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News<\/h3>\n\n

Spring 2024<\/b>
\nArticle on The Lions’ Gate in the Spring Edition of Permaculture Magazine<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

Winter 2023<\/b>
\nThe Lions’ Gate has achieved a ‘Thriving’ award by Keep Scotland Beautiful<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

June 2023<\/b>
\nSubmitted a mixed-media work to the Small File Media Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

December 2022<\/b>
The Lions’ Gate has been short-listed for the LUSH Spring Prize<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

September 2022<\/b>
We’re working closely with Edinburgh Napier’s Computational Sustainability Lab<\/a> to develop a garden sensor system to support the development of an intelligent bio-dome in our polytunnel.<\/p>\n\n

April 2022<\/b>
The Lions’ Gate was part of a REF Impact Case Study<\/a> that was awarded 4* – denoting research quality that is world-leading in originality, significance and rigour.<\/p> \n\n

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Research areas<\/h3>\n\n

Environment and bio-diversity<\/h4>\n

How do we build abundant, bio-diverse systems that support us?<\/p>\n

Health, well-being, society<\/h4>\n

Re-connecting with nature for restorative health<\/p>\n

Sustainable Interaction Design and Computing<\/h4>\n

How can the digital be re-made sustainable?<\/p>\n

Artists and makers<\/h4>\n

Ecologically-inspired artworks and inventions.<\/p>\n

Community<\/h4>\n

Working cooperatively to develop concepts and actions that nourish the living planet.<\/p>\n

The University as an agency of change<\/h4>\n

How can universities quickly pursue practical solutions to the environmental concerns of our age?<\/p>\n\n

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Publications<\/h3>\n

Permaculture Your University<\/a> (2024)<\/strong>
\nCallum Egan
\nPermaculture Magazine Spring Edition PM119, Permanent Publications<\/p>\n\n

Computing students’ attitudes to environmental sustainability education (2021)<\/strong>
\nSally Smith, Callum Egan, Kris Plum
\nPaper presented at Horizons in STEM Higher Education<\/a>, Online<\/p>\n

Hasten Slowly: Developing an interactive sustainability storytelling chair (2020)<\/strong>
\nCallum Egan, Andrew O’Dowd, Neil Fyffe
\n2020 ACM Workshop: Computing Within Limits<\/a>, Bristol, UK
https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1145\/3401335.3401817<\/a><\/p>\n

The Lions’ Gate: Towards a permaculture-inspired blended space (2019)<\/strong>
Callum Egan, Richard Thompson, Andrew O’Dowd
2019 ACM Workshop: Computing within Limits<\/a>, Lappeenranta, Finland
https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?doid=3338103.3338110<\/a><\/p>\n

Sustainable HCI: Blending permaculture and user-experience. (2017)<\/strong>
Callum Egan, David Benyon
Proceedings of the 2017 ACM Conference Companion Publication on Designing Interactive Systems Pages 39-43
ISBN: 978-1-4503-4991-8
http:\/\/dl.acm.org\/citation.cfm?doid=3064857.3079115<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Permaculture as a foundation for sustainable interaction design and UX. (2017)<\/strong>
Callum Egan, David Benyon, Richard Thompson
Proceedings of British HCI 2017 \u2013 Digital Make-Believe, Sunderland, UK
https:\/\/ewic.bcs.org\/content\/ConWebDoc\/59221<\/a><\/p>\n\n

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Books available on The Lions’ Gate Bookshelf at Merchiston Library<\/h3>\n\n

Teaming with microbes: the organic gardener’s guide to the soil food web<\/b> by Jeff Lowenfels & Wayne Lewis.<\/p>\n\n

Plants for a future: edible & useful plants for a healthier world<\/b> by Ken Fern.<\/p>\n\n

Silent spring<\/b> by Rachel Carson.<\/p>\n\n

Ancient Futures: Learning from Ladakh<\/b> by Helena Norberg-Hodge.<\/p>\n\n

Do it Yourself 12 Volt Solar Power<\/b> by Michel Daniek.<\/p>\n\n

The transition companion: making your community more resilient in uncertain times<\/b> by Rob Hopkins. <\/p>\n\n

The permaculture city: regenerative design for urban, suburban, and town resilience<\/b> by Toby Hemenway.<\/p>\n\n

Permaculture design : a step-by-step guide<\/b> by Aranya.<\/p>\n\n

The Perception of the Environment: Essays on Livelihood, Dwelling and Skill<\/b> by Tim Ingold.<\/p>\n\n

Cradle to cradle: remaking the way we make things<\/b> by William McDonough & Michael Braungart. <\/p>\n\n

The earth care manual: a permaculture handbook for Britain & other temperate climates<\/b> by Patrick Whitefield.<\/p>\n\n

Mycelium running: how mushrooms can help save the world<\/b> by Paul Stamets.<\/p>\n\n

Timeless way of building<\/b> by Christopher Alexander.<\/p>\n\n

The Permaculture Garden<\/strong> by Graham Bell.<\/p>\n\n

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Other key texts<\/h3>\n\n

Telecommunication Networks: Economy, ecology, rule<\/strong>
Cubitt S
Theory Culture and Society (2014)<\/p>\n\n

Wayfinding: A conceptual framework<\/strong>
Passini R
Urban Ecology (1981)<\/p>\n\n

Where The Action Is<\/strong>
Dourish P
The Foundations Of Embodied Interaction (2004)<\/p>\n\n

Re-Space-ing Place : \u201cPlace\u201d and \u201cSpace\u201d Ten Years On<\/strong>
Dourish P (2006)<\/p>\n\n

Sustainable interaction design<\/strong>
Blevis E
Proceedings of the SIGCHI conference on Human factors in computing systems – CHI ’07 (2007)<\/p>\n\n

Responsibilities and Implications: Further Thoughts on Ethnography and Design<\/strong>
Dourish P
Proceedings of the 2007 conference on Designing for User eXperiences (2007)<\/p>\n\n

A Cautious Prometheus? A Few Steps Toward a Philosophy of Design<\/strong> (with Special Attention to Peter Sloterdijk)
Latour B
Design History Society (2008)<\/p>\n\n

Nourishing the ground for sustainable HCI: considerations from ecologically engaged art<\/strong>
DiSalvo, C., Boehner, K., Knouf, N. A., & Sengers P
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM. (2009)<\/p>\n\n

The new world of the anthropocene<\/strong>
Zalasiewicz J Williams M Steffen W et.al.
Environmental Science and Technology (2010)<\/p>\n\n

HCI and environmental sustainability: the politics of design and the design of politics<\/strong>
Dourish P
Proceedings of the 8th ACM Conference on Designing Interactive Systems . ACM. (2010)<\/p>\n\n

Making food, producing sustainability<\/strong>
Hirsch T Sengers P Blevis E et.al.
Proceedings of the 28th of the international conference extended abstracts on Human factors in computing systems – CHI EA ’10 (2010)<\/p>\n\n

Mapping the landscape of sustainable HCI<\/strong>
DiSalvo C Sengers P Brynjarsd\u00f3ttir H
Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Human factors in computing systems (2010)<\/p>\n\n

What if sustainability doesn’t work out?<\/strong>
Tomlinson B Patterson D Pan Y et.al.
Interactions (2012)<\/p>\n\n

Retrofitting the Suburbs for the Energy Descent Future<\/strong>
Holmgren D (2012)<\/p>\n\n

Sustainably unpersuaded: How Persuasion Narrows Our Vision of Sustainability<\/strong>
Brynjarsdottir H H\u00e5kansson M Pierce J et.al.
Proceedings of the 2012 ACM annual conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – CHI ’12 (2012)<\/p>\n\n

Collapse informatics: augmenting the sustainability & ICT4D discourse in HCI<\/strong>
Tomlinson B Silberman M Patterson D et.al.
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on human factors in computing systems (2012)<\/p>\n\n

Collapse informatics and practice<\/strong>
Tomlinson B Blevis E Nardi B et.al.
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (2013)<\/p>\n\n

Exploring sustainability research in computing<\/strong>
Knowles B Blair L Hazas M et.al.
Proceedings of the 2013 ACM international joint conference on Pervasive and ubiquitous computing – UbiComp ’13 (2013)<\/p>\n\n

A sustainable design fiction: Green practices<\/strong>
Wakkary R Desjardins A Hauser S et.al.
ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction (TOCHI) (2013)<\/p>\n\n

Next Steps for Sustainable HCI<\/strong>
Silberman M Nathan L Knowles B et.al.
Interactions (2014)<\/p>\n\n

Anthropology at the Time of the Anthropocene<\/strong> – a personal view of what is to be studied
Latour B
Distinguished lecture at the AAA meeting in Washington (2014)<\/p>\n\n

Spaces of Interaction, Places for Experience<\/strong>
Benyon D
Synthesis Lectures on Human-Centered Informatics (2014)<\/p>\n\n

What have we learned? A SIGCHI HCI & sustainability workshop<\/strong>
Silberman M Nathan L Blevis E et.al.
Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems – Proceedings (2014)<\/p>\n\n

Rethinking plan A for sustainable HCI<\/strong>
Knowles B Blair L Coulton P et.al.
Proceedings of the 32nd annual ACM conference on Human factors in computing systems – CHI ’14 (2014)<\/p>\n\n

Plant Guild Composer : An Interactive Online System to Support Back Yard Food Production<\/strong>
Norton J Burke S Tomlinson B
Chi’14 (2014)<\/p>\n\n

Ecological Perspectives in HCI: Promise, Problems, and Potential<\/strong>
Blevis E B\u00f8dker S Flach J et.al.
Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI’15 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2015)<\/p>\n\n

Expanding the Boundaries: A SIGCHI HCI & Sustainability Workshop<\/strong>
Clear A Preist C Joshi S et.al.
Extended Abstracts of the ACM CHI’15 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (2015)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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