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- | ====Experiments==== | + | The workshop began with Louisa’s summary of her phone conversations with the participants. |
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+ | Plans until the end of 2015: | ||
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+ | 8 July, workshop that will build on the previous ones. As this workshop is coincident with NESTA labs conference, there might be speakers invited to speak about Marine CoLAB about their LAB approaches. By the end of this workshop it should be clearer what and how participants want to work on. The workshop is likely to start in the late morning (~11:30) and continue through dinner in the evening. | ||
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+ | 23/24 September (arrival 22nd evening, departure 24 evening or 25 in the morning). The aim of this trip is to get to know each other in a different context, to visit the study site (marine protected reserve), meet people at the CGF HQ and several Portugese NGOs. | ||
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+ | 11 November. In the evening of the Marine CoLAB there would be a showing of a (selection from) the CGF funded Marine film festival programme (in a small cinema in Shoreditch). There will be a discussion around valuing the oceans with lab members, funders and other invited participants (~40 in total). | ||
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+ | Louisa ended with with a quote from " | ||
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+ | Liminal space [...] was tricksterish and, like Raven stealing fire from the gods, I learnt one of the secrets of the universe: up close, the laws of possibility are not fixed. They can be risked, experimented with and gambled on. Between the boundary of what is possible and what is not there is a field: a space of transformation the universe only releases in the dusty arena of action, trying, failing and trying again. The threshold between what is and what could be is rich in potential for change. | ||
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+ | Andrew talked about the need to find balance between 'small incremental initiatives' | ||
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+ | Maja framed the third Marine CoLAB workshop with a twofold purpose: building on the themes and experiments from the previous workshops and deepening the connection with the participants’ organisational contexts and current work. The day therefore began with introductions. While the first two workshops focused on individual personalities and talents, this introduction presented participants’ professional situations. This showed how the existing work can contribute to Marine CoLAB and perhaps form new connections for (bilateral) collaborations and experiments. After the introduction the participants moved into a discussion on the themes and experiments developed so far. | ||
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+ | * Systems Change | ||
+ | * Changing Perceptions | ||
+ | * Public Engagement | ||
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+ | The discussion presented these themes as broad challenges for Marine CoLAB as a whole and looked at the relationship to the proposed (or new) experiments. As part of a LAB approach we expect to have several feedback loops between the big picture and iterative experiments: | ||
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+ | After lunch the group agreed which experiments they would want to develop, either continuing existing designs or finding new ones. Before the designs were finalised, they were tested using a role playing exercise called a preenactment. The aim of this lab exercise was to test some of the participants’ assumptions from different points of view, in a safe space, before committing further time and resources. The workshop ended with a design and planning session for groups to clarify their implementation plans (and be able to answer; why, what, how, who and when). This should provide a concrete action and reflection plan to finish the first small scale experiments by the next workshop, without losing sight of the big picture. The experiments should allow the participants to experience what it’s like to collaborate with each other, to learn their strengths and weaknesses, interests and expertise in a relatively low risk environment. This process also allows the participants to have (some) experimental results on which they can build sound conclusions and develop larger initiatives. | ||
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+ | Some participants voiced concern that we are not thinking ' | ||
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+ | Heather Koldewey, who was absent at the previous workshop remarked that there needs to be a clearer way to include any absentees in the experiments. She volunteered to follow up with two absentees to help them find ways they can contribute to the progress of the experiments. There also needs to be a stronger ownership of experiments and one or more people taking responsibility for moving the work forward. | ||
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+ | ==== Organisational introductions ==== | ||
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+ | Mirella von Lindenfels works at IPSO (International Programme on the State of the Ocean) on strategy for negotiations, | ||
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+ | Giles Bristow’s has at least three directions in his work at the Forum for the Future that could be relevant to Marine CoLAB. He is looking at how to reconceptualise supply chains as value chains or more non-linear value networks " | ||
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+ | Nicola Frost at Fauna and Flora International works on site-based safeguarding of marine protected areas & sustainable fisheries, with an interest in embedding site-specific work into a wider context (using a systems thinking approach). FFI are operational in 18 countries and work on access, finance, adaptive reflection and incentives for behavioural change. Their work includes community engagement and empowering local stakeholders through capacity building. Although their scale is quite local, they have an understanding of wider issues and look at how national and international challenges might impact the relationship between people and biodiversity. They’re interested in innovative approaches to the governance of marine protected areas, such as co-management in order to incentivise people and change perceptions. Their current focus is on fisheries, pollution, oil & gas. They believe in a constructive engagement with business, including impact investing, improving fishing practice, public/ | ||
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+ | Aniol Esteban of the New Economics Foundation is interested in the fundamental change of economic systems that is required to deliver sustainability & social justice. His work is a balancing act between long term change & short term engagement (' | ||
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+ | Sandy Luk at Client Earth focuses on rules, which include laws, but also include spoken and unspoken habits, conventions, | ||
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+ | Andrew Farmer of the Institute for European Environmental Policy works on policy analysis of European environmental laws. They work with diverse organisations with an EU focus. They look at rules, gaps, implementation and implementation failures. Considering the complexity of EU regulation, they work on better structuring and formulation of EU environmental law. In the marine field, they work on TEEB analysis for policy makers and analysis of coastal zones. Their work includes training and economics. Andrew works on waste legislation, | ||
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+ | Heather Koldewey heads the conservation programme at the Zoological Society of London. Her work is science based, with both an academic focus and work related to their two zoos. Their marine work focuses on protecting ocean wilderness, solving challenges at the interface of poverty & marine biodiversity, | ||
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+ | Amy Pryor works at the Themes Estuary Partnership, | ||
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+ | Sue Ranger of the Marine Conservation Society was absent, so Louisa mentioned her work with the ' | ||
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+ | ==== Emerging Themes ==== | ||
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+ | === Changing perceptions === | ||
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+ | Which perceptions need changing? | ||
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+ | __**Marine conservation isn't a constraint to economic development**__ | ||
+ | One of the widespread misconceptions of marine conservation is that it is a constraint to economic development. In order to change this perception there should be a stronger, more visible **link between ' | ||
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+ | * There are strong economic arguments to increasing the health of a natural asset which connects to **human livelihood** (eg. job creation). | ||
+ | * Being in closer contact and having more **interaction** with marine protected areas can make a difference in **resource management**. Where is the onus of resource management in various places? How to **bring the ocean closer to the people**? Working with communities with tenure over resources can help. There is always a ' | ||
+ | * The perception of marine conservation being a threat to economy is not shared globally, for example in the Philippines marine protected areas (MPAs) are considered aspirational, | ||
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+ | How to get over the meme that ' | ||
+ | * Different connections to business should be explored. There is much talk of [[http:// | ||
+ | * There are lessons be learned from climate change, where new biz models, innovation wrt. ' | ||
+ | * Look at market-based options for capturing value (economic, environment, | ||
+ | * **Demonstrate solutions** on the ground can help to change peoples ideas | ||
+ | * Once a solution is identified, **replication** becomes an issue. There are different methods to either work with individual ' | ||
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+ | __**It is about more than just cost/ | ||
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+ | A widespread post-GFC perception is that the " | ||
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+ | __**Marine NGOs are not just animal lovers**__ | ||
+ | If marine NGOs are seen as more concerned about animals than people only small part of the population is reached. Furthermore, | ||
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+ | === Systems Change === | ||
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+ | What does Marine CoLAB mean by ' | ||
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+ | Systems change can happen through collaboration, | ||
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+ | Are there common issues (or a single issue) that links all players in the Marine CoLAB? For example: | ||
+ | * Sea bed mining issues | ||
+ | * Plastic pollution: how to analyse it from a systems perspective? | ||
+ | * In energy production there are interesting developments related to community owned resources. what are the corresponding developments in the marine environment? | ||
+ | * Legal issues: what are the individual cases? are there precedents? how can cases be scaled? What to do with the double pincer of 'top down' legislation and ' | ||
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+ | Once common issues (or a common boundary) is identified, the group can work on finding opportunities that connect all participants. In the previous workshop one of the experiments was designed to map a range of systemic levers existing in the Marine CoLAB, using tools like horizon scanning (of big trends and emergent issues), common interests, tipping points, audiences… This mapping exercise is meant to take on a strategic, forward looking approach to identify a potential focus for the group. | ||
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+ | === Public Engagement === | ||
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+ | In the area of public engagement Marine CoLAB is competing for attention. The competition is strong and diverse - there are many ' | ||
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+ | Public engagement relies on serendipity and can act as harmonic shifts or tidal waves across society. The aim of public engagement is a long term change of a general mindset (and therefore linked to " | ||
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+ | To engage the public in a meaningful way, it should be clear who the target audience is, in what are they being engaged, and how, when and where will they be engaged (e.g. divestment re. marine destructive biz, new biz models, etc). Citizen science (including science games, simulations etc.) as a method of engagement has a lot of potential in both public engagement and changing perceptions. It is important that the public has an agency that extends beyond the game or the individual intervention of another sort, to provide new, changing narratives (which can be translated into long term plans) and paints a picture towards a preferred future. | ||
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+ | In the previous workshop an experiment was designed to explore public engagement with rules using a game. The hypothesis was that the public could be best engaged at various specific points of legislative process. This would be explored through a game where players would learn about the legislative process and the consequences of different decisions at particular times. The underlying theme was to help clarify people’s relationship to the ocean. In the game there could be progressing levels of engagement, from understanding the problem and then moving to solutions. Games asre seen as having a lot of potential, but it is a potentially difficult channel (kids growing up with games). Games which are seen as ' | ||
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+ | ==== Experiments ==== | ||
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+ | Several new topics for further [[experiments]] and/or feasibility studies were proposed, two of which were selected by the group. | ||
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+ | Two new experiments: | ||
+ | * [[transparency experiment|Transparency of Marine Industries]] and blue divestment | ||
+ | * [[plastic_pollution_experiment|Plastic pollution]] from a systems change perspective. | ||
+ | * A single-use plastic-free London | ||
+ | * Business against litter / Action on oceans: sustainability is good for business | ||
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+ | Two experiments from the March workshop that continue to be developed: | ||
+ | * (Online) [[game_on_experiment|Game On!]] | ||
+ | * **FLAG: TEP & NEF collaboration** (related to [[gone_fishing_in_the_thames_experiment|Gone Fishing]] and [[charm_offensive_experiment|Charm Offensive]] experiments): | ||
+ | * Workshops to influence fishermen to diversify from trawling to static gear (in the Thames), planned for June | ||
+ | * Meet a marine conservationist / Meet a fisherman (getting marine NGO staff closer to fishermen’s reality and vice verse) | ||
+ | * Other ideas: 'Blue Gym’, Co-management, | ||
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+ | Further ideas for experiments: | ||
+ | * Existing [[http:// | ||
+ | * Making the marine economic case transparent (e.g. Blue Growth) | ||
+ | * Proposed issues for tackling systems change: sea bed mining, aquaculture… | ||
+ | * How to replicate solutions? For example [[http:// | ||
+ | * The role of conservation champions/ | ||
+ | * Non-usual partners to motivate and demo solutions (e.g. livelihood diversification w/BD // | ||
+ | * Changing the natural // | ||
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+ | ==== Pre-enactment ==== | ||
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+ | In the pre-enactment (a role-playing exercise of a situation that could happen in the near future) the two experiment teams met their key stakeholders (played by other participants) whom they wanted involved in the follow-up of their successful experiments. | ||
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+ | Feedback from ' | ||
+ | * [[plastic_pollution_experiment# | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
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+ | ==== Implementation ==== | ||
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+ | Following the pre-enactment the experiment teams were invited to incorporate the feedback into their designs and to proceed to make the concrete implementation plans until the next workshop. The plans until July 2015 can be found on the experiment pages: | ||
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+ | * [[plastic_pollution_experiment# | ||
+ | * [[transparency_experiment# | ||
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+ | The experiment teams will take the lead on their respective tasks, and will invite all Marine CoLAB participants to contribute information, | ||
- | (further [[experiments]] and/or feasability exercises) | + | {{>http:// |
- | ====Notes & annotations==== | ||
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