[open-sustainability] Upcoming events at the intersection of web, data and sustainability

Tue Jun 17 16:04:41 UTC 2014

Thank you Jack.

Lots of events and information!

Cheers,

--
Félix.

2014-06-17 15:11 GMT+02:00 Jack Townsend <jack at jacktownsend.net>:

> Many of these upcoming events and competitions from the Cleanweb UK July
> newsletter may be of interest to Open Sustainability members.
>
>
> *Special Announcements*
>
> *European Cleanweb Summit*
> <http://cleanwebcn.pbworks.com/w/page/80187848/FrontPage>  (5-6 July,
> Barcelona)
> Come to lovely Barcelona in the summertime and meet with people from
> across Europe using the Web to address resource and sustainability
> challenges. Contact Oriol Pascual <oriol at oriolpascual.com> for more
> information.
>
> *Cleanweb June: Energy from Amsterdam
> <http://www.meetup.com/Cleanweb-London/events/174674942/>* (This Monday,
> 23rd June, Shoreditch Village Hall, 19:00, or before 17:00 for the match)
> Meet the startups of the first European Smart Energy Program of
> Amsterdam's Rockstart Accelerator. Find out more about the international
> program and the startups and get to know them though a quick Q&A game.
> Main event starts at usual time (19:00), but get to Shoreditch Town Hall b
> efore* 17:00 and also watch Netherlands vs Chile with our visitors from
> Amsterdam*
>
> *Renewable Energy Association Marketplace Workshop
> <http://www.r-e-a.net/marketplace> * (Tomorrow Afternoon, 18th June,
> London)
> The REA will be holding a workshop tomorrow to explore how to develop it's
> online marketplace tool. Contact Gaynor Hartnell for more info:
> ghconsult at r-e-a.net
>
> *Hack against catastrophic climate change, preparation workshop*
> <http://hack4good.io/>  (Monday 14th July - 2pm-5pm, London)
> Facilitated by Geeklist <https://geekli.st/corps> and Sift Digital
> <http://www.siftdigital.co.uk/>, we'll help organisations define clear
> challenges, issues and problems that technology can help you tackle. We'll
> imagine together a positive and possible future with the full power of
> technology in our hands and scaleable, sustainable, innovative solutions
> deployed in the global fight against climate change. Contact Dan
> Cunningham <dan at geekli.st> for more info.
>
> *Climate Change Coders* *Climate modelling software hack evening
> <http://www.meetup.com/London-Climate-Change-Coders/events/185855322/> *(June
> 18, London) and *Friends Of The Earth Open Source Mapping Tool Code Hack
> Evening*
> <http://www.meetup.com/London-Climate-Change-Coders/events/189527152/> (June
> 25, London)
> - Climate modelling software is at the core of climate change science and
> so in the last couple of months I've been researching projects that we can
> volunteer on.  I've...
> - This meetup is going to be a code hacking evening and so, unlike the
> previous two FotE meetups, we are inviting only coders who have worked with
> one of the following...
>
> UN Big Data Climate Challenge
> <http://www.unglobalpulse.org/big-data-climate> (Deadline 30 June)
> We welcome recently implemented or published projects that use big data
> and analytics to addressreal world impacts of climate change. Winners
> will be *flown* to New York for the UN Climate Summit, where their projects
> will be showcased. As we have received submissions from the fields of
> energy, forestry, agriculture and transportation, we would welcome projects
> representing other fields including green data centers, material sciences,
> architecture and design, smart cities and ecology.
>
> *Upcoming Events*
>
> *Cleanweb London meetups* can be found here:
> http://www.meetup.com/Cleanweb-London/
>
> We also maintain an open *calendar of cleanweb-related events* here:
> http://lanyrd.com/guides/cleanweb-events/   Please do contribute relevant
> events.
>
> Here's a summary of what's coming up over the next few months.
>
> *Energy & Environment Expo <http://www.energy-enviro-expo.com/> *(Today!
> Free! 17th-19th June)
> Energy & Environment Expo at London's Excel will offer attendees access to
> a whole range of solutions and businesses - all of which relate to building
> management/efficiency.
>
> *CycleHack* <http://www.cyclehack.com/global-cyclehack/> (20th-22nd June)
> Between June 20-22nd people will be Cyclehacking all over the globe.  If
> you're interested in running a Cyclehack in your city, check out their sign
> up page.
>
> *SusHack#2* <http://sushack.co.uk/> (28th June, Oxford)
> SusHack is a free one-day hack day in Oxford.  SusHack helps developers
> get together to create solutions to sustainability problems using their
> skills in development and lots of coffee.
>
> *Open Knowledge Festival* <http://2014.okfestival.org/> (15th-17th July,
> Berlin)
> To create societies where everyone has both access to key information and
> the ability to use it to understand and shape their lives, we must build
> knowledge into the heart of all of our activities. This is a big task which
> requires not just a global shift in mindset, but also that we build the
> tools and communities to make such a society possible. We invite you to
> join us from 15-17 July in Berlin for OKFestival 2014 as we consider how to
> translate Open Minds to Open Action. There will be a number of session on
> open data and sustainability. For more information, *sign up to the **Open
> Sustainability list*
> <http://sustainability.okfn.org/2012/12/06/launching-the-open-sustainability-working-group/>,
> or follow @OpenSusty on Twitter.
>
> *Cleanweb Wild: Biodiversity and the Web
> <http://www.meetup.com/Cleanweb-London/events/181749792/> *(Monday 28th
> July, Shoreditch Village Hall)
> Meet the people pioneering using Web and data to protect habitats and
> endangered species.
>
> *Wikimania* <http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page> (6th-10th
> August, Barbican, London)
> The official global event of Wikipedia and the Wikimedia movement, where
> you'll discover all kinds of projects that people are making with wikis and
> open content, as well as meet the community that produced the most famous
> wiki of all, Wikipedia!
>
> *ICT for Sustainability <http://ict4s.org/> and **Green Hackathon
> Stockholm* <http://stockholm.greenhackathon.com/> 2014 (6th-10th August,
> Stockholm)
> An international academic conference in Stockholm on "ICT and
> transformational change". Sustainable development needs transformational
> changes both in technology and in our patterns of production and
> consumption. This conference continues to explore and shape the role of ICT
> for sustainability, including assessments of both positive and negative
> impacts.
>
> *Behave Energy Conference* <http://behaveconference.com/> (3rd-4th
> September, Oxford)
> Behave 2014 is the third European conference on behaviour and energy
> efficiency. This year's theme is 'Paradigm Shift: From Energy Efficiency to
> Energy Reduction through Social Change' and will explore how energy
> efficiency can be achieved through social behavioural change. It will be
> held at the Saïd Business School in Oxford.
>
> *hack against catastrophic climate change, Hack4Good*
> <http://hack4good.io/>   (12-14 September, Around the World)
> This September, over 3,000 developers will unite worldwide at Geeklist
> #hack4good <http://hack4good.io/>, collaborating with the world's leading
> NGOs, campaigning groups, scientists, government and UN agency experts on
> what may be the most pressing and global issue currently facing humanity.
> We're gathering to hack against climate change. It's a critical time for
> the climate right now, and we believe in and want to show the world the
> power of technology to unite humanity towards a positive and sustainable
> future.
>
> *Disruptive Innovation Festival*
> <http://www.ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/news/disruptive-innovation-festival-2014-20th-october-14-november>
> (20th October -14th November)
> The DIF is an online open access platform that brings to life the
> creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial elements of the circular
> economy.  It will give participants from across the globe the opportunity
> to showcase initiatives, to learn and to co-create.
>
>
> *Videos of Talks*
>
> If you missed one of our events, you can catch up on our YouTube Channel:
>   https://www.youtube.com/user/CleanwebUK
>
>
> *UK Cleanweb Sector Market Survey - thanks!*
>
> Thanks very much to everyone who took part in the survey by Sonny Masero investigating
> the Cleanweb sector in the UK. We had over 60 responses and are
> really looking forward to the conclusions. (And sorry for all the reminder
> emails!) A report will be published by Nesta after this project is
> completed at the end of July 2014 and the results will be distributed to
> all Cleanweb UK members.
>
>
> *Sp**onsors*
>
> A big thanks to CarbonCulture <http://www.carbonculture.net/>, and this
> month Rockstart Accelerator, Amsterdam <http://rockstart.com/accelerator/> for
> sponsoring the events and buying the beers.  Carbon Culture are currently
> hiring, so please contact them directly to find out more.
>
>
> *About Cleanweb *
>
> Cleanweb UK http://www.cleanweb.org.uk/ is a national grassroots
> community of meetup groups, exploring *how the web and information
> technology can be used to tackle resource and environmental challenges*.
> Opower <http://opower.com/>, Nest <https://nest.com/>, and Solar Mosaic
> <https://joinmosaic.com/> are examples of cleanweb solutions. The term
> "Cleanweb" comes from the intersection of "cleantech" (environmentally
> sustainable technology) and the Web. Cleanweb events are held all over
> the world, from San Francisco to Beijing and kicking off around Europe from
> Ukraine to Barcelona. The Cleanweb UK network started in London and now
> has sister groups springing up in Manchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh,
> Bath/Bristol and Nottingham. With over 800 members and around100 regulars,
> the London group is the largest most active Cleanweb community on the
> planet. Cleanweb UK supports the global Cleanweb Initiative
> http://cleanweb.co/.
>
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