We think most organisations can be better at what and how they do things. We specialist in decision making by consensus, conflict resolution, facilitation and participative ways of working, co-op development and a host of other relational skills. We recognise that most of our potential collaborators are skint or exist on shoestring budgets. As we […]
Nelson Mandela has been laid to rest. Countless words have been written about his life and his legacy, and with good cause. I’m not going to try to add too many more to that count. What’s clear is that he (and those around him) inspired a nation to act against expectations, against self-interest, for a […]
Solidarity Activism Workshop, Sunday 1st December 2013, 12-6, Leeds University Union A space for reflection on our experiences of solidarity activism and working mindfully with communities facing oppression/opposing environmental destruction. This workshop is not a training. It will not tell you ‘how to do solidarity activism in ten easy steps’ but it will allow experienced […]
Democracy’s a word that can divide almost any group of people. What does it mean? Is what we do now real democracy? Is there one right way? Here’s a nice video (4 mins) about one town’s experiment with participatory democracy. What do you reckon? hat tip to NatCAN
Our journey through the community that is the Rhizome blog wouldn’t be complete without talking to the blogger Dwight Towers. We’ve interacted with his blog, and he with ours for almost as long as we’ve been around. Here’s a brief interview: It’s obvious from your blog that you’re an avid reader. So… your favourite dystopian […]
We recently asked readers of the blog to become contributors. Not only are we fascinated to find out who you all are, what you do with your time, and why, but we thought you’d enjoy sharing the discovery. It’s always a risk asking for participation – even from a community who in one way or […]
Ilana, from Labour Behind the Label, kindly sent us a blog post with their perspective of the session we facilitated for them a few weeks ago (which we wrote briefly about a few posts ago). Always great to hear directly from the people we work with on our blog – positive and not so positive […]
The Rhizome blog’s been kind of quiet of late. One thing that might change that is you. We asked ourselves what was stopping us posting, and for some of us it’s as simple as not knowing enough about who you are and what you want. So why not tell us? In fact, why not use […]
Diversity & Oppression in Grassroots Organising. Seeds for Change workshop 15th – 17th November (Buckinghamshire, 25mins from London) 28th Feb – 2nd March (Leeds) “If you have come to help me, you are wasting your time; but if you are here because your liberation is bound up with mine, then let us work together.” Lila […]
A few weeks ago I spent a weekend with Labour Behind the Label a Bristol based co-operative who campaign to support garment workers. They focus on efforts worldwide to improve working conditions and campaign on a range of issues, from getting compensation for the survivors of the Rana Plaza disaster to fighting for a living […]
