[open-sustainability] CESC in the UK

Fri Jul 26 13:06:39 UTC 2013

Hello Jack.

Jul 19, 2013 kl. 12:25  skrev Townsend J.H.:

> Great that you'll be coming.
> 
> Sounds like timings a bit tight then if Sunday is the only day and you guys need to get to Cambridge by 18:30
> 
> Does Sunday during the day work for you too Daniel? Is anyone else coming over?

Yes, it does work for me and me and Josefin will also be joined by Elina Eriksson (who gets a copy of this mail).

> We normally have speaker events on a Monday evening, but we're keen to play with the format to keep it fresh. Have to have a think what sort of event might work well on a Sunday lunchtime. Open to ideas! Perhaps a Cleanweb Brunch, A Cleanweb-Picnic-in-the-Park, A Cleanweb BBQ or a Cleanweb Unconference…
> 
> Would you like to speak about anything in particular? This is a very mixed crowd of largely Webby people (developers, designers, entrepreneurs), some environmental people and a mix of others, so the talks tend to be more "TED-y" than academic in tone. You can see the sort of events we've had on the meetup group:  http://www.meetup.com/Cleanweb-London/

There are probably a number of things we could talk about. Here are some suggestions (perhaps a Skype chat would be helpful to figure out what would be most interesting to you guys):

- Your April "Gaming for sustainability" topic could be extended with a talk about Carbonopoly, a game we will use in mine and Elina's course on ICT and sustainability in September. We plan to do a study and will thus also collect material during the three gaming sessions in the beginning of September. See further http://danielpargman.blogspot.se/2013/04/carbonopoly-back-with-vengance.html 

- Me and Elina could also/instead give a talk about the course itself. We will be about halfway through the course at that point (and the course is also the reason I have to go back to Stockholm directly after the conference). This course is the topic of the EESD paper we will present conference, "'It's not fair!' Making students engage in sustainability".

- Your Sept "Forward Technology" topic about how energy is generated and consumed could be complemented with a talk about Elina's current research project on small-scale home generated (wind) energy from a Swedish perspective.

- I could talk about the research project I'm involved in, "Scenarios and impacts of the information society". I'm lobbying for trying out our five scenarios of possible future information societies at a Science Fiction convention, "Fantastika", in Stockholm in October. See further http://danielpargman.blogspot.se/2013/06/ict-society-scenarios-future-of-work.html

- I could talk about my interest in "Collapse informatics". Collapse informatics is "the study, design and development of sociotechnical systems in the abundant present for use in a future of scarcity". I will go to the US for half a year next year to work with the authors of the linked paper and I could also talk some about my interest in "crisis-proofed lifestyles" (which I hope can become a research project at some point). See further http://danielpargman.blogspot.se/2012/02/networking-through-crises.html

- I assume we (e.g. Josefin) could give a talk based on the paper we will present at the EESD conference, "Engineers of the future: Using scenario methods in sustainable development education".

- Josefin could also talk about other things but I'm not sure what of her research connects to ICT and what doesn't, but the ICT4S presentation could be a good start. Josefin has to fill in here.

My blog is actually a good place to trawl for topics that I'm interested in/could talk about. I did not so much a summary as a follow-up to the previous academic year's blog posts here:
	http://danielpargman.blogspot.se/2013/06/follow-up-autumn-2012.html
	http://danielpargman.blogspot.se/2013/07/follow-up-spring-2013.html

Yours,

/Daniel

> 
> Cheers
> Jack
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> 
> Web & Sustainability University of Southampton
> 
> @JackTownsend_ <https://twitter.com/JackTownsend_>  jack at jacktownsend.net<mailto:jack at jacktownsend.net>
> +44 7934 508 661
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> On 18 Jul 2013, at 23:14, Josefin Wangel <josefin.wangel at abe.kth.se<mailto:josefin.wangel at abe.kth.se>> wrote:
> 
> Hej Jack!
> Good to hear from you, hope you're doing fine!
> 
> I and Daniel are going to the EESD conference, are you coming too?
> 
> Would be most interested in looking into the opportunities for a Cleanweb London event, perhaps Daniel and I could do something together, given that we find a time that works. I'm planning to travel to London Saturday Sep 21st to visit some friends before the conference starts. However, since I won't be arriving until the evening I think that the Sunday would be better, and preferably the afternoon as the first conference event is scheduled to start at 18.30.
> 
> Looking at the conference program I think it will be hard to have the event during the conference days, and I need to travel back to Stockholm Wednesday evening.
> 
> Let me know what you think.
> 
> Best,
> Josefin
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: Townsend J.H. [J.Townsend at soton.ac.uk<mailto:J.Townsend at soton.ac.uk>]
> Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 8:27 PM
> To: Daniel Pargman; Jorge Zapico; Josefin Wangel
> Subject: CESC in the UK
> 
> Hej!
> 
> Do you know who's planning to come to the UK in Sept for the EESD event?
> 
> As mentioned, would love to host you at a Cleanweb London event if it still works for you. We could do any time 21 to the 26 Sept.
> 
> Cheers
> Jack
> 
> Web & Sustainability University of Southampton
> 
> @JackTownsend_ <https://twitter.com/JackTownsend_>  jack at jacktownsend.net<mailto:jack at jacktownsend.net><mailto:jack at jacktownsend.net>
> +44 7934 508 661
> 

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Daniel Pargman
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