ABSTRACT
Issues of conflict are explicit in Eriksson and Pargman’s contribution: between the need to be honest with students but avoid distressing them, negotiating with colleagues about the very real changes to teaching required by a high-level commitment to sustainability, and the challenges for students of translating that internalised orientation into the commercial reality that awaits after graduation. The issue of control also emerges strongly in Thomas’ chapter, although here it is the HCI research community which seeks to assert control, bringing to bear its knowledge and expertise on the environmental harms which can be caused by Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment, and the opportunities for better outcomes which exist in Green Public Procurement initiatives. Thomas argues that the HCI community has much to contribute to policy- and law-making in this problem domain, and that should assert itself more strongly to make its impact felt.
