Progressive Roundtable - Energy/Global Warming

Network-Centric Advocacy

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:48:48 -0500

Author:
Martin Kearns

Description:

Increasingly, as the Internet becomes more powerful, individuals are by-passing the work of established parties and organizations with their own online campaigns. Individuals, groups and organizations are generating their own news without the benefit of mainstream media. Some traditional ways of doing business are coming to an end. For those concerned with building an active citizenry, these changes need to be understood and harnessed.
The attached paper on Netcentric Advocacy aims to:
* describe the shifts in the field and open discussion of new roadmaps to operate in a connected society;discuss how networks of people are coming together to affect change, and how to make those networks come together in the first place; and what this means for those who support them.
* detail new directions to improve, accelerate, leverage and direct the positive trends in engagement. The discussion will help strategists understand the emerging trends, what makes them work, and explore ways to build network capacity as opposed to organizational capacity.
* introduce some innovative projects that stem from the strategic application of the concepts. (i.e. www.MediaVolunteer.org : Distributed media research)

Link to External Document:
http://activist.blogs.com/networkcentricadvocacypaper.pdf

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

"Movement as Network: Connecting People and Organizations in the Environmental Movement"

Tue, 07 Mar 2006 11:34:55 -0500

Author:
Gidion Rosenblatt

Description:
This piece represents much of the philosophical underpinning of ONE/Northwest’s work in the decade ahead. Presented here in brief are its core ideas: The environmental movement is not just some vague concept, but an actual entity. It is a network, made up of very real interconnections between people and organizations; a networked whole that is greater than the sum of its individual parts.

Link to External Document:
http://www.movementasnetwork.org/MovementAsNetwork-final-1.0.pdf

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

New Energy for States: Energy-Saving Policies for Governors and Legislators

Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:10:24 -0500

Author:
Apollo Alliance

Description:
This groundbreaking new report, released by the Apollo Alliance, describes successful state-based clean energy solutions. It chronicles scores of proven clean energy solutions that are working in states across America. From clean power sources to fuel efficiency to smart growth, New Energy for States highlights the best clean energy policies our states have enacted.

Link to External Document:
www.apolloalliance.org/state_and_local/statepolicy_report.cfm

Attached Document:
new energy for states.pdf (508.98 KB)

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

"Planet Earth, Year 2050"

Wed, 25 Jan 2006 21:31:37 -0500

Author:
Traci Hukill

Description:
This short paper reports highlights of the U.N.-backed Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MA), and gives a link to the full report. The MA's conclusion is that fundamental changes, in practice and policy, can protect us from the worst consequences of overpopulation and climate change. Four scenarios for possible responses to these major global threats are developed; each shows a mixture of positive and negative outcomes by 2050. The MA is described as "the most thorough survey of global ecosystems ever undertaken. It's also the first report of its kind to link ecosystem health to human well-being, and in so doing strikes the rich, rich vein of human self-interest. Showing people what's in it for them is a great way to get something done."

Link to External Document:
www.truthout.org/issues_06/012506EB.shtml

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

Document Source and Bibliographical Information:
Alternet.org, January 25, 2006

"The Soul of Environmentalism: Rediscovering Transformational Politics in the 21st Century"

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 12:32:05 -0500

Author:
Michel Gelobter, et al.

Description:
A positive article about how the environmental movement can become more relevant to the broad public by addressing issues of race, socioeconomic class, and civil rights.

Link to External Document:
www.rprogress.org/soul/soul.pdf

Attached Document:
gelobter-soul.pdf (237.43 KB)

Resource Access:
Available to the General Public

Document Source and Bibliographical Information:
Oakland, CA: Redefining Progress (n.d.)