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Created: Oct 15, 2008
Updated: Oct 16, 2008
Membership: Invitation Only
Semi-Private
Climate Dialogues
(a.k.a.: Greater Seattle Climate Dialogues)
( Non Governmental Organization )
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The Greater Seattle Climate Dialogues is a campaign of community learning
and discussion that begins with small group dialogues (in neighborhoods,
workplaces, schools, etc.) and will culminate in a Citizen's Climate Summit, where
our informed, collective voice will be heard by local and national political
leaders. The campaign is based on the Citizen's Climate Briefing, produced in
collaboration with our science partners at the University of Washington.
Here are some ways that you can get involved:
- Sign up to be part of a dialogue group, and study/discuss the briefing.
- Bring dialogues to your neighborhood or organization.
- If you are part of a business, organization, or other group, get your group involved as a coalition partner and endorse or help convene the Dialogues.
CommunityDiscussion circles are starting up in these and other locations. Sign up or contact In Seattle
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Discussion materials
The following documents are available. All (except the Facilitator's Guide) are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs, which means we hope that you will re-distribute them widely.
- Climate Choices briefing
- The Citizen's Climate Briefing (PDF) is a 12-page document that covers what every person needs to know about global warming. It has been carefully reviewed and approved by our science partners.
- Discussion Guide
- The Discussion Guide (PDF) is a 4-pager that includes a welcome to the Climate Dialogues, a suggested outline for your discussion circle, and "From talk to action". You need this!
- Endnotes
- These endnotes document every factual assertion in the climate briefing. The notes are organized by the paragraph numbers in the briefing.
- Facilitator's Guide
- Tips for Facilitators (PDF). This 5-page guide gives an introduction to holding a discussion (study) circle, and also explains how to respond to typical challenges that might arise. It comes from our partner, the Study Circles Resource Center, and is distributed by permission.
- FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
- Our FAQ is regularly updated with questions and answers related to both the content and the process of the Climate Dialogues. If you have a question that needs an answer, please email it to info [at] 2people.org.
- Study Circle Action Statement
- The Action Statement (doc) is where your study circle becomes an action circle. This is what it's all about. By sharing your commitment with the whole Climate Dialogues community, we all become more inspired and more effective.
- Study Circle Feedback Form
- The Feedback form (doc) tells us how the process went for your group, and helps us improve it for future circles. Thanks!
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The process is similar to NWEI courses: study circles for 8-12 people, 4 sessions with specific readings, facilator, circle questions. How does it differ?
1. The readings are more factual - statements of problem from the IPCC reports. Solutions are more community-based than personal.
2. The goals are to have a diverse group of individuals in each circle, to have the study circle evolve into an action circle, and to have the results presented at a climate summit with elected officials in Spring, 2008.
3. The vision is that people will read the briefings, share information, and become well-informed and ready to take action. "Most people - including many leaders - have not had time yet to study this issue. It's up to us to brief our leaders and help them step into the leadership that we need from them."
The Citizen's Climate Briefing (available on-line) is divided in four sections:
1. What’s happening to the climate?
2. How serious are the impacts and risks?
3. What are the solutions?
4. What are our choices?
How should we balance the risks of climate change against the costs of addressing it? The choices are presented as four options:
1. Minimize cost: voluntary actions only.
2. Gradual steps: modest mandatory action.
3. Larger steps: vigorous mandatory action.
4. Minimize risk: maximum practical response.
This course would be useful to our joint City/County Committee that will be tasked with devising an Action Plan for reducing GHG emissions. Climate Dialogues has been having discussions with ICLEI about becoming their community piece.
Written by Joanna