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==== Marine CoLABoration Workshop - January 2015 ===== | ==== Marine CoLABoration Workshop - January 2015 ===== | ||
- | On 15th of January 2015 a group of 16 people came together at the Gulbenkian Foundation in London for a day of co-creating a range of scenarios for Marine CoLABoration. | + | On 15th of January 2015 a group of 16 people came together at the Gulbenkian Foundation in London for a day of co-creating a range of scenarios for Marine CoLABoration. The aim of the workshop was for the participants to get to know each other as creative individuals and to glimpse shared vision(s) for the initiative. |
- | The aim of the workshop was for the participants to get to know each other as creative individuals and to glimpse shared vision(s) for the initiative. | + | |
- | Photos from the workshop can be found at https:// | ||
====Participants==== | ====Participants==== | ||
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Facilitators: | Facilitators: | ||
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====Core question==== | ====Core question==== | ||
- | **"How could the Marine CoLABoration change the world?" | + | **"How could the Marine CoLABoration change the world?" |
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==== Framing ==== | ==== Framing ==== | ||
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Think of a situation in which you felt able to change the world. What did you do? How did you feel? What resources did you have at your disposal? | Think of a situation in which you felt able to change the world. What did you do? How did you feel? What resources did you have at your disposal? | ||
- | Worldchanging | + | Worldchanging actions |
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+ | * Think pro-actively and strategically | ||
+ | * Understand | ||
+ | * Find evidence | ||
+ | * Reframe, refresh, restart | ||
+ | * Collaborate | ||
+ | * Trust | ||
+ | * Engage | ||
+ | * Reward | ||
+ | * Share | ||
+ | * Defy authority, if necessary | ||
- | Worldchanging | + | Worldchanging emotions |
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+ | * (Self)reward | ||
+ | * Frustration transformed into elation | ||
+ | * Energy | ||
+ | * Passion | ||
+ | * Pride | ||
+ | * Freedom | ||
+ | * Exhaustion | ||
+ | * Happiness | ||
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+ | Worldchanging resources | ||
+ | * Connections | ||
+ | * Networks | ||
+ | * Time | ||
+ | * Shared cause | ||
+ | * Safety net (family, friends, financial stability) | ||
+ | * Capacity | ||
+ | * Entrepreneurship | ||
+ | * Enthusiastic youth | ||
- | Worldchanging **resources** described included; existing social/ | ||
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What do we **know** about valuing the oceans? | What do we **know** about valuing the oceans? | ||
- | * Value can be extrinsic | + | Value is extrinsic |
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- | * The planet won’t function as it currently | + | Oceans are living |
- | * Oceans affect weather patterns and function as a climate buffer, regulating climate and global distribution of heat and rain | + | * The planet won’t function as it does without oceans |
- | * Oceans have a significant biomass and are essential for many nutrient cycles | + | * Oceans affect weather patterns and function as a climate buffer |
- | * The physical mass of the oceans has an effect on Earth' | + | * Oceans have a significant biomass and therefore affects gravity |
- | | + | * Oceans |
- | * 30% of all CO2 is currently absorbed by oceans | + | * It takes 40 years from cause to effect |
- | * 50% of O2 generated by oceans | + | * 30% of all CO2 is currently absorbed by oceans |
- | * 70% of the Earth is oceans | + | * 50% of O2 generated by oceans |
- | * Oceans are linked to rivers, lands, seas, cities and civilisations | + | * 70% of the Earth is oceans |
- | * Increasing temperature moves species | + | * Oceans are linked to rivers, lands, seas, cities and civilisations |
- | * Threats | + | * Increasing temperature moves species |
- | | + | * Regulate climate and global distribution of heat |
- | * Areas of the ocean are dead or dying | + | |
- | * Biodiversity in the ocean is reducing | + | Threats |
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- | | + | * Areas of the ocean are dead |
- | | + | * Biodiversity in the ocean is reducing |
- | * Economic value of oceans can be found in food and minerals | + | * There is a risk of acidification |
- | * Island communities are reliant on shipping | + | |
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- | | + | Opportunities |
- | | + | * Economic value of oceans can be found in food and minerals |
- | | + | * Island communities are reliant on shipping |
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- | * Oceans connect to the land/people on beaches | + | |
- | * There is a generational loss of skills, heritage and tradition | + | |
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- | | + | Intrinsic |
- | | + | * Oceans connect to the land/people on beaches |
+ | * There is a generational loss of skills, heritage and tradition | ||
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What can we **presume** about valuing the oceans? | What can we **presume** about valuing the oceans? | ||
* Economics can describe (or ascribe) value for everything | * Economics can describe (or ascribe) value for everything | ||
- | * Once value of oceans is recognised | + | * Once value of oceans is recognised change |
* Change will not happen without a value shift | * Change will not happen without a value shift | ||
* Evidence leads to change | * Evidence leads to change | ||
- | | + | * At the moment oceans |
- | | + | * Value can be universal as well as culturally specific |
- | * Values | + | * The governance of oceans is ineffective |
- | * The governance of oceans is currently | + | |
* Policies are implemented | * Policies are implemented | ||
- | * We can cooperate with existing economic | + | * We can cooperate with existing economic |
* Post-capitalist methods of understanding value are needed to truly value the oceans | * Post-capitalist methods of understanding value are needed to truly value the oceans | ||
- | * Numbers are useful and/or able to accurately represent value | + | * Numbers are useful and/or able to be accurate |
- | * There is a relative importance of values | + | * There is a relative importance of values |
* Economic valuation can be misused | * Economic valuation can be misused | ||
- | * People care about things that have value | + | * People care about things that cave value |
* People are mostly rational | * People are mostly rational | ||
- | * Most productive coastal | + | * Most productive coastal |
* We could get more fish/jobs out of the ocean | * We could get more fish/jobs out of the ocean | ||
- | * The economic assumption that natural resources | + | * Having the evidence will automatically lead to valuing of oceans |
+ | * Resources | ||
What is **unknown** about valuing the oceans? | What is **unknown** about valuing the oceans? | ||
- | * Does the ocean need saving? | + | * Does the ocean need saving? |
* What does ' | * What does ' | ||
* What happens if/when we accurately value the ocean? | * What happens if/when we accurately value the ocean? | ||
* Are there shared value systems which can be communicated? | * Are there shared value systems which can be communicated? | ||
- | * Is there a valuation model that supersedes | + | * What is the valuation model that superseeds |
* Does the perfect elevator pitch for valuing the oceans exist? | * Does the perfect elevator pitch for valuing the oceans exist? | ||
* What is the level of political will? | * What is the level of political will? | ||
* What is the economic value of the oceans? | * What is the economic value of the oceans? | ||
- | * What are the resources | + | * What are the resources devoted to oceans research? |
* How will the oceans’ ecology change? | * How will the oceans’ ecology change? | ||
- | * How will China' | + | * What will be the effect of China on oceans? |
- | * What contribution | + | * What can be the contribution of individuals to saving the oceans? |
* How to reconcile incremental and radical change (is it possible to reconcile them at all)? | * How to reconcile incremental and radical change (is it possible to reconcile them at all)? | ||
* When and where will opportunities arise? | * When and where will opportunities arise? | ||
* What are the biggest loci for change? | * What are the biggest loci for change? | ||
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====Change Drivers==== | ====Change Drivers==== | ||
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* Linking marine issues to primary needs | * Linking marine issues to primary needs | ||
* Public frustration with politics | * Public frustration with politics | ||
- | * Aquaculture | + | * Acqua culture |
* Population growth | * Population growth | ||
* Growth economy (over exploitation of resources, paradigm of ' | * Growth economy (over exploitation of resources, paradigm of ' | ||
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What are the extreme positions of our scenario logic? | What are the extreme positions of our scenario logic? | ||
- | * Growth economy <-> Sustainable | + | * Growth economy <-> Sustainable |
* Climate mitigation <-> Climate chaos | * Climate mitigation <-> Climate chaos | ||
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====Scenarios==== | ====Scenarios==== | ||
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* [[Pollutopia]], | * [[Pollutopia]], | ||
* [[Rescue]] is a world where climate chaos surpassed several tipping points, forcing humanity to redesign our value system and practice sustainable economy in order to survive. | * [[Rescue]] is a world where climate chaos surpassed several tipping points, forcing humanity to redesign our value system and practice sustainable economy in order to survive. | ||
- | * [[Cool Growth]] allows economy to continue growing while focusing | + | * [[Cool Growth]] allows economy to continue growing while focussing |
* [[Imagine]]… is a world where a planetary cultural shift to sustainable economy and climate mitigation is changing the shape of our civilisation and reversing our damage to the planet. | * [[Imagine]]… is a world where a planetary cultural shift to sustainable economy and climate mitigation is changing the shape of our civilisation and reversing our damage to the planet. | ||
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- | {{> | + | {{> |
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- | ====References and notes==== | + | |
- | ~~REFNOTES~~ | ||