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A new development paradigm for sustainable societies

February 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Events

Canterbury Branch ESR Meeting
Speaker: Tim Taylor
When: 15 April 2010, 7.00 pm
Venue: University of Canterbury, School of Engineering
Lecture Room E1 (in the Mushroom).
We enter the second decade of the 21st Century accompanied by a range of
resource crises and continued rapid population increase. It is clear that to
become sustainable in this new world, our societies will need [...]

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Public Donations for Disaster Relief – Are They Effectively Used?

February 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Events

ESR Waikato – BOP Branch Public Meeting
Speaker Prof. Regan Potangaroa
Professional Engineer & Architect New Zealand
Date: Tuesday 23 February 2010,  5.30 – 6.00 pm Networking
6.00 – 7.00 pm Presentation and discussion led by Regan Potangaroa and/or Ross Copeland
Venue: Room MSB 101, Waikato University Management School,
Gate 7 Hillcrest Road Hamilton.
It is a rare opportunity to have the [...]

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Re-power New Zealand

February 18th, 2010 · Comments Off · Events

Auckland Branch ESR
7.30pm, Thursday 15 April 2010
Room 3.407 of the School of Engineering,
University of Auckland, 20 Symonds St, Auckland.
Speaker: Dr Eric Jansseune is an environmental engineer and worked
for environmental technology companies in Europe, which are
concerned with renewable energies and clean water. In 1995 he
started his own company EWA – TEC (Energy, Water, Air -
Technology) for [...]

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Notice of ESR AGM

February 14th, 2010 · Comments Off · Events

Engineers for Social Responsibility
Notice of Annual General Meeting
Date and Time Thursday 18 March 2010 commencing at 7.00 pm
Venue
Room 3.407, School of Engineering, University of Auckland
20 Symonds Street Auckland
AGM Business
To receive annual reports from all ESR Branches and the Treasurer’s report
To elect the President, National Secretary and National Treasurer
To elect the Auckland Branch Chair Person, Secretary, [...]

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Why do engineers/scientists and economists/policy analysts always seem to be talking past each other?

December 8th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

Date and Time:     Thursday 18 March 2010, 7-30pm
Venue:                  Room 3.407 School of Engineering,
University of Auckland,
Speaker: Dr John Peet
Dr John Peet is a Life member of ESR and a retired Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemical and Process Engineering, University of Canterbury.  His background experience was in the petroleum industry.  John’s main focus in recent years has [...]

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Green Roofs

September 23rd, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

ESR Auckland Branch
Date and Time Thursday 19 November 2009 starting 7-30pm
Where Room 3.407 School of Engineering, University of Auckland, 20 Symonds Street, Auckland ,
Speaker Dr Elizabeth Fassman
Dr Elizabeth Fassman is a Senior Lecturer in Civil and Environmental Engineering at The University of Auckland.  She came to New Zealand five years ago by way of [...]

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Strong Sustainability for New Zealand – a Challenge for Engineers?

July 28th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

Speaker: Dr John Peet
Joint ESR/IPENZ Event
Date: 4 August 2009, 7.00 pm
Venue: University of Canterbury, School of Engineering Lecture Room 1 (in the Mushroom).
It is becoming increasing clear that humans – and especially in the so-called “developed” nations – must drastically reduce their use of nonrenewable resources and emissions of pollutants, if genuine sustainability is to [...]

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Harnessing the Ocean’s Energy – NZ’s Maritime Future

July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

Dr John Huckerby
Chief Executive Aotearoa Water and Tidal Energy Association
When: Wednesday 5 August
Time: 5.30 refreshments for 6.00 start
Where: Wellington City Council Committee Room 1, WCC Admin Building, Civic Square
ESR invites you to an informative, stimulating and provocative presentation on emerging technologies that could be harnessed to supply our energy, address our energy security, create jobs [...]

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The Conscience of Society and Social Responsibility and Simple Answers to Everyday Problems

July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

ESR Auckland Branch August Meeting
Date and Time: 7.30pm, Thursday 20 August 2009.
Where: Room 3.407, School of Engineering, University of Auckland,
20 Symonds St, Auckland.
Speakers John Stansfield and Dorte Wray.
John Stansfield describes himself as having had a life sentence in the community and voluntary sector with no time off for good behaviour!  He is the executive director [...]

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Towards Sustainable Housing Solutions for Maori: UKU

July 27th, 2009 · Comments Off · Events

Date and Time:     Thursday 17 September 2009,  7-30pm
Venue:                    Room 3.407 School of Engineering,
University of Auckland,
Speakers: SHac09 Team, Dr Kepa Morgan, Jing Siong, John Cheah, Jenny Chu, Paul Jarvie, Jason Kururangi, Yuyi Shi, Deborah Teh
John is a PhD student with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Top Doctoral Scholar, and Team Leader for SHaC’09.
Kepa is [...]

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