Comments for Defra Third Sector blog (public beta)

Comment on Defra research published: Benefits of third sector organisations in waste management. by Dawnmarie

Dawnmarie — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:02:23 +0000

Professor Williams predicts global waste production could double over the next twenty years, and provides some good proposals looking towards 2020: http://www.futureagenda.org/?cat=16

Comment on Regional Climate Projections Training Opportunities by Joe Taylor

Joe Taylor — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:43:37 +0000

Hi Karen, thanks for this. We ran a similar event for the third sector, and posted the slides for that event in this post. You can view the slides on that page or download them from slideshare.net using the link, or if you prefer I can send them to you.

Comment on Regional Climate Projections Training Opportunities by Karen Amsden

Karen Amsden — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:05:40 +0000

I just wanted to know when the full sets of slides from these training events will be made available. I attended a seminar in Guilford on 4th November. But would love a set of slides from the presentations from each day. Thank you very much

Comment on Defra wins Compact Award for Excellence at a National Level by Third Sector team

Third Sector team — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:49:20 +0000

Commentary on the award in Third Sector Magazine

Comment on ACT ! on climate change now by iva

iva — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:02:36 +0000

Quite an interesting comment regarding broadband. Technology can make a difference provided there is easy and cheap access. Besides innovation in the auto industry. Hope Copenhagen conference will bring major outcomes..!

Comment on Meet Danny (the Pirate) Cooper by Dan Cooper

Dan Cooper — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:42:42 +0000

How interesting! My name is Dan Cooper too AND I am involved with “Pirates” here in Seattle, Wa. U.S.A. Just thought I’d sent ya a hardy argggggggg !!!

Comment on Measuring Social Value Conference – share your views on SROI by cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:43:01 +0000

This is an important point to get across to policy makers. They seem to think the ROI on delivering next generation fibre to the home access to broadband to rural people will not deliver a return. Well maybe it won’t for the telcos, but the return for the country, the people, the businesses and the kids will be the true measure of its worth. Too much silo thinking by policy makers, they need to know that the returns don’t always go to the investors but sometimes go straight to the heart of the economy. This country has lost its industries. We are becoming reliant on service industries, the media, the banks, and delivering content. To do this we need a digital infrastructure, not a throttled and capped 1st Generation broadband network using an obsolete victorian phone network. We need fibre to the home. For everyone. Rural especially important because the telcos will take care of the urban population. Currently 90% of the UK land mass is out of range of exchanges capable of delivering even a miserable 2 meg to the people. 40% of the population are currently not able to engage with the rest of the global village. It is a scandal, and is being covered up by quangos like ofcom, who still state on their website that everyone is connected to a dsl enabled exchange. They might be, but it only delivers voice. Not broadband. And in 55 homes near me it doesn’t even deliver decent dial up, and kids are getting detention because the teachers don’t believe they can’t download or upload homework…
… just saying.
please help in any way you can
thanks
chris

Comment on ACT ! on climate change now by cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 07:16:26 +0000

One of the main things that can be done to reduce our carbon footprint is to have ubiquitous high speed broadband for everyone. It is amazing how many journeys that can be saved by access to the etherworld. Anyone with any sense can see IT.
Fight the telcos and the copper cabal and help get fibre to everyone. You know IT makes sense. Say NO to BET in rural areas, laying new copper is a scandal. Lay and light fibre, and cut down on carbon emissions because the rural people can do so much more online if they can just get connected.

Comment on A field day with the CRC and The Co-operative by MJ Ray (software.coop)

MJ Ray (software.coop) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 10:23:40 +0000

Interesting report around my old stomping grounds. One small correction: that co-op is actually called The Co-operative Group.

Comment on A field day with the CRC and The Co-operative by cyberdoyle

cyberdoyle — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 08:03:13 +0000

One of the best ways of reducing energy use is by making sure everyone has an ubiquitous broadband connection. There is no need to travel when the world can come to your door. In August my broadband costing £25 a month saved me over £3000. I attended several conferences remotely, which not only saved me money, it saved my carbon footprint and even more valuable it saved me time. Current govt proposals to deliver 2 meg to rural areas are inadequate. We need fibre to villages, hamlets and remote farms. Otherwise future energy use in these areas won’t be addressed.
chris.