From the monthly archives:

June 2007

Waste Man

by Clare 25/06/2007 in Bristol

WASTE MAN, one of six films made for Bristol Natural History Consortium’s Think or Swim project to raise young people’s awareness of climate change, is part of a video competition on Scenewon.
Created by local film maker Nathan Hughes working with young film-makers from City of Bristol College, the competition closes on 30th June. To watch [...]

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Who Wants to be the Digital Challenge Director?

by Stephen Hilton 19/06/2007 in People

DIGITAL CHALLENGE PROGRAMME DIRECTOR – FIXED TERM (18 MONTH)
£46,887 – £50,742
37 Hours per week
Sunderland City Council is now looking for a Programme Director to manage and co-ordinate their winning Digital Challenge Programme. You will need to have experience of engaging and working in partnership with commercial partners and with local communities, communities of interest and [...]

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*UPDATE* Futurelabs: Building fairer futures, challenging educational divides

by Kevin 14/06/2007 in Events

Futurelabs held a discussion workshop on digital inclusion 12 June at the Victory Services Club in London. They are launching a new programme of work on the role of digital technologies to promote educational equality and have recently published two reports 2020 and Beyond and Beyond the Digital Divide.
The event was structured in a very [...]

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Where next for ecohomes?

by Clare 13/06/2007 in Green ICT

How can we achieve ‘zero carbon’ homes? What will the homes and communities of the future look like? Join in this topical debate at the CREATE Centre on Wednesday 20 June, following presentations by local eco-architects Craig White (White Design), Richard Swann (Bruges Tozer), Lucy Pedler (The Green Register) and others. Chaired by former RIBA [...]

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Knowle West: Most Enterprising Place in SW

by Clare 01/06/2007 in Bristol

Congratulations to Knowle West Media Centre, their new building has won Knowle West the title of ‘Most Enterprising Place in South West England.’
The Archimedia Project based at Knowle West Media Centre is the regional winner of the DTI’s ‘Enterprising Britain 2007 competition – an annual national contest to reward towns, cities or areas of any [...]

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The Green Movement

by Clare 01/06/2007 in Bristol

GreenBristol is running two spectacular events in the next few days:
Ten movers, clad in striking green body-suits will perform a drifting dance. This curious happening will spark people’s interest in green mapping.
The first performances are at the Festival of Nature on Saturday 2nd June at 11 am and 2 pm. Last year the event attracted [...]

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Arnolfini, Watershed and the Cube Cinema connect for digital project

by Sam 01/06/2007 in Bristol

Bristol Wireless is involved in a project called XtreamLab along with Psand, Micro-Film and the Venn Festival.
There will be Live streams across the city of Bristol using the infrastructure of Bristol Wireless to send live high-quality video from the Arnolfini to the Cube (Friday 1st and Sunday 3rd) and from the Cube to the Croft [...]

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Change Your World

by Clare 01/06/2007 in Green ICT

Ever wonder how life would be if we travelled in ways that benefited our health and our environment? We’d have safer roads, cleaner air and a better quality of life.
Bristol based Sustrans is asking the UK to change the world, and it’s easier to do than you think:
Change Your World is asking you to [...]

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