Dear colleagues The Association for Progressive Communications (APC) is developing an action research network focused on ICTs & Environmental Sustainability. The initiative builds on work in this area undertaken by APC and its member organizations in the last few years. An important part of building the Action research network is to build stronger relationships with others who are active in the field, to exchange information and build collective knowledge and work towards common actions. To this end, we would be interested to learn about work your organisation is doing in this area. We are particularly interested in initiatives in the following areas, in the context of ICTs & Environmental Sustainability: - policy advocacy - environmentally-sustainable computing practices - use of ICTs for awareness raising and education about ICTS and environmental sustainability - use of ICTs in climate change (CCH) mitigation - e-waste disposal and CCH The outcomes of our research and activities will be made available to all who are interested. If your initiatives cover other areas where ICTs play an important role in environmental sustainability and climate change (or dealing with it), do let us know as well. Please send your feedback directly to karel@apc.org so we don't overload this list. Thank you to those of you who have already sent us feedback about your initiatives in the field, there is no need to resend it. * More about APC's research network ----------------------------------- The action research network will generate the research needed to create some basic tools and resources that have the potential to launch a campaign that can transform the ICT for development community into leaders of an emerging movement of environmentally conscious ICT use. APC will approach this work by addressing two exploratory research questions: How can national ICT policy environments in developing countries effectively address sustainability and climate change concerns? How can ICTs be used more sustainability by ICTD (ICT for development) practitioners and civil society organisations? We aim to achieve the above objectives by implementing four inter-related activities: - Mapping national policy environments: country baseline studies - Research into sustainable ICT tools and practices - Developing practical guidelines and check lists - Building research capacity and begin to establish a research network. Looking forward to hear about your work Best regards Karel Novotny Knowledge Sharing Projects Coordinator APC -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karel Novotny working from Montevideo, Uruguay Knowledge Sharing Projects Coordinator Strategic Technologies & Network Development Programme APC - The Association for Progressive Communications http://www.apc.org GSM: +598 983 010 99 (GMT -2) sip:karelnovotny@ekiga.net ---------------------------------------------------- Online Monday - Thursday/en línea lunes - jueves ----------------------------------------------------