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VCAN: half day workshop on climate emergency campaigning

11 September 2016 @ 12:30 pm - 4:30 pm

Climate Emergency

Climate Emergency

Set up from 12.30pm, event from 1pm – 4.30pm with a half-hour break for networking.
We are hoping to make it a larger than usual event which helps build our capacity for climate emergency campaigning.
So please save the date and start inviting people who might be interested.

A draft agenda is below. Suggested changes contact Jane Morton, Darebin Climate Action Now

Afternoon tea in the kiosk (rather than bringing our own) as a way of supporting the kiosk proprietors

 

Climate Emergency Campaigning Workshop
Sunday 11 September 1.00pm – 4.30pm
Draft agenda

  1. Introductions etc (10 mins) (1.00pm – 1.10pm) Tony Gleeson (chair)
  2. Why is emergency scale action necessary? Presentation and discussion. David Spratt (30 mins) (1.10pm – 1.40pm)
  3. What is climate emergency campaigning? (50 mins) (1.40pm – 2.30pm)
  4. Presentation: Jane Morton (5 mins) What is emergency mode?
  5. Presentation: Philip Sutton (5 mins) Some examples from history of declaration of emergency or state of emergency.
  6. Presentation: Luke Taylor (5 mins) [Title?]
  7. Large group discussion: What is climate emergency campaigning

    i.      Is it reinforcing and building accurate description of the climate science within all climate campaigns?
    ii.      Is it campaigning for the declaration of a climate emergency?
    iii.     Is it campaigning for a massive emergency-speed mobilisation?                             iv.     Is it all of the above?
    v.      Is it something else? Something additional to the above?
  8. Small group discussion: Does your group do climate emergency campaigning? Which type? If not why not? If so how is it going? Could you do more or it?
  9. Report back


BREAK – in kiosk  (2.30pm – 3.00pm)

  1. Challenges and opportunities – mapping the political terrain (3.00pm – 3.30pm)
  2. Approximately three inspiring speakers, each talking for five minutes or so.
  3. Discussion (15 minutes in large group or small groups)
  4. Next steps. World café style breakout groups (3.30pm – 4.00pm)
    A leader for each table takes two minutes to describe the focus of each table. All of the tables focus on next steps to advance an aspect of climate emergencycampaigning.
  5. Report-back, reflection and conclusion (4.00pm – 4.30pm)

OPTIONAL HALF HOUR TO CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS. (4.30pm – 5.00pm)