[LINK] Sustainable education with open source and smartphones at Google Sydney

[Tom Worthington]

At the next Sydney Linux User's Group meeting I will be speaking on 
"Learning to lower costs and carbon emissions with ICT", 31 July 
2009, Google Sydney, all welcome:

SYDNEY LINUX USER'S GROUP

Fri 31 July: SLUG monthly meeting <http://slug.org.au/node/116>
Start: 2009-07-31 18:30
End: 2009-07-31 20:30
Location: Google Sydney, Level 5, 48 Pirrama Road, Pyrmont

General Talk

Tom Worthington: Learning to lower costs and carbon emissions with ICT

Tom designed the first globally accredited course on Green ICT and 
has been teaching it via the web since January 2009. The talk will 
discuss how ICT can be used to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 15% by 
2020. Also outlined is how to use the web for running formal, 
university accredited courses using free open source software with 
open access content delivered to smartphones. The Istanbul public 
transport system also gets a mention. ;-)

See Tom's Web site for more information: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/green_it_social_networking/>

Tom runs green IT courses at ANU and ACS. You can read the free open 
access version.

In-Depth Talk
TBA

Meeting Schedule

         * 18.15: Open Doors
         * 18.30: Announcements, News, Introductions
         * 18.45: General Talk
         * 19.30: Intermission
         * 19.45: Split into two groups for:
               o In-Depth Talk
               o SLUGlets
         * 20.30: Dinner

Dinner this month will be held locally, not at Golden Harbour as 
originally planned. Details are TBA.

We will be taking numbers at the beginning of the meeting. If you 
have any particular dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian), let us 
know beforehand. Dinner is a great way to socialise and learn in a 
relaxed atmosphere :)

SLUGlets

General discussion and Q&A about Linux, free software and open source.



Tom Worthington FACS HLM tom.worthington at tomw.net.au Ph: 0419 496150
Director, Tomw Communications Pty Ltd            ABN: 17 088 714 309
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617                      http://www.tomw.net.au/
Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian National University