Papers & Presentations
The Sustainable Wellington (New Zealand) Net: The Development of an Electronic Network
Mike Ennis & Tom Robinson , Wellington, New Zealand
The Sustainable Wellington Net is an outgrowth of a wider proposal (which is still being developed) for a physical 'Green Centre' in Wellington. The aim of this centre will be to promote and facilitate sustainable development in Wellington:- on an individual, community, business and governmental level.
As the realities of funding meant that the physical Green Centre was going to be a long term project, the organising committee looked at other options for promoting these aims which could be implemented in a shorter time frame. It was decided to use the communication and information sharing potential of the Internet to set up a 'Virtual Green Centre', which could fulfil many of the functions of a physical Green Centre but at a level of cost that meant it could be set up very quickly and maintained relatively easily.
This paper will look at the development of this Virtual Green Centre:
- The initial info gathering on the needs of groups.
- The gathering of info on the wide range of small groups in Wellington.
- The formulation of our mission statement and the initial design of the website.
- The development of the website.
- Feedback from user groups.
- Directions for the future development of the website.