About Rubida Communications

Rubida Communications is a technical and scientific communications business located in Canberra, Australia.

It is owned and managed by Dr An Van den Borre, who has been involved in technical and scientific communication since 2001.

Dr Van den Borre's professional qualifications include a PhD in biology from the Australian National University (ANU), more than ten years experience in scientific research at ANU and at the University of Sydney, as well as professional training in technical and scientific writing and editing (Canberra Institute of Technology).

Rubida Communications specialises in scientific documents (including environmental, biological, biotechnological and agricultural sciences) and technical documentation (including computer software manuals and procedures).

Affiliations include: membership of the Canberra Society of Editors, the Australian Society for Technical Communication (NSW) and the Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers.

Sustainability

Rubida Communications tries hard to be an environmentally sustainable business by:

• using electricity generated by photovoltaic solar panels on the roof
• having a solar-passive office space design to reduce energy use
• reducing printing needs, using recycled paper and recycling all used paper
• using only water captured in the rainwater tanks on the garden.