A couple of weeks ago there was an attempted break-in at a neighbour’s house. This prompted the local police to drop a ‘Burglary Alert’ leaflet through all our doors. OK, so you’ve just checked the web address and confirmed you’re on the Rhizome blog and not some neighbourhood watch site. What’s all this got to […]
Take a look at Chris Johnston’s latest post: A journey through time, space and Leed’s global justice movement. It would be easy to be put off by the Leeds-specific title and the early mention of the-less-than-thrilling-named Customer Journey Mapping, but hang in there. There’s something here for anyone trying to start, sustain or facilitate activism. […]
I find myself in two minds about the student protest. On the one hand I’m relieved that there’s some resistance and that it’s (at least for now) sizeable. In recent months and years we’ve missed so many opportunities for making change as a nation, and as a species. The immediacy of climate change should have […]
Regular commentator on this blog, Dwight Towers, brought the 30 year old booklet Co-operative and Community Group Dynamics…. or your meetings needn’t be so appalling to my attention. My interest was piqued so I found myself a secondhand copy. I can confirm it’s well worth a read. 30 years on and many of the lessons […]
Emily, from Transition Leicester, and I finally got round to debriefing the Footpaths Community Carbon Reduction training for trainers that we co-facilitated in September. We’re preparing for the first of 2 drop-in evening sessions to give ongoing support to facilitators and wanted to ensure we’d learnt the lessons of the training for trainers. Whilst the […]
Here’s some news in from Transition Networks folks…. Are you a trainer, workshop leader, consultant or coach who teaches people how to get groups to work well? Are you interested in joining a collaborative group sharing good practice and developing cutting edge workshops? Would you like to be part of a group of practitioners offering […]
For those of you in Wales, or with an interest in all things Welsh, check out the Radical Wales website for articles, discussion and a calendar of activism, protest and events.
Rhizome is a regular contributor to the meetings of the NGO Forum, an informal meeting of capacity building and network staff from campaigning organisation that have, or aspire to, a local group network. As a result of our involvement with the NGO Forum, we’re planning a conflict resolution course designed specifically for the needs of […]
An old friend emailed with details of two campaigning courses at Centre for Alternative Technology this autumn, which she’s involved in teaching. They might be right for your organisations or your local group: PEOPLE POWER! Campaigning Skills That Make A Difference Fri 5th November to Sun 7th November 2010 Are you: Part of a group […]
