When I lived in Vancouver in 2007, teaching and managing a housing research project at the University of British Columbia, I had several interesting accommodation experiences. The first one was terrible: a chronically ill middle-aged couple with a dog who was dying of cancer. They slept with the dog and spent all day in their [...]
This story was prepared in response to the Durham University Colloquium/Workshop, FAITH & SPIRITUALITY IN THE CITY: Towards a Post-Secular Urbanism?, in March, 2007. The event was convened by Philip Sheldrake. As far as I know, no report has been made of that event. It forms chapter 14 of my forthcoming book (with Dianna Hurford and Christine [...]
Today the Gypsy and I were sorting hardware. Nails and screws. It’s been a rough week in community engagement and I had to do something else than listen to bureaucrats and aggrieved residents. I had to get my hands dirty. Get grounded. Living on a building site generates a massive amount of mess. It’s hard [...]
I will be conducting monthly workshops in collaboration with the Byron Bay-based organisation, “Will of the People” at the monthly Sunday market in Byron Bay from 12 noon to 2 pm. For market details, see: http://www.byron-bay.com/markets/ For the local weather, see: http://www.byron-bay.com/weather/index.html At the workshop each month we will work on one of the six components [...]
I held a highly successful KTS workshop in Kitsap County, Washington State on Friday 13 February 2009. Over sixty participants attended. A video has been made of the workshop. For information, please contact Rhiannon Fernandez at rfernand@co.kitsap.wa.us or + 1 360 337 7097
I delivered a public lecture on the topic of Kitchen Table Sustainability in Vancouver in February 2009. Also speaking was my Canadian co-author, Nancy Hofer. Why are community engagement processes failing to engage local people with sustainability issues? And what can we do about it? I took a hard look at current community engagement processes in Canada, Australia [...]
