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Proposals are welcome for keynote speeches, panel discussions and workshops to explore some of the vast array of questions this topic raises.. Suggested focus areas, as a stimulus for discussion, are listed below.

Please submit:

• proposal of no more than 250 words
• proposed format – presentation, panel or workshop
• short bio of no more than 100 words for each proposed participant

Send to office@greeninstitute.org.au by COB 16 June 26 June, 2023

Cities and democratic organising:

• transformative democracy in the city – community organising, mutual aid, campaigning, assemblies, etc
• transforming democracy in the city – devolution of power to the grassroots
• “municipal globalism” – the city as the basis for a new, non-state-based geopolitics

Urban ecologies and planning in crisis:

• managing cities in the face of the climate crisis
• equitable, democratic and sensitive urban development – doing density well
• blurring the urban / ecological boundary – “rewilding” the city, multi-species communities, green walls, etc
• challenging the private car – mass transit, active travel, design for people not cars

Commoning the city:

• urban agriculture
• sharing and repairing
• cooperatives
• housing justice, community organising for shelter
• reclaiming privatised space (advertising, malls, roads) for the public
• “third spaces” – neither private property nor commercial spaces, libraries and other public commons where people can gather and not be expected to buy anything

Diversity, social cohesion and anti-racism in the city:

• can this most colonial structure be decolonised? How?
• borders, movement of people, and urban inclusion – eg sanctuary cities providing protection for refugees
• social cohesion and anti-racism by design
• Inclusive, accessible development
• alternatives to policing cities – community safety programs, restorative justice, community building and social investment

The Green Institute gratefully acknowledges the support of our Knowledge Partner for this event, Griffith University Climate Action Beacon.

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