Area one is about the basics of sustenance. We can all benefit from a return to basics now and then. How many hours sleep do you function well on? If you don’t know this for sure, work it out. For the average healthy person if you have too much sleep you may feel sluggish, too little you may feel depleted. Clearly there are a range of things that impact whether we feel a little sluggish or depleted but by paying attention over time you will discern your magic number of sleep hours (give or take!).
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SERIES: Engaging about place with transient youth
Community engagement is often specific – about a particular community, about a place. In many Council planning projects, we tend to ask the question: what do you want to see for your community/council area in 5 years, 10 years, 20 years? This question, of course, meets each person in a different way depending on their relationship to the place. How, then, does it meet the young people we seek to engage?
VROOMING...IT'S THE NEW BEST THING
As we start ‘spreading our wings’ and facilitating more face-to-face sessions we are finding new ways to mix up our processes and blending our insights from the last 12 months. As a result we have coined a new term ‘vrooming’ – this is when we blend mixed the face-to-face and virtual facilitation at the same time to bring the best of both worlds together.
CASE STUDY: BARWON WATER
FINDING THE BEST (ONLINE) TOOLS FOR THE JOB
TEAM SPOTLIGHT: MELINDA AND NAOMI
FACE-TO-FACE ENGAGEMENT - WHERE TO FROM HERE
LEARNING IN YOUR OWN TIME
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SERIES: To be seen and heard
Young people are dichotomous. On the one hand, glued to our phones and immersed in a narcissistic, materialist culture dominated by social media. On the other, we are turning out in the streets in huge numbers to protest global injustices and generate reform for the most pressing issues of our time.