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This web site is an experiment with local students, residents and public agencies to see if participative governance and more open information sharing between agencies can promote '''healthier waterways in the Whittlesea municipality'''. In a low carbon and resource constrained future we will all need to explore better methods of engagement and knowledge sharing to protect our communities and the natural environment.
This web site is an experiment with local students, residents and public agencies to see if participative governance and more open information sharing between agencies can promote '''healthier waterways in the Whittlesea municipality'''. In a low carbon and resource constrained future we will all need to explore better methods of engagement and knowledge sharing to protect our communities and the natural environment. All Material contained in the web site is published under a '''Creative Commons Attribution licence''' (CC BY licence).


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=The Last Manual for Sustainable Computing=
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= Smart Cities 2021 =
= Smart Cities 2021 =
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= [[Smart Cities 2022]] =
= [[Smart Cities 2022]] =
'''Term 1'''
* [[Smart Cities - What is a Sustainable Smart City?]]
* [[Smart Cities - What is a Sustainable Smart City?]]
* [[Smart Cities - How can we use Environmental Sensors?]]
* [[Smart Cities - How can we use Environmental Sensors?]]
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* [[Smart Cities - Setting up Aquarium sensor in Tech School]]
* [[Smart Cities - Setting up Aquarium sensor in Tech School]]
* [[Smart Cities - Getting to 1 tonne per person by 2030]]
* [[Smart Cities - Getting to 1 tonne per person by 2030]]
'''Term 2'''
* [[Smart Cities - Data Visualisation using the Node-RED dashboard]]
* [[Smart Cities - Data Visualisation using the Node-RED dashboard]]
* [[Smart Cities - Soldering a Water level sensor]]
* [[Smart Cities - BirdNET-Pi Jeremy Project]]
* Smart Cities - Introduction to soldering electronics
* Smart Cities - Retrieving live sensor data using MQTT and Node-RED
* Smart Cities - Use Tinkercad to design components for an Environmental sensor
* [[Smart Cities - BirdNET-Pi Project]]
* [[Smart Cities - Storing sensor data in a Database in Node-RED]]
* [[Smart Cities - Storing sensor data in a Database in Node-RED]]
* [[Raspberry Pi 4 - Adding an SSD to improve performance and longevity]]
* [[Smart Cities - Getting weather data from the Bureau of Meteorology]]
= [[Smart Cities 2023]] =
* [[Smart Cities - Setting up Raspberry Pi for Secure Shell Remote Access]]
* [[Smart Cities - TeamViewer to access the Raspberry Pi remotely]]
* [[Smart Cities - TeamViewer to access the Raspberry Pi remotely]]
* [[ Raspberry Pi 4 - Adding an SSD to improve performance and longevity]]
* [[Smart Cities - Transferring Files using Secure Copy]]
* [[Smart Cities - SQLite3 database]]
* [[Smart Cities - Node-RED re-installation or version upgrade]]
* [[Smart Cities - Arduino IDE installation]]
* [[Smart Cities - Using a Raspberry Pi and Python to access Victron MPPT solar data]]
* [[Smart Cities - Build a Solar PV system with Battery Backup]]
* [[Smart Cities - Freeing up space on Raspberry Pi]]
* [[Smart Cities - Installation of Raspberry Pi Operating System Desktop on a PC]]
 
= Smart Cities 2024 =
* [[Equipment list - Home Automation]]
* [[Smart Cities - Setting up Raspberry Pi for Mosquitto]]
* [[Worksheet 1 - Linux commands]]
* [[Worksheet 2 - Nano commands]]
* [[Worksheet 3 - Redirection commands]]
* [[Worksheet 4 - Experimenting with Mosquitto and MQTT]]
* [[worksheet 5 - Python Introduction]]
* [[Worksheet 6 - Python Object Oriented Programming Introduction]]
* [[Worksheet 7 - OOP Class Car example]]
* [[Worksheet 8 - OOP Class Dog example]]
* [[Worksheet 9 - OOP Class BankAccount example]]
* [[Worksheet 5 - Experimenting with Mosquitto and MQTT using Python]]
* [[Worksheet 6 - Virtual Environments]]
* [[Smart Cities - Python MQTT class library]]
* [[Smart Cities - Setup IoT WiFi Router]]
* [[Smart Cities - Programming the ESP-01 using YAML]]
* [[Smart Cities - Tiny House at Home]]
* [[Smart Cities - Tiny House at Home (Alternate way)]]
* [[Smart Cities - Low Carbon Computing Future]]
* [[Smart Cities - Phone for Seniors with Vision Impairment]]
* [[Smart Cities - RetroPie]]


'''Term 3'''
= Smart Cities 2025 =
* Smart Cities - Wetland excursion to Janefield wetlands
* [[Re-purposing laptops for schools]]
* Smart Cities - Exploring analog sensors - turbidity sensor
* [[Offline Raspberry Pi Repository]]
* [[Smart Cities - Getting weather data from the Bureau of Meteorology]]
* [[Kolibri]]
* Smart Cities - Learn to build and use a Soil moisture sensor
* [[Mesa]]
* Smart Cities - Learn to use a distance sensor to measure rainwater tank levels
 
* Smart Cities - Using Plotly and Python to graph data
= Foundation Licence 2024 =
* Smart Cities - Customising web sites for mobile devices
* [[Smart Cities - Foundation Licence Practise Exam 1]]
* Smart Cities - Adding a Drop Down Menu to a web site
* [[Smart Cities - Foundation Licence Practise Exam 2]]
* [[Smart Cities - Foundation Theory Chapter 1 Questions]]
* [[Smart Cities - Foundation Theory Chapter 2 Questions]]
* [[Smart Cities - Foundation Theory Chapter 3 Questions]]
* [[Foundation Theory]]
 
= Primary School Lessons =
* [[Lesson 1 - Raspberry Pi Introduction and Platypus]]
* [[Lesson 2 - Red-rumped Parrot and Kangaroo Grass]]
* [[Lesson 3 - Frogs and  Scratch Shark Attack]]
* [[Lesson 5 - Junior Landcare Grant and Cheese Chase2]]
* [[Lesson 10 - Temperature Monitored Greenhouse]]
* [[Lesson 11 - Tiny House Temperature Monitoring]]
* [[MPPS Pycom LoRa WAN Gateway]]
* [[Node-RED Pycom Temperature Sensor code Tiny-11]]
* [[Dweepy to record temperature data]]
 
= Secondary School Lessons =
* [[Revegetation of School Wetlands]]
* [[Frogs]]
* BirdNET-Pi
** [[BirdNET-Pi to Monitor Bird Calls]]
** [[Extracting and Uploading BirdNET-Pi Data]]
** [[BirdNET-Pi - Adding an SSD to improve performance and longevity]]
** [[Milesight 4G Router configuration]]
** [[BirdNET-Pi October 2023 Installation for Remote System]]
** [[Configuring Raspberry Pi access for eduSTAR on School Networks]]
** [[BirdNET-Pi installation Dec 2023]]
* [[Smart Tanks for Schools project]]
* [[Water Purification for Drinking]]
* Greenhouse project
** [[Automated Greenhouse project]]
** [[Temperature Monitored Greenhouse project]]
** [[Temperature Controlled Greenhouse using a Fan]]
* Tiny House project
** [[Tiny House project]]
** [[Tiny House design using Boxes.Py]]
** [[Registering a Pycom microcontroller Device to The Things Network]]
** [[Tiny House temperature monitoring using Node-RED and LoRa]]
** [[Tiny House temperature monitoring using Python, Dweepy, Plotly and Cron]]
** [[Heating for Tiny House project]]
** [[Freeboard IO SMC Tiny House Dashboard]]
** [[Tiny House Experiments SMC]]
** [[Tiny House Experiments Tech School]]
* Aquarium project
** [[Aquarium Project Hardware Components]]
** [[Object Oriented Aquarium using the Arduino and Raspberry Pi]]
** [[Sending Aquarium Data via Serial to Raspberry Pi]]
** [[Freeboard.io and Graphing Data]]
* Walstad Aquarium
** [[Dissolved Oxygen and Temperature using Arduino]]
* Solar Power project for Tiny House
** [[Off-grid Solar PV Panel project]]
** [[Victron Solar Power Supply for Tiny House project]]
** [[Victron MPPT Charge Controller Configuration]]
** [[Victron MPPT data using Arduino serial]]
** [[XBee 3 Configuration]]
** [[Building Victron MPPT Solar Charge Controller for Tiny House]]
* [[Arduino Uno Introduction]]
* [[Arduino Uno Example Projects for Students]]
* [[Serial Communication between the Arduino and the Raspberry Pi]]
* [[Add Blocker for Safari]]
* [[Data Visualisation with Freeboard.io]]
* [[Dweepy for Dweet]]
* [[Build a Python Web Server with Flask]]
* [[Ampy to transfer files to Pycom microcontroller]]
 
= Clover and Muffin Save the Planet =
* [[Rabbits use less Energy than Humans]]
* [[Rabbits stick to their Carbon Budgets]]
* [[Rabbits prefer Tiny Houses]]
* [[Rabbits don't drive electric cars]]
* [[Rabbit hate taking baths]]
* [[Low energy appliances for your house]]
* [[Rabbits love farms]] and growing vegetables


'''Term 4'''
= ChatGPT Discussion =
* Smart Cities - Discussion about other Smart City Solutions
* [[Sustainability]]
* Smart Cities - Using data to bring about Change
* [[Degrowth]]
* Smart Cities - Build a Smart Bee Hive using load sensors
* [[Circular economy]]
* Smart Cities - Build a Smart Bee Hive using Infra-Red beam sensors
* [[Energy consumption by Houses]]
* Smart Cities - Build a Solar hot water shower with a LoRa temperature sensor
* [[Water and Food Production]]
* Smart Cities - Build a tiny energy efficient house with a LoRa temperature sensor
* [[Electric Vehicles]]
* Smart Cities - Grow tomato plants in pots using a LoRa soil moisture sensor
* [[Tiny House]]
* Smart Cities - Build a hot greenhouse to raise seedlings
* [[Droughts and Floods]]
* Smart Cities - Build a LoRa GPS litter picker
* [[Biodiversity Monitoring]]
* [[C language]]


= Sensors =
= Sensors =
Instructions on how to build individual sensors that can be used in school environmental monitoring projects.
Instructions on how to build individual sensors that can be used in school environmental monitoring projects.
* [[Temperature sensor]]
* [[Temperature sensor]]
** [[Techschool-temp-sensor]]
** [[Saving temperature data with Node-RED]]
** [[Saving temperature data with Node-RED]]
** [[Creating Dashboards and Saving Data with Node-RED]]
 
* [[Pressure sensor]]
* [[Pressure sensor]]
* Distance sensor
* Infra-red beam sensor
* [[Soil moisture sensor]]
* [[Soil moisture sensor]]
* GPS sensor
** [[Exploring soil moisture sensors]]
* Turbidity sensor
* [[Water quality sensor]]
* [[Water quality sensor]]
* [[Water quality sensor Carlingford Park Lake]]
* [[Water quality sensor Carlingford Park Lake]]
* [[APIs for Water quality sensors]]
* [[URLs for Water quality sensors]]
* [[APIs for Water levels sensors Minnovation]]
* [[APIs for Water levels sensors Minnovation]]
* [[Methane and Carbon Dioxide sensor]]


= Student projects =
= Teaching =
* [[PyCom Setup]]
* [[DATTA VIC Demo]]
* [[Downloads & Resources]]
* [[Raspberry Pi Teaching Introduction for Teachers]]
* [[Google Dashboard Documentation]]
* [[Data Visualisation with Freeboard.io]]
* [[techschool-temp-sensor]]


= The Things Network =
= The Things Network =
* [[Pycom Pygate setup]]
* [[Pycom Pygate setup]]
* [[MikroTik LoRa Router setup]]
* How To Register Pycom LoRa Sensors on The Things Network
* How To Register Pycom LoRa Sensors on The Things Network


= [[Sustainable Computers]] =
= Amateur Radio =
* [[Class Lessons 2024]]
* [[Foundation Theory]]
* [[On-Air Protocols with Amateur Radio Repeaters]]
* [[Learning Morse]]
* [[Exam Questions Review Amateur Radio]]
* [[Programming Baofeng UV-5R radios with local Repeaters and Field Testing]]
* [[Antenna Construction]]
* [[HF Bands]]
* [[Inverted V Antenna]]
* [[Antenna Diamond X-30N comparison]]
* [[Vector Network Analyser]] - Tuning antennas
* [[Digital Modes - Weak Signal Transmission]]
* [[Raspberry Pi Pico Microcontroller]]
* [[Waste Treatment of the ISS]]
* [[Composting Toilets for Moon and Mars Missions]]
* [[Stick Insects (Phasmids) in Space]]
* [[Baofeng UV-5R Repeater]]
* [[Icom ID-52 Repeater Experiments]]
* [[Icom ID-52A]]
* [[Icom IC-705]]
* [[Satellite Tracking using Gpredict]]
* [[Mini Satellite-Antenna Rotator Mk1 - SARCNET]]
* [[ISS Cross Band Repeater]]
* [[VHF and UHF Transceivers]]
* [[Software Defined Radio SDR]]
* [[NOAA Satellite tracking]]
* [[EZNEC Antenna Modelling]]
* [[GNU Radio]]
* [[Slow Scan TV]]
* [[Radio Astronomy]]
* [[Mars Greenhouse]]
* [[Methane Sensor]]
 
= Student projects =


= Transition Engineering =
* [[Project rubbish picker robot]]
* How can Transition Engineering keep global temperature rise below 1.5degC?
* [[People Smart Rainwater Tanks]]
* What is a sustainable computer and should schools be advocating for them?
* [[Tiny House project - Jeremy]]
* Why chickens and rabbits are a smart choice for managing food waste and stopping GHG emissions from landfill.
* [[Tiny House project - Yuvraaj]]
* Bikes and public transport are much better than electric cars.
* [[Tiny House project - Daniel]]
* Smart tanks protect waterways and capture water for local food production
* [[BirdNET-Pi Bencheng]]
* Solar hot water is the natural way to heat water and reduce GHG emissions
* Growing food at school and at home lowers GHG emissions. Why?
* Bees and other pollinators are vital for food production. Learn how to plant a pollinator garden
* Learn how to build a solar PV system with battery storage for a Tiny House.
* What appliances can run on solar PV system when the sun shines?
* How much energy does your house use?
* How to calculate the energy efficiency of your house. What are R and U values?
* Are personal headlamps the future of energy efficient lighting?
* Composting toilets save water, stop ocean pollution and recycle nutrients back to your garden.
* '''Garden like a Nonno''' and '''Nonna knows best''' by Jaclyn Crumpi to read about real sustainability.


= Simplicity =
= [[Sustainable Computers]] =
* [[Urban Food Production]]  
* [[The Simplicity Institute]] - Affiliated with The University of Melbourne
* [[Happen Films]] Stories for a Changing World

Latest revision as of 05:32, 31 December 2025

This web site is an experiment with local students, residents and public agencies to see if participative governance and more open information sharing between agencies can promote healthier waterways in the Whittlesea municipality. In a low carbon and resource constrained future we will all need to explore better methods of engagement and knowledge sharing to protect our communities and the natural environment. All Material contained in the web site is published under a Creative Commons Attribution licence (CC BY licence).

The Last Manual for Sustainable Computing

test

Smart Cities 2021

The Smart Cities course was offered to students in 2021 at the Whittlesea Tech School. Click on individual lessons below.

Smart Cities 2022

Smart Cities 2023

Smart Cities 2024

Smart Cities 2025

Foundation Licence 2024

Primary School Lessons

Secondary School Lessons

Clover and Muffin Save the Planet

ChatGPT Discussion

Sensors

Instructions on how to build individual sensors that can be used in school environmental monitoring projects.

Teaching

The Things Network

Amateur Radio

Student projects

Sustainable Computers

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