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Bristol Techno Footprint Green ICT – Workshop & Webinars

by Stephen Hilton 06/02/2009 in Bristol

We are pleased to invite you to help finalise the Techno Footprint project.
What is a Techno Footprint?
In partnership with The Carbon Trust, Connecting Bristol and Bristol City Council Sustainable City Team have been working with ESD Ltd. to develop a way of understanding and visualising how business-use of ICT adds to local carbon emissions. [...]

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Is it a School day or a Snow Day?

by Stephen Hilton 05/02/2009 in People

Within 48 hours of bad weather hitting the country Directgov has developed a new website exploring ways of letting parents and carers know if their child’s school has closed.
The school closures site is at http://schoolclosures.org.uk (although is temporarily off line) and is looking for comment from the developer community and the public.

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Citizens Show Government a Better Way

by Stephen Hilton 11/11/2008 in People

Show us a Better Way is part of the Government’s Power of Information Review.
Over the last few months, Show Us a better Way has encouraged citizens to suggest creative ideas about how public information might be shared and used more effectively.
The winners have just been announced…
Can I recycle it?
UK Cycling
Catchment Areas
Location of Postboxes (in rural [...]

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Reminder: Innovation in the Community Awards 2008

by Kevin 03/09/2008 in Bristol

The deadline is approaching for the TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards enables charity and community groups throughout the UK to harness the power of the Internet. 30 winners will receive cash grants of £2,000 each to fund technology related projects, as well as technology equipment to help them make the most of the Internet. [...]

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Bristol Competes for Honours in the NOMINET Best Practice Challenge

by Stephen Hilton 07/07/2008 in Bristol

You can wait a lifetime to be nominated for an award… and then two come along at the same time.
The NOMINET Best Practice Challenge is a competition that recognises British organisations, groups or individuals who have embraced the challenge of making the Internet a secure, open, accessible or diverse experience for all.
Connecting Bristol and Bristol [...]

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TalkTalk Launches Innovation in the Community Grant Scheme

by Stephen Hilton 01/07/2008 in Bristol

Do you know a project that could benefit from a £2,000 technology grant?
Charities and community groups from across the UK are being invited to apply for money for technology products and services through TalkTalk’s new Innovation in the Community Awards scheme.
TalkTalk, the communications company from The Carphone Warehouse, is continuing its commitment to making broadband [...]

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Virtual Farmers Market – Join us on 29th May to Help Develep Bristol’s NESTA Big Green Challenge Bid

by Stephen Hilton 19/05/2008 in Bristol

VIRTUAL FARMERS MARKET PROPOSAL
The food we eat makes a significant contribution to climate change, accounting for 31% of our greenhouse gas emissions (EU 2007). If we are to stand a realistic chance of preventing runaway global warming, it is time to rethink our agricultural systems. This project seeks to go beyond the popular concept [...]

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Introduction and the Festival of Ideas

by Jeff 06/05/2008 in Bristol

Hi everyone and welcome to the first vlog in this series – Jeff McWhinney here – I am the MD of a social enterprise, Significan’t (Sign if I can’t), which assists all those of you out there who are manually challenged, unable to use sign language especially those providing a front line public [...]

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Slivers of Time

by Stephen Hilton 29/01/2008 in Bristol

We at Connecting Bristol have been banging on about the potential of Slivers of Time, Homeshoring and other forms of ultra-flexible working for quite some time now.
The idea is to create a new type of employment market place, which gives far more control to employees about where and when they work and at the [...]

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