This is a reproduction of an article published on December 13th in the Melbourne Age. Although it was not one of the workshops at the Climate Summit, I found it to be so inspiring and hopeful that felt it was something important to share amongst the Queensland Climate Movement. You can view the original article here.
The Australian Climate Movement: Power from the Ground Up
December 14th, 2008 · No Comments · Movement mapping
Tags: coalition·Collaboration·community·groups·household·inspiration·movement·national·networks·stories
Queensland’s Safe Climate Coalition
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Strategy
This workshop considered the role and prospects for the establishment of a safe climate coalition in Queensland. It used two proposals circulated at the summit as the basis for the discussion, the Proposal for a Safe Climate Coalition and the Proposal for a Global Safe Climate Covenant.
Tags: coalition·Collaboration·emergency·groups·networks·safe climate·urgency
Collaboration: Working Together More Effectively
November 21st, 2008 · No Comments · Collaboration
This workshop identified a series of ways and means for groups and individuals within the Queensland Climate Movement to work together more effectively. It noted the current successes of climate emergency networks around the country, and posed a series of questions about the needs and possibilities for collaborative campaigning.
Tags: Collaboration·connection·dialogue·diversity·facilitation·movement·networks·relationships
Collaboration: The Value of Web-based Tools for Organising
November 13th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Collaboration
This workshop was part of the movement building discussions, and addressed issues around collaboration across the multiple groups, individuals and networks that make up the Queensland Climate Movement. Specifically, this workshop focused on what opportunities are there to work together more effectively, and what communications and network infrastructure do we need?
Tags: archives·Collaboration·communication·internet·knowledge·learning·tools
Introduction to Open Space
November 5th, 2008 · No Comments · Overview
One of the main aims of the Queensland Climate Summit was to encourage communication and co-operation between the wide array of individuals and organisations that are working on different issues of climate change. To achieve this, part of the summit was structured using what is called ‘Open Space technology’. Find out about it here.
Tags: Collaboration·facilitation·open space·organising·participants agreements