[open-sustainability] Open sustainability science + Cleanweb taxonomy

Wed Jul 17 13:27:08 UTC 2013

Great ideas everyone!  Looking forward to catching up on this after
vacation!

Blake Burris
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On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Adrien Labaeye <adrienlabaeye at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
>> <mailto:jack at jacktownsend.net>
>> +44 7934 508 661
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> From: Jenny Molloy <jenny.molloy at okfn.org<mailto:jenny.molloy at okfn.org
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>> Date: 17 July 2013 09:34:26 BST
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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
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> Jenny Molloy
>>
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