Envirodigital
Between 2008 and 2018, Hannah ran a company called Envirodigital, which considered how (then) emerging mobile technologies such as geolocation and deep context and webcasting could help us all reduce our own and organisations’ carbon footprints.
Summary of Envirodigital video case studies
Hannah Rudman presents the case study of Claimexpenses.com – a development to help freelancers calculate their CO2 footprint when working with different organisations, as well as claim travel expenses back: Hannah Rudman presents the case study story of the virtual world digital content development that The Scape Trust have created at Timespan Arts & Heritage…
Envirodigital’s work for government
Envirodigital has been working with Scotland’s 2020 Climate group and Scottish Enterprise to develop a response to Scottish Government about how the Creative and Interactive Industries will respond as a sector to Scotland’s low carbon transition. View our report. Envirodigital approached the Scotland’s 2020 Climate Group, suggesting that the Creative & Digital Industries should be…
Five Minute Theatre: co-production with National Theatre of Scotland
Envirodigital created larger scale, but smaller environmental impact, live productions for arts, cultural and heritage organisations, event organisers, and content producers by adding a digital element to them. 24 hours of 5 minute pieces of live theatre from around Scotland were broadcast by us! UPDATE: June 2012 – Five Minute Theatre wins a Critics Award…
Summary of Envirodigital publications
‘Culture’s role in environmental change’, article for The Guardian ‘Green Digits‘ article for Arts Professional Top Tips for E-publishing How to Webcast
The Touring Network builds digital tools to measure CO2 of rural touring
The Touring Network (TTN) works to support, represent and develop professional live performances happening in small-scale venues across the Highlands & Islands. Across such a vast geographic area, from Shetland to Argyll and Perthshire to Skye, the carbon costs of touring to remote and varied locations can be significant – not only are distances great but transport and buildings infrastructure is also often limited. In order…
Interview on Climate Justice – with Dame Susan Rice, MD Lloyds Banking Group
On behalf of The 2020 Climate Group (@2020climategrp), it was a real privilege for me to interview Dame Susan Rice, MD of Lloyds Banking Group, about the importance of #climatejustice and what the Lloyds Banking Group is doing internally around reducing business travel. She spoke also about how the group is helping client businesses to…
The National Piping Centre reduce their carbon footprint through live streaming
The National Piping Centre has been working to raise its live streaming capability and capacity through the support of Rudman Consulting‘s digital development programme, AmbITion Scotland. This case study shows how they’ve increased the reach and scale of live events from the centre, generating a new income stream. And their unusual wind powered assets, the…
Sustainable cultural AmbITions for a low carbon transition
Today the IPCC published its 5th report to confirm that by 2100, the average projection for how much warming will occur is expected to be slightly above the 2 degrees C threshold, considered to be the temperature above which it is considered that climate change will damage the global environment: as well as the damage…
Envirodigital’s CO2 Savings Account App
Envirodigital‘s CO2 Savings Account App is now a demonstrable proof of concept, thanks to the work of two Edinburgh Napier University students: Phillip Scott and Daniel Cairns. The demonstrator of the app, which adds further functionality to the widget piloted by Envirodigital last year, is based around a database and modular web service all on…
Envirodigital project a finalist in national Scottish competition SME Enviro App
Envirodigital is a finalist in the national Scottish SME Enviro App competition – we submitted an executive summary of an app we currently have in development for SMEs (Small or Medium-sized Enterprises) and microbusinesses to help them become greener.
Five Minute Theatre wins a CATS award!
UPDATED: 10.06.2012 Envirodigital’s 2011’s co-production with National Theatre Scotland Five Minute Theatre (#FiveMinuteTheatre) has been nominated for has won a Critics’ Award for Theatre in Scotland (#CATS12) in the Best Technical Presentation category. The Stage quotes judge Robert Dawson Scott, theatre critic of The Times: “For once, it wasn’t the pin point accuracy or the…
Theatre without walls (or doors – or any other barrier!)
[Update 10.06.2012 – Five Minute Theatre wins a Critics Award for Theatre in Scotland (CATS) – category best technological production.] The Stage quotes judge Robert Dawson Scott, theatre critic of The Times: “For once, it wasn’t the pin point accuracy or the polished slickness of the endeavour that impressed: it was the sheer scale of the ambition…
Envirodigital consultant producers of new virtual live theatre project
We’re delighted to announce #fiveminutetheatre! NATIONAL THEATRE OF SCOTLAND MARKS ITS 5TH BIRTHDAY WITH A VIRTUAL 24 HOUR THEATRE PROJECT Today, 25th February, 2011, the National Theatre of Scotland marks its fifth birthday by opening public submissions for a nationwide virtual theatre project as well as announcing details of a series of public platforms aimed…
Envirodigital to run workshop for Scottish Government’s 2020 Climate Group
Together with Scottish Enterprise, Envirodigital is facilitating a series of workshops for the Scottish Government’s 2020 Climate Group, supported by Interactive Scotland and SE’s Digital Media Industry Advisory Group.The 2020 Climate Group was set up to ensure that all sectors of Scotland’s economy and civic society contribute fully to achieving Scotland’s ambitious climate change targets.…
Scottish Government supports digital technology to lower carbon footprint: Envirodigital prompts parliamentary question
The 40+ online viewers looking at today’s AmbITion Scotland live webcast also tested out Envirodigital’s new Carbon Footprint Avoided indicator, on the same day that the Scottish Government stated it supports digital technology to lower carbon footprints after Envirodigital prompted questions in the Scottish Parliament today. The full press release from Scottish Parliament reads: “Responding…
New National Theatre Wales launches – with online social network!
Article: The new National Theatre Wales has just launched with an online presence that is a social network.
Earth Hour: cultural icons help spread the message
On Saturday (28) at 8.30pm local time global icons including Sydney Opera House, the Acropolis, the Bird’s Nest stadium in China, the pyramids of Giza, the Eiffel Tower, the Empire State Building, and Big Ben were plunged into darkness for one hour for the largest global action on climate change ever. The idea was that…
The Age of Stupid is upon us!
So its time not to be stupid! The Maldives, under great threat from climate change,are the first country to pledge carbon neutrality within 10 years. Its the pledge of their sensible president Mohamed Nasheed, but he needs the rest of the world to take heed. The crowd-source funded film and online campaign The Age of…
Building Sustainable Arts Venues
Its the Indianapolis Museum of Art in my sights again, but this week I’m excited by the way they’re focussing on considering their environmental impact. Their sustainability as a 21st century arts organisation is underpinned by their porous attitude and really effective digital audience development strategies (see earlier blog entries). But the sustainability of the…