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Collaborations between- Users- Designers- Programmers- Artists & Scientists

Publish or Perish => Demo or Die

• Persoonlijke, locatiegebonden herinneringen• Uitnodigend meubel, eenvoudige invoer• ‘Rondreizend’ langs bibliotheken• Contextuele ‘oral history’ database • In 2008: interactie tussen ouderen en jongeren

REGISTER van de DAG van GISTER

DEMOCRATIC PARADOX

(Almost) anyone agrees that we need radical changesto foster sustainable development, but at the moment only small changes are feasible thanks to the political landscape (thank God :).

Therefore we need to:•Activate and facilitate individuals•Expose and explain consequences of behaviour•Accomodate differences•Help people (US!) to discover their own relationship to the environment, as is fit to individual life styles

Change itself needs to be sustainable.

Affordances

• Efficiency & Money– Reduce energy consumption & waste– Planning of low-cost and low-emission trips

• Health and Safety– Choosing where to live– Create a greener environment– Improving air quality

• Meaning and Fun– Make the world a better place– Include game and goal setting principles

• Connections and Belonging– Become member of a community– Create a podium to stand on and get heard

POWER MAPPINGDIY MICROGENERATION

QURRENT:GREEN CHALLENGE WINNER OF 2007

http://www.qurrent.com/

OPEN CONTENT

OPEN SOFTWARE

OPEN HARDWARE

Green City Labhttp://fablab.waag.org/?q=project_logs/1134

USB BIKE CHARGER

Personal Power Planthttp://www.instructables.com/id/personal-powerPlant/

EcoMap Amsterdam

• Result– A platform for data acquisition, aggregation and presentation– for sustainable development and ecological data– increasing awareness and leading to behavioral change

• We build on EcoMap San Francisco and add– Real-time and dynamic data entry and visualization– Personal profiles and ability to compare and set goals– People as sensors / lifestyle elements

• With the benefits for the users of– Increasing overall health and quality of life– Cost reduction & increased efficiency and logistics– Increased sense of belonging, achievement & fun

GELUIDSNET(SOUNDNET)

ELEMENTS

SENSORS

Pigeon Blog by Beatriz da Costahttp://www.pigeonblog.mapyourcity.net/

Montre Verte - FING

Picture: Fabien Girardin

Montre Verte - FING

HURDLES

• Existing organisationsdefending their positions– Municipalities– Health Care Organisations– Commercial interests

• Apparent lack of alternatives forcivilians: what to do?

• Measurement problems• Cost and quality of sensors• Ownership and maintenance

PERSONAL TRAVEL AGENT

INCLUSIVE ROUTES

CineGrid Workshop

Frank Kresin

E-mail:frank@waag.org

Partners

Geluidsnet / FING / Waag Society / TNO / CISCOCity of Amsterdam

SUSTAINABILITY

Definition by Brundtland Commission

“Sustainable development is development that meets the need for the present without compromising the

ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brundtland_Commission