Apr 16, 2014 | Arts and placemaking, Community Engagement, People, place & governance, Planning, Sustainability, Urban green space, Walking, Waste
Don’t you love autumn? It’s the perfect time for another Jane’s Walk Melbourne! Join me for a Very Public Doddlejot through the CBD on Saturday 3rd May. If you’re a bit puzzled by jotting, or doddling and want to get a feel for the kind of walk...
Feb 28, 2014 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, People, place & governance
The pic featured on this blog is the opening slide of a presentation I gave to a VLGA forum ‘Community engagement in Local Government, where have we been, where are we going?’ in March 2014. So here’s a classic piece of graffiti on public interest...
Dec 3, 2013 | Collaborating, Food, Health, People, place & governance, Stakeholder engagement
What kind of change do you see when good stakeholder alliances are at work? A recent Food Alliance gathering heard from Kindling Trust Manchester’s Chris Walsh. He said their alliance has enabled: Generation of detailed technical knowledge and evidence...
Nov 22, 2013 | Joint effort - climate adaptation, People, place & governance, Planning, Sustainability, Urban green space
New York’s Highline is a magnificent urban green space. Here’s my favourite planting. Did you know Sydney has an 1854 rail line between Broadway and Darling Harbour? Now the city is looking to develop its Goods Line, linking key locations and increasing...
Nov 19, 2013 | Advisory committee, Citizen committees, Deliberative, People, place & governance, Sustainability
After two years focused on the workings of citizen committees I joined a community advisory committee myself. Melbourne’s Greater Metropolitan Cemetery Trust (GMCT) services a huge community. That’s Altona to Lilydale and Fawkner. The diversity of its...
Sep 27, 2013 | Citizen committees, Community Governance, People, place & governance
A reader of my report ‘The Role and Future of Citizen Committees in Australian Local Government’ says: ‘It’s given me ideas already … like upping the profile of our committees on the council website. The case study material is really...
