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Overview

The recommendations of XRUK’s first Movement Assembly in July are here!

The discussion topic for the Assembly was:

"How might we effectively engage and activate more people in the climate and nature crises?"

The Assembly generated suggested responses to this question, and anyone could cast votes on which ones they preferred. The two suggestions with most votes were identified as:

🔸 Collaborate with as many allies as possible to deliver national and local actions on key issues such as water, nature and food
🔸 Connect on major issues – water is a national and local issue. Create a common narrative and empower people to take action in their area

Review of this first assembly

Roses
  • choosing the question - strong enagement with part of the process
  • the actual assembly - 80 participants was a good size and people were positively engaged
  • the actual assembly - the feedback survey indicated people really enjoyed the process and connecting with other rebels
  • the final Polis - DAIC (Data Analytics and Insights Circle) did an amazing amount of work for this in a short space of time.
Buds
  • choosing the question - very interesting results splitting the people voting into two clear groups with quite different opinions
  • the actual assembly - the initial input was perhaps too long and unfocussed, but at the same time was useful for the discussions
  • the final Polis - the two top voted suggestions (listed above) were aligned well with the current XRUK strategy
  • overall - the UK email list was critical for getting engagement with all parts of this process (but other channels brought people too).
Thorns
  • choosing the question - the statements the initial Polis produced about what topic the assembly was about were too many and was overwhelming for the people voting
  • choosing the question - using Polis in this way isn't the ideal way to use it
  • the actual assembly -participation in the actual live assembly was lower than hoped - despite heavy advertising

Work by XRUK post-assembly

Notes will be added here of examples of circles embedding the results of this assembly in to their work.

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