[liberationtech] Animating Climate Campaigns ~ Free Workshop / Community Day ~ June 20, 2021

Doug Schuler douglas at publicsphereproject.org
Fri Jun 11 04:09:52 CEST 2021 

(please excuse duplicate mailings!)


This workshop is being convened during the Community Day event that we're
currently organizing for the day before the Communities and Technologies
event. We need "Initiative Advocates" — also community+tech researchers /
practitioners, pattern language mentors and "ordinary people" !!


Please feel free to pass this note along. Thanks!



Animating Climate Campaigns:

Using the *Liberating Voices* Pattern Language to Connect and Start New
Initiatives


A Community Day Workshop, June 20, 2021

Communities and Technologies 2021 Preconference Event


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*[**Entire call for workshop participation*
<https://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/call-for-pattern-workshop.pdf>*]
[**Workshop registration*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAgrahPaX93-uW0i-8I28UqUMk2pPnmZ7QtdqAJBoOf0d-KQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>
*]*



11:00 am - 12:30 pm PDT. People can register and attend this workshop only
but they are also welcome—and encouraged—to attend the entire FREE Community
Day <https://2021.comtech.community/community-day/>, (9:00 am - 2:30 pm
PDT) event as well. In that case they should also register for Community Day
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/community-day-only-free-pre-day-for-communities-technologies-2021-registration-158179724815>
.


Calling for *Initiative Advocates*, *Concerned Citizens*, *Communities &
Technologies Researcher/Practitioners*, and *Pattern Language Mentors*


*Introduction*

Wicked problems are complex societal problems that have many possible
solutions and cannot be solved by any stakeholder on their own. And climate
change might be the most obvious example of that.



Numerous initiatives — from global UN treaties down to local neighborhood
initiatives — aim to mitigate the causes and adapt to the dire consequences
of climate change. However, for those initiatives to achieve collective
impact at the scale so urgently needed, they need to find ways to more
efficiently connect, recombine and scale up their efforts.



In this online workshop, we will explore one way for climate action
initiatives to discover and strengthen their connections: applying the
*Liberating
Voices* pattern language to the thriving ecosystem of climate initiatives
around the world. Patterns in the *Liberating Voices* pattern language  are
activities that have been applied by activists and others who are working
for social change.


Our intent is to focus on but not limit ourselves to the Seattle "climate
action ecosystem", including  the various efforts by a great diversity of
people and institutions from the neighborhood to the city to the state,
country and beyond. After all, what works in Seattle may also work in
Cleveland, Kentucky, The Netherlands, or Bangladesh— and vice versa.


*The Workshop*

In this workshop, we will be working with various pattern cards to generate
ideas and find surprising connections between the climate initiatives
represented in the workshop. A pattern card is an abbreviated "pattern"
which is drawn from the *Liberating Voices* pattern language that over a
hundred people helped develop. Each pattern in this collection of patterns
represents an idea that people have used in pursuit of positive social
change. By following the links to related patterns, one suggested action
can lead to another. By coming up with many such actionable links between
existing and possible climate actions, we should come up with scenarios for
more impactful, interconnected campaigns.



Using the perspectives from a wide variety of "Initiative Advocates" who
represent a range of climate action initiatives, we will generate ideas for
collaborative connections between existing initiatives and ideas for new
activities and projects. These should help strengthen and better connect
climate campaigns in the Seattle region and beyond. By "acting locally" and
"thinking globally" we also hope to inspire similar campaigns in other
corners of our Global Village.



*Approach *

We are hoping to attract a diverse group of people to this workshop. Please
look at the categories below and see where you fit.

   - An *Initiative Advocate* is somebody involved in or thinking about a
   concrete climate action, preferably in the Seattle area, and willing to
   (re)present that action in the workshop.  You may, for example, be an
   activist campaigning to make your neighborhood block go solar,  a business
   person who is trying to make your product more sustainable, a government
   official trying to develop policies that move us closer to sustainability,
   or an artist or musician working to give voice to people and other living
   creatures affected by climate change.
   - *A Concerned Citizen *wants to do something about climate change, but
   may not have a concrete climate action to represent (yet). By participating
   in the workshop, you can get to know and join existing initiatives, and
   afterwards perhaps even start an initiative of your own!
- A *Communities & Technologies Researcher/Practitioner *has a professional
   interest in how to make communities work, using technologies of all kinds.
   By participating in the workshop, you can support issue advocates and
   concerned citizens in strengthening their collaboration and impact. It
   should also inspire you to find new ways to apply your tools and
   methodologies.
   - A *Pattern Language Mentor* is knowledgeable about patterns and
   pattern languages (particularly *Liberating Voices*), and will be able
   to help answer questions, and generally assist and encourage the
   collaborative work we'll be doing in the workshop.

*Registration*

To get the most out of this workshop, we would like you to register in
time, so we can tailor the program as much as possible to the number,
interests, and experiences/expertise of the participants. Please fill out
this *registration form*
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfAgrahPaX93-uW0i-8I28UqUMk2pPnmZ7QtdqAJBoOf0d-KQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>
as
soon as possible, but at the latest by *June 18.*


*More information*

If you have any questions, please contact the workshop organizers: Doug
Schuler (douglas at publicsphereproject.org) or Aldo de Moor (
ademoor at communitysense.nl)


-- 
Douglas Schuler
douglas at publicsphereproject.org
Twitter: @doug_schuler

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