Amplifying the voice of the community – Lighter Footprint forums

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...

Climate system. Poking with a sharp stick.

Oct 20, 2010 | It's cultural!, Joint effort - climate adaptation, Sustainability

I read this analogy recently, made by a scientist back in 1987: “The climate system is a capricious beast, and we have been poking it with a sharp stick” (Broecker). Watch out!

Climate Jury – Local Voices facilitator view

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...

Local voices Climate Jury, a deliberative process

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...