The Social Benefits of Engaging Diverse Audiences To Sustainability.
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The Social Benefits of Engaging Diverse Audiences
To Sustainability
“... talent for speaking differently, rather than for arguing well, is the chief instrument of cultural change.”
-Richard Rorty, philospher
Dominant Silo (Adversarial) Thinking
Economy
Society Environment
VS
You never change things by fighting against the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model
obsolete.
- Buckminster Fuller
Systems thinking
Reframe as It Needs to Make Sense
Visioning
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea."
-Antoine de Saint Exupery
Backcasting
Roles of Environmental Communication
Engage your Audience:Recycling or Sorting Trash?
Common Southeast Alaska attire. Chris Hatton 2013
Connect to their values
Connecting to Values
• "Every Albertan has a stake in the quality of our air and it is imperative the economic growth does not compromise Alberta's right to breathe clean air!”
• -Danielle Smith, Wildrose Leader, 2010
Effective Engagement
• Assume that others may not share your values and worldviews. Ask, listen and find out what is important to others.
• Use local language that speaks to local values. • Complete feedback loops • Communicate face to face as much as possible
Invite Rethinking, Valuing All Opinions
The Purple Thistle Food Forest, Summer 2012
Empowering
• This had implications for the way they saw the world around them, and the way they engaged in the built environment.
• Collaboration builds bridges showing your opinion matters.
Communities Build Resilience
Thank you!
Contact
Dr. Liza Ireland Acting Program Head, MA in Environmental Education and
Communication ProgramRoyal Roads University250 896-4292Liza.Ireland@royalroads.ca
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