Waterbot: exploring feedback and persuasive techniques at the sink
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Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The power-aware cord: energy awareness through ambient information display
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Sustainable interaction design: invention & disposal, renewal & reuse
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Environmental sustainability and interaction
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
The resourcefulness of everyday design
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A bright green perspective on sustainable choices
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Rangoli: a visual phonebook for low-literate users
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A sustainable identity: the creativity of an everyday designer
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Extraordinary computing: religion as a lens for reconsidering the home
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
It's not easy being green: understanding home computer power management
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Understanding why we preserve some things and discard others in the context of interaction design
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
WattBot: a residential electricity monitoring and feedback system
CHI '09 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"show-me": water consumption at a glance to promote water conservation in the shower
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inAir: measuring and visualizing indoor air quality
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PERSUASIVE'06 Proceedings of the First international conference on Persuasive technology for human well-being
Deep conservation in urban India and its implications for the design of conservation technologies
Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
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Sustainability has become one of the important research topics in the field of Human Computer Interaction (HCI). However, the majority of work has focused on the Western culture. In this paper, we explore sustainable household practices in the developing world. Our research draws on the results from an ethnographic field study of household women belonging to the so-called middle class in India. We analyze our results in the context of Blevis' [4] principles of sustainable interaction design (established within the Western culture), to extract the intercultural aspects that need to be considered for designing technologies. We present examples from the field that we term "domestic artefacts". Domestic artefacts represent creative and sustainable ways household women appropriate and adapt used objects to create more useful and enriching objects that support household members' everyday activities. Our results show that the rationale behind creating domestic artefacts is not limited to the practicality and usefulness, but it shows how religious beliefs, traditions, family intimacy, personal interests and health issues are incorporated into them.