November 3rd and 4th in Glasgow – join us for both or either day.
Book your place here.
Day 1: Politics as Though People and Planet Matter: Harnessing democracy for our communities’ future
Could a world where communities can pass their own laws be coming closer? And what does that mean for Climate Active Communities? We know that most people tend to support social and environmental policies in principle, but not always the parties which push for them. We know that many people are put off getting more involved with politics because it seems unable to deal with bullying and corruption.
- time: 10am-4.30pm
- date: November 3rd
- venue: Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow G41 1BA
- cost: cost per day: £5: individuals, £15: organisations
Through talks and workshops we’ll look at where local democracy is in Scotland right now. We’ll hear more about exciting new opportunities for climate active communities to get more involved. We’ll hear about citizen’s juries for windfarms and ancient commons regimes being brought bang up to date. We’ll hear about alternative decision making models such as sociocracy. And we’ll consider the Scottish Government’s current Democracy Matters consultation – to ask ‘can we do democracy differently to unleash community action and systems change?’
Day 2: Decision making and governance: building a healthy relationship to power
A training day with Claire Milne, Transition Network and Eva Schonveld, SCCAN
- time: 10am-4.30pm
- date: November 4th
- venue: Kinning Park Complex, 43 Cornwall St, Glasgow G41 1BA
- cost: cost per day: £5: individuals, £15: organisation
Healthy, fair decision-making requires a willingness to share power – and sharing power requires an awareness of our own relationship with power. In this workshop we’ll look at the cultural elements needed to support us all to come into healthier relationship with power and build a healthy culture around governance and decision making. We will explore how these cultural elements can be used in our local groups and projects and in our collaborations with local government, so as to make the decisions we need to protect the needs of people and the environment.
