Great news from Connor Harron at Western Washington University. He's a Psychology and Environmental Studies major who recently found out about the Margins Movement. He and his partner Max Janicex decided to do a project on Change the Margins for a Campus Planning Studio class. Reports Harron in an e-mail:
Due to the findings of our project, all of the general university computers as well as one of Western's colleges will be switching to reduced default margins by summer quarter. Added up it will be a total of 970 computers which will be being switched to reduced default margins as a pilot program, which will hopefully lead to a complete adoption of reduced margins campus wide in the near future.
Harron sent me a report of their findings, and I'll be posting excerpts from it as I read it. I'm especially happy about their news because of the potential feedback that may become available from their pilot program. I've received several queries from representatives of companies who are interested in potentially implementing Margins, but want hard data about results before they do so. Unfortunately, so far this has not been available - the idea has been floating out there in the ether but no one's actually done a measured study of the results of Efficient Margin adoption. Perhaps Harron's efforts will change that, leading to more sustainable practices not just at Western Washington University, but at other colleges and companies around the country!
