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...
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...
Sep 23, 2010 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Planning, Sustainability, Translating the scientific stuff
Local Voices continues this week after a conversation with colleague and collaborator Kath Fisher who designed and facilitated this series of forums in regional Victoria. I asked her what she saw as the role of Citizen Climate Juries in our time, when climate issues...
Sep 20, 2010 | Deliberative, Planning
I’ve been reflecting on Rob Carolane’s fear that the Local Voices Climate Jury’s recommendations wouldn’t match the Council’s standards. This is a common anxiety about these processes, and it’s difficult to allay by insisting that...
Sep 12, 2010 | Community Engagement, Deliberative, Joint effort - climate adaptation, People, place & governance, Planning, Sustainability, Translating the scientific stuff
I met Rob Carolane, a community engagement facilitator at the Victorian Facilitation Network’s professional development day this week. My facilitation speciality is deliberative processes. He was excited – he’d recently been a volunteer table facilitator at a ‘climate...
