunity as we are and in the
> spirit of the exercise we will be making both the process and outcomes as
> open as possible. Therefore, if you would like to apply to participate in
> the Cape Town meeting please send us a brief half page introduction to
> yourself including answers to the following questions:
>
>
>   *   Why is this project of interest?
>
>   *   What expertise and experience do you bring?
>
>   *   What would you like to see come out of this project?
>
> Preference will be given to participants from developing countries in
> order to further the aims of the project and full funding will be provided.
>
> There is a short deadline of 24 July 2013 so please spread this invitation
> through your networks, particularly contacts you might have in the global
> south. If selected, we will organise travel and flights as soon as possible.
>
> Best wishes
>
> Jenny
>
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> Jenny Molloy
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