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Aussies win tech prize for saving water | Australian IT
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Team SOAK (Smart Operational Agricultural ToolKit) impressed the judges with its unique software designed to help farmers monitor their water usage.
Team member David Burela, 24, said about six months was spent consulting with engineers and farmers and developing the software.
It gives farmers a virtual image of their farms and the ability to work out how much moisture is in their fields and what their dam storage levels are.
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Simplify Garnaut report findings: ACT Oppn – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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ACT Opposition spokeswoman Vicki Dunne says government must get the public on board as it develops policy from the findings.
“I think that what I’d like to see from the report is perhaps something a little more consumable for the average person than the 500 odd page report that there is now,” she said.
“I think there needs to be a lot more engagement of average voters, average citizens on the subject.”
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G8 aims to halve emissions by 2050 | theage.com.au
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THE powerful Group of Eight developed nations have taken a cautious step towards a new global climate change deal, agreeing to a goal of at least halving world carbon emissions by 2050.
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Archive for July 9, 2008
CTO Vision: Adm. Stavridis: Think, Read, Write and Publish, and Blog Too
He went on to say that govies should: “Get out there in the blogs. I’ll see you in the blogosphere,” he stated. He also emphasized that writing doesn’t have to be long articles. Anyone can start by writing a short response in a blog. “Start small and think big.”
The activities of thinking, reading, writing and publishing are all important. I was a very bad writer and generally could not put my thoughts into words. However, blogging changed all that. If you want to learn more, blog.
Take this website. During my MBA I realised that I needed to understand how business can work better in sustainability/environmental area. I took up some courses, read books, read stuff online, used some ideas in my job, however, when I actually started blogging here everything changed.
I understand the subject better. The content needed to be summarised, linked to articles/sources, a structure was needed (like categories), I had to find interesting ideas to blog (more information and reading), comments from readers helped (new perspectives), I made new connections and networking (always useful) and I learnt a lot about the subject matter.
So, if you are thinking about blogging, start now. If you need a bit of help to get started, do contact me!
Adelaide Green Drinks is off to a great start. Even though I started sending out invites just last week we managed to get about 14 people. Out of the 14, there were 3 interesting cases which will determine the way we will grow in the future.
One person came with his friend, another found us through greendrinks.org and the third one was invited by a friend who did not make it to the Green Drinks.
Overall, people were happy with the event and the venue. I stayed back with a couple of friend till 8:30 PM and then headed back home.
The next meeting is on schedule on the 12th (second Tuesday) of August.
I am contacting some other Green Drinks founders in other cities to learn about how they grew the network. I think we will have a bigger event next time.
Overall I am very happy to have got this started.
