From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Bristol Green ICT Champion – Bristol Wireless

by Matt 25/10/2009 in Bristol

Bristol Wireless is committed to social improvement through the building of a wireless computer network. This volunteer run co-operative research and develop services and products to help people to reduce the carbon footprint and cost of their ICT, including low power hardware, open source software and wireless networking. Bristol Wireless also wipe and refurbish old [...]

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Bristol Green ICT Champion – Ethical IT

by Matt 25/10/2009 in Green ICT

Ethical IT is part of The Ethical Property Company who buy properties and develop them as centres that bring charities, social enterprises, community and campaign groups together to share skills and ideas. Ethical IT specialises in the communication requirements and system issues of the social change sector, and provides tailored, cost-effective solutions.
Key Green ICT successes [...]

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Bristol Green ICT Champion – University of Bristol

by Matt 24/10/2009 in Green ICT

The University of Bristol is ranked as one of the top 10 universities in the UK, and although one of the oldest institutions, it is riding the crest of the digital wave and becoming a Green ICT Champion.
One of the key aims of the University’s IT Strategy is the Environment: to develop sustainable approaches to [...]

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Tech Support Guru

by Matt 21/10/2009 in Bristol

Knowle West Media Centre seeks a Tech Support. A flexible, friendly team player is needed to support the DEHEMS team in Knowle West.
Fifty energy meters need to be installed in local people’s homes and the support role will involve accompanying one of the DEHEMS team to homes and installing the meter and training users [...]

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The ‘E-solated’

by Matt 20/10/2009 in Connectivity

There are 10 million people in the UK still without an internet connection. This one-in-six population are increasingly excluded from the opportunities and conversations of the world. The statistics speak for themselves – shopping and paying bills through the internet make “average savings of £560 a year” and unemployed people who learn [...]

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Martha Lane Fox promotes digital inclusion economic benefits

by Kevin 19/10/2009 in Bristol

Britain’s Digital Inclusion Champion, Martha Lane Fox has been seen widely in the press this week highlighting the importance of internet access and skills, particularly to the Country’s poorest households . The BBC website has video of an interview conducted with HardTalk, and she has also spoken to the Today programme on Radio 4, the [...]

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Seeing your Carbon Footprint

by Kevin 13/10/2009 in Green ICT

Have you ever wonder what your carbon footprint actually looks like? Measuring green house gas emissions gives an accurate, but abstract, calculation of the quantity of CO2 released into the atmosphere but it can be difficult to visualise precisely what this means.

The Carbon Quilt is an online application that translates these calculations into a visual [...]

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South Bristol prepares for National Get Online Day – 23rd October 2009

by Stephen Hilton 12/10/2009 in Bristol

The Knowle West Media Centre is a UK Online centre and as part of the national Get Online Week KWMC is holding a Get Online Day on Friday the 23rd of October.
The all day event will feature:

Prizes for the oldest person participating and for the best story about how getting on line has helped
Open training [...]

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