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Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT
Nature & Environment

Reducing the carbon footprint of on-premises IT

...Open University's Environment courses Reducing digital carbon footprints of digital assets The digital carbon footprints of our technology assets are split between the carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) emissions caused when manufacturing, storing and shipping the products and the emissions generated through use and disposal. As discussed in the responsible procurement...
Digital carbon footprints and remote working
Nature & Environment

Digital carbon footprints and remote working

...Open University's Environment courses. Digital carbon footprints and the remote workforce Today many companies find themselves at the intersection of two global workforce megatrends – distributed, remote workforces and the phenomenon known as the Great Resignation. These two trends have disrupted the notion of the workplace and the employer’s sphere of workforce...
Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction
Nature & Environment

Joe Smith - Earth In Vision Introduction

...Open University, introduces Earth in Vision and explains why it is so valuable...Transcript Earth in Vision Project Joe Smith Interview My name is Joe Smith and I’m Professor of Environment and Society at The Open University. Introducing the Earth in Vision project We’ve gathered together a body of more than 20 interviews from the leading figures across 60 years of...
Valuing death
Health, Sports & Psychology

Valuing death

...Open University's Health and Social Care qualifications. Death is part of life and is something we all need to face; not only our own death, but the deaths of those around us. Yet many of us are unprepared for this major event in our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed us all to more deaths. However, those deaths were likely to be in hospital with few, if any, family...
Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?
Nature & Environment

Is Donald Trump ignoring the lessons of Deepwater Horizon?

...resources. I served on the bipartisan National Commission that investigated the causes of this epic blowout. We spent six months assessing what went wrong on the Deepwater Horizon and the effectiveness of the spill response, conducting our own investigations and hearing testimony from dozens of expert witnesses. Our panel concluded that the immediate cause of the blowout...
6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales
Society, Politics & Law

6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales

...opened for consultation, and people and organisations across Wales will have the opportunity to say what they think about it. [6 ways to make your voice heard in Wales body] Whichever body has proposed the idea will then take all this feedback into consideration when further developing the idea. There will often be a public response to the collective responses and the...
The Psychology of Decision Making
Health, Sports & Psychology

The Psychology of Decision Making

...resources are scarce. These mechanisms include a range of simplifying and confidence-sustaining mental short cuts (heuristics) that help us to make quick decisions when pausing to undertake a full analysis would be unwise. While these ways of thinking are not the same as rigorous logic or formally rational reasoning, they are well suited to fast-paced intuitive judgements...
Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?
Society, Politics & Law

Rough sleepers in policy and practice: chaotic and off course, or misunderstood?

...resources, both physical and mental for rough sleepers: “I remember coming here in the mornings, like half eight in the mornings when it opens, just like, you know, so relieved to just get in somewhere, and I'd get myself in the shower. Sometimes I'd just stand, you know, I'd stand under that hot shower for about ten minutes just standing there, you know, kind of...