News: deliberative democracy

Hastings Assembles – Local residents decide together on communal issues

July 04, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

Extinction Rebellion groups around the UK have been running 'community assemblies' for more than a year now, to give ordinary people a voice and way to work together to find solutions to local issues. 

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Different groups and organisations doing deliberative democracy: Who are they and what do they do?

June 18, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

There’s lots of different organisations and groups pushing for a new way of doing politics in the UK that involves assemblies. Here’s a bit more about them. Extinction Rebellion UK Extinction Rebellion UK’s central demand is for everyday people to make decisions on how to move forward in the climate and ecological emergency.

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Didsbury community assembly, September 2023

January 19, 2024 by Extinction Rebellion

XR groups together with other local organisations, charities and community groups in the Greater Manchester area organised the first community assembly in Didsbury to consider the state of the river Mersey.

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Local voices – The Haringey Community Assembly

December 14, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

The exciting beginnings of community building, sharing experience, finding our voices and realising our power are happening. Community assemblies have already taken place in Didsbury, Lincoln and Yorkshire to name but a few. Others are in the offing all over the country. On Saturday 25 November, London hosted its first, curated by XR…

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DIY assemblies at The Big One

September 27, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

The results from the Big DIY assemblies at The Big One in April 2023 are in! Read the summary report, or dive deeper into the detailed outcomes of our three days of deliberation on the streets of Westminster.

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Experiencing a citizens’ assembly: building the People’s Plan for Nature

June 30, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

Guest author: Rebecca Lester Rebecca came to speak at The Big One about her experience being a member of the citizens’ assembly for the People’s Plan for Nature. It was an initiative from the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), the National Trust, and the…

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Permanent Climate Citizens’ Assemblies in Brussels and Milan

January 05, 2023 by Extinction Rebellion

‘Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.’  – Hannah Arendt The beginning – East Belgium’s permanent citizens’ assembly German speaking East Belgium was the first to launch a permanent citizens’ assembly that sits alongside Parliament, in a move to increase trust between…

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Trust the wild card? Initial thoughts on the People’s Assembly for Nature

October 14, 2022 by Extinction Rebellion

The WWF, Royal Society for the Protections of Birds (RSPB) and the National Trust are jointly commissioning a citizens’ assembly to come up with a People’s Plan For Nature. In their own words, this alliance of some of the UK’s largest nature conservation charities will be collaborating with the public…

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Environmental Justice Commission invites citizens to the table

July 26, 2021 by Extinction Rebellion

From its very beginning Extinction Rebellion’s Third Demand for a Citizens’ Assembly on Climate and Ecological Justice has called for the voices of citizens, people with different life experiences, to be party to decision making. Having brought it to the forefront, many have joined this call to revive democracy. A…

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