Creating democracy from the bottom up for a better and sustainable world

Friday, 23 October 2026 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Kevin Brennan shares his knowledge and experience in democratic community governance, including the forms this might take and what is required to make it happen.

He draws on real-life examples from his involvement in Moonee Valley Sustainability

 

References

 Moonee Valley Sustainability website: https://mvsustainability.org.au/

Lyn Carson & Stephen Elstub 2019, Comparing participative and deliberative democracy, New Democracy Foundation, Newcastle: https://www.newdemocracy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/RD-Note-Comparing-Participatory-and-Deliberative-Democracy.pdf

Mark & Paul Engler 2016, This is an uprising, Nation Books, New York.

Jon Hawkes 2001, The Fourth Pillar: Culture’s essential role in public planning, Cultural Development Network, Melbourne: https://culturaldevelopment.net.au/about/publications/publications-research/fourtBill Moyer, Doing Democracyh-pillar/

Bill Moyer 2001, Doing democracy – The Map Model for organising social movements, New Society, Gabriola Island BC.

Thomas E. F. & Louis W. R. 2013, ‘Doing democracy: The social psychological mobilisation and consequences of collective action’, Social Issues and Policy Review, 7(1), 173–200. (Murdoch University)

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am
Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.

Presenter

Jennifer Borrell & Jacques Boulet

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