May 17, 2013 | Collaborating, Community Engagement, Deliberative, It's cultural!, Planning
Jane Jacobs was a luminary of critical thinking about cities. Her influence can be strongly felt in the city of Melbourne. I’ve joined in the global celebration of her legacy to offer a Melbourne walk on the first weekend of May. There’s something in it for anyone who...
Apr 12, 2013 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, People, place & governance, Planning, Stakeholder engagement
New from the blogs …. a great piece from Project for Public Spaces on place governance. “Stronger Citizens, Stronger Cities: Changing Governance Through a Focus on Place” states that some elements that can shape stronger places are: Affirmative...
Jul 18, 2012 | Community Engagement, Handmade books, It's cultural!, Translating the scientific stuff
You may have noticed that deliberation often emerges when people are doing things together. Spending time in a car driving to a meeting out of town, participating in a working bee or stuffing envelopes. In a recent workshop, Jade Herriman and I got people cutting and...
Mar 28, 2012 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Planning
Canada Bay is the fastest-growing suburb in the inner west area of Sydney – increased density and the baby boom apparently. The Council has chosen a deliberative process to bring communities into decision formation for the coming four years. The Council will...
Oct 27, 2010 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Sustainability
I met Fiona Armstrong, a member of the Melbourne climate action group, Lighter Footprints, about a year ago. She was looking to develop an approach to community engagement on climate change that would work for people who might be confused by the current debate. And...
Oct 15, 2010 | Community Engagement, It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Stakeholder engagement, Translating the scientific stuff
It’s quite difficult to entice a reader into a book about Climate Change – there’s something so leaden and laden about statistics and science and dispute and above all virtue. So I decided humour would have to help me through. – Ian Mackewan on...
