Grassroots Environment Network

Australian Grassroots Environment
Network

tuesday workshop
Outcomes

What do we need?

• A network that links groups state/nationally
  
• able to facilitate skill/knowledge & resource sharing
  
• grassroots Organising
  
• strong & present to local groups
  
• inclusive of all
  
• successful
  
• fun
  
• email list
  
• opportunities to create relationships with each other
  
• let other people know about us
  
• not to (?)
  
• A Platform? - an environmentally sustainable world & just society
  

How Will it Look?

• A Federation
  
• Linking Local groups and Affinity groups
  
• Network vs Affinity vs Collective
  
• ASEN, but better. Not limited by collectives, but by local groups
  
• Bioregional Structure vs Geographic? indig? OR
  
• Natural organic structure don't want to contain groups geographically?
  
• No Structural imposition
  
• Grassroots
  

• Communication
  
• chats about this in our local area, and reports back
  
• get the fast (first?) email happening
  
• state-based ?
  
  • Response (to NSW): lets' (something – destroy?disclose?) borders
• Not constrain, but no specific campaign for geographic diversity
  

who does what?

• Ned -> Email List
  
• contact the melbourne 2001 conference