Posts Tagged ‘innovation’
Lianyungang, Post Waterfront City – Pop. 30,000,000: Exhibition
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on March 9th, 2010
Image: WAW 2009 Exhibition Panels via issuu
The planning & design of next generation living – WAW2009: World Architecture Workshop
Since 2002 the World Architecture Workshop has undertaken interrogation through design in cities around the world. In 2009 the workshop turned its attention to the urbanism of population bursts in the context of water based city expansion in Lianyungang, China. Seven groups each obtaining students from Australia, China, France, and Japan produced projects which address global warming, complexity in the instant city, diversification of traffic systems and the merging of salt and fresh water systems and urban design strategies for the city. Given China’s current rate of urbanisation the projects go on to propose engagement with primary industries as employment generators for recently re-located populations from rural areas. Massive population increase raises questions of identity for a city. The projects thus treat the histories of the city as building blocks for designing new identities for Lianyungang to guide it through the shifts, growth and iterations of change that its extraordinary ambition will bring.
Participating Universities:
-Miyagi University Japan
-Nanjing Forestry University, China
-RMIT University, Australia
-Sanjiang University, China
-Tohoku Institute of Technology, Japan
-Tohoku University, Japan
-l’Ecole Nationale Superieure d’Architecture de Montpellier, France
Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 Time: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
Location: Foyer Gallery, Level 11, RMIT Building 8, 360 Swanston Street, Melbourne
Refreshments provided.
Tags: collaboration, innovation, urban design and built form
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Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation: Call for Papers
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on March 9th, 2010
The ERSCP-EMSU 2010 conference, ‘Knowledge Collaboration & Learning for Sustainable Innovation’, will take place in Delft, the Netherlands, on 25-29 October 2010. Representatives of academia, business, government, NGOs and civil society organizations are very much invited to submit abstracts for (1) paper presentations or (2) poster presentations, as well as proposals for (3) discussion workshops/roundtables or (4) paper sessions that are within the Conference’s scope or themes.
The conference themes are:
1. Sustainable Universities and Higher Education
2. Knowledge Collaboration for Sustainable Innovation, Design, Business & CSR
3. Sustainable Consumption and Production
4. Climate, Energy, Water
5. Sustainable Cities and Regions
6. Sustainable Consumption, Production and Innovation in Developing Countries
All paper and poster abstracts can be submitted online at http://www.erscp-emsu2010.org/submissions until March 20, 2010. Full papers are due on September 1, 2010. More information can be found in the call and on the website. The organising committee can be contacted at conference@erscp-emsu2010.org.
Confirmed opening key notes include prof Tim Jackson, University of Surrey and prof Wubbo Ockels, Delft University of Technology. The conference is a joint effort by TU Delft, TNO and The Hague University of Applied Sciences.
Tags: conference, innovation, sustainability, TU Delft
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Bicycling Achievement Awards: Nominations Open
Posted in Seeking by cyclingpromotionfund on March 3rd, 2010
Making Australia more bicycle friendly requires action, commitment, innovation, vision and persistence. Without the work of dedicated individuals and organisations, many of the facilities and initiatives we take for granted today would not be there. Maybe you know of a hard-working person in your area, a cycling group, local school, bicycle shop, bicycle-friendly business, local council or shire, councillor, politician or an organisation that deserves recognition from the cycling community?
The Cycling Promotion Fund (CPF) is calling for nominations to the 2009 Australian Bicycling Achievement Awards. The CPF believes that recognising innovation and commitment is vital in maintaining momentum and sustaining action around Australia. To achieve this we established the Bicycling Achievement Awards in 2002. Since their inception, the range and quality of nominations has increased considerably illustrating the excellent work happening around Australia in shaping the future of bicycling.
All nominees will be included in a booklet that is distributed far and wide. Winners in each category will also receive a trophy.
Nominations to be received by Monday 12th April 2010
Tags: community, CPF, innovation
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2010 Banksia Awards: open for entry
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on February 16th, 2010
Source: EcoVoice
Banksia is once again looking to inspire and be inspired by examples of environmental excellence in Australia’s most prestigious environmental awards. Banksia Awards are open to communities, business, governments, and individuals engaging in and leading the way in innovative and sustainable practices. We all play a part in forwarding Australia’s development towards a sustainable future and we encourage you to consider the many categories featured in the 2010 Awards Program as well as the Prime Minister’s Environmentalist of the Year Award, the Environment Minister’s Young Environmentalist of the Year Award and more!
The Awards seek out and recognise Australian Businesses, Community groups, individuals and public bodies that are reducing their environmental footprint and using resources in innovative ways. Banksia Awards provide an invaluable opportunity for recognition, and promotion of the leadership that exists in Australia.
This is Banksia’s 22nd year of Awards Programs and we encourage you to make this your milestone year.
For further information on award categories, contact or download an entry kit visit www.banksiafdn.com
Tags: Banksia Awards, behaviour change, innovation
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Rotterdam Eco-Innovation Lab: REIL
Posted in Movements by Kate Archdeacon on January 18th, 2010
Source: Victorian Eco-Innovation Lab (VEIL)
At the completion of his keynote address at the Global Urban Summit in Rotterdam on the 4th December 2009, Prof. Chris Ryan was joined by Prof. Han Brezet, from the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, to announce the creation of the Rotterdam Eco-Innovation Lab: REIL. REIL will follow the methodology, and build on and adapt the outcomes, of VEIL within the development around the immense harbour of Rotterdam city. This development responds to the opening up of land for housing and commercial activity as the functions of the old harbour move ‘outwards’ towards the ocean. The Harbour development aims to set new environmental standards as part of an innovative new zone, known now as the “Clean Tech Delta”. In announcing the creation of REIL, with its collaboration with VEIL, Prof Brezet also announced that the Clean Tech Delta will send a staff member to Melbourne for several months (starting in Feb 2010) to work with the VEIL team to better understand the potential for similar projects in REIL.
Tags: innovation, Rotterdam, sharing, sustainability, VEIL
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Sustainable Home Renovation or Rejuvenation: Summer Workshop
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on January 11th, 2010
Source: Climate Action Calendar
Image: qole pejorian via flickr CC
Renovating or rejuvenating your home? This is your chance to get things right from the outset, to save money and to minimise household energy requirements into the future. Find out about accreditation schemes, sustainable material choices, and eco-friendly furnishing options. This workshop showcases the sustainable design features, building materials, fittings and furnishings of the newly refurnished EcoHouse.
CERES EcoHouse, presented by CERES and Living Edge
8 Lee Street Brunswick East
Wed, 10 Feb 6.30pm – 8.30pm
Sat, 13 Feb 1pm – 3pm
All welcome; Free; Bookings required – Visit the website for details
Tags: education, innovation, sustainable homes
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The Big Green Idea
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on November 16th, 2009
Source: GreenRazor, the GreenPages Newsletter
An innovative funding scheme for eco-visionary Australians
Got a big green idea? Need money to help it grow? Then the British Council wants to hear from you. The Big Green Idea is a new funding initiative from the British Council designed to help put eco-visionary ideas into action. For the first time, in 2009 we’re offering five project grants of AU$10,000 each to people who will make a real contribution to Australia’s environmental future. The Big Green Idea is designed to assist in initiating new projects that motivate people to minimise their own climate change impacts. We’re looking for eco-entrepreneurs with savvy ideas to address some of the biggest sustainability challenges faced by urban communities.
Tags: climate change, funding, innovation
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New Agencies, New Business: Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures
Posted in Events by Kate Archdeacon on November 5th, 2009
The Alfred Deakin Eco-Innovation Lectures presents leading global innovators who are rethinking the future by embracing the challenge of climate change. The 2009 theme – ‘Climate and Innovation – Building the Low Carbon Economy Now’ – links the inescapable challenge of climate change to the spirit of creativity and innovation.
Shaping the Low Carbon Economy – New Agencies, New Business
Peter Madden – CEO Forum For The Future (UK)
BMW Edge at Federation Square Melbourne
Monday 9 November 2009, 12-1pm
Cost: Free (register)
“A sustainable future won’t happen by itself. To achieve it, we need to set out clear, compelling visions of what it can look like, and draw up a route map for getting there. And we need to reframe our economy so that it can drive that transition. Over the last few years, Forum For The Future (FFF) has set the pace for futures thinking on sustainability. In doing so, it’s become clear that we need to focus on the positive and compelling visions of what a low-carbon future would look like.”
- Peter Madden, CEO, Forum For The Future (UK)
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Tags: business, deakins, innovation, new systems/services
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Smart Water Fund: Round 7 Closes November 20
Posted in Seeking by Kate Archdeacon on November 5th, 2009
Smart Water Fund’s Round 7 is still open for applications, with $2 million available for innovative water projects in metropolitan Melbourne and regional urban Victoria.
The Fund seeks project submissions for innovative sustainable water use projects that focus on the areas of water conservation, water recycling and / or biosolids management. The aim of the Fund is to provide support to organisations or individuals with innovative new ideas about water management that can act as demonstrations for others to follow and implement more broadly. For examples of previous funded projects visit the Project Knowledge Hub. Funding available under Round 7 is open to any individual, community group, commercial enterprise or professional research body that is equipped with the skills to implement the proposed project.
The funding application period is open from Tuesday 29 September 2009 until Friday 20 November 2009. Visit the website for further information.
Tags: consumption, innovation, local action, water
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‘How to Make Trouble and Influence People’: Book Launch
Posted in Research by Kate Archdeacon on October 30th, 2009
Source: Friends of the Earth Melbourne
Image via bindarri
This book reveals Australia’s radical past through tales of Indigenous resistance, convict revolts and escapes, picket line hi-jinks, student occupations, creative direct action, media pranks, urban interventions, squatting, blockades, banner drops, street theatre and billboard liberation; including stories and anecdotes, interviews with pranksters and troublemakers, and over 300 spectacular photos documenting the vital history of creative resistance in this country.
Written, compiled and researched by Iain McIntyre. Additional research and editing by Lou Smith. Book design and Photo Editing by Tom Sevil.
Melbourne Launch: Thursday 5th November, 6pm-8pm
With Iain McIntyre and a special guest appearance by the John Howard Ladies’ Auxiliary Fan Club.
Bella Union Bar, Trades Hall, Victoria and Lygon Streets.
Tags: innovation, local action
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