Jack reminds us of the purpose of the Revolution, to enable all those within a postcode area to come together as a community, and work together on their environment, emergencies, and climate change
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Jun 11, 2025 11:57 AM London ID: 834 5460 8536
Jack Cooper introduced the Postcode Revolution concept, which aims to create community-level change through ideas, outreach, and action, focusing on shifting cultural thinking towards a more ecological perspective and inspiring local community building. He shared his personal journey, discussed practical steps for implementing the initiative, and presented a toolkit for community engagement and climate action. The meeting also covered transformative adaptation strategies, community responses to climate risks, and ways to overcome challenges in local initiatives, with participants sharing their experiences and offering advice on improving community involvement.
Jack Cooper introduces himself and outlines his plan for the meeting. He intends to discuss the Postcode Revolution concept, recap what has happened so far, and share insights from workshops he's been conducting as part of his degree on transformative adaptation. Jack also plans to talk about nature-based transformations. He decides to make the session more interactive due to the small group size. Graham expresses interest in implementing Jack's ideas in Bembridge, particularly through their environment and resilience departments.
Jack introduces the concept of Postcode Revolution, which aims to create community-level change through ideas, outreach, and action. He explains that the initiative focuses on shifting cultural thinking towards a more ecological perspective, spotlighting local projects through a podcast, and inspiring people to build community where they live. Jack outlines practical steps for starting a Postcode Revolution, including fact-finding, creating online community spaces, and hosting events. He also shares examples of activities he has organized, such as community meetups, a book club, and energy-saving initiatives.
Jack shares his personal journey from being a radical climate activist to founding Postcode Revolution, an initiative aimed at building community and addressing climate issues at a local level. He explains that this shift came in response to criticism of his previous disruptive activism methods, particularly after a high-profile incident at a women's football match. Jack describes how Postcode Revolution organizes community gatherings to connect neighbors and foster a sense of belonging, showing examples of successful meet-ups in different locations. He emphasizes that this approach aims to bring people together across political divides to act on community and climate issues.
Jack provides an update on the Postcode Revolution project, which is divided into three key areas: ideas, outreach, and action. He mentions the release of six episodes of the Postcode Revolution podcast, the creation of a WhatsApp community with 64 members, and the establishment of six postcode communities across different cities. Jack also discusses his recent dissertation on transformative adaptation and introduces a toolkit available on the project's website, which outlines five actions for community building and climate action.
Jack discusses the content of a toolkit for community engagement, including testimonials and links. Bonny expresses concern about potential resistance from neighbors when initiating community interactions, particularly among younger people who might find it uncomfortable. Jack acknowledges this anxiety and explains that the toolkit addresses reasons for connecting with neighbors, including the benefits of community building and climate change awareness. There is a brief technical issue with screen sharing, which is resolved at the end of the segment.
Jack discusses the concept of Postcode Revolution, which aims to connect neighbors and build community resilience. He explains that while not everyone will be interested in participating, there is usually a core group of engaged individuals. Jack shares examples from his community in Burgess Hill, including a book club and an energy group that organized collective bargaining for energy performance certificates. He emphasizes that the focus is on building community connections, which can be valuable during emergencies or disasters. Jack also mentions the use of WhatsApp groups to facilitate communication within the community, with separate groups for different interests.
The discussion focuses on strategies for community engagement and overcoming challenges in local initiatives. Jack explains that the chat function is primarily for leaders seeking advice and shared wisdom. Graham raises the issue of loneliness and its impact on community involvement. Jack emphasizes the benefits of connecting neighbors, particularly across generations. Alison shares her experiences organizing community events in her village and expresses frustration with reaching a plateau in engagement. Bonny and Linda offer advice on improving community involvement, suggesting discrete, specific tasks and intergenerational approaches. They also recommend focusing on building relationships before assigning roles and tasks.
Jack discusses the concept of transformative adaptation, which he used in his dissertation and presentation. He explains that it is an emerging movement that focuses on adapting to climate risks while transforming how we live, emphasizing community engagement and integration with nature. Jack provides examples of transformative adaptation, such as rain gardens, tree planting for shade during heatwaves, and local food production for food security. He also touches on community responses to heatwaves and floods, highlighting the importance of identifying vulnerable groups and creating postcode emergency plans.
Jack presents his research on transformative adaptation, focusing on community engagement in climate action. He discusses a map representing different levels of community representatives and suggests projects like creating bird boxes, rain gardens, and street parties. Jack emphasizes the importance of framing climate action in concrete, relatable terms without necessarily mentioning climate change directly. Graham raises questions about affordable housing for young people and the interaction between different postcode communities. Jack acknowledges the separation between communities but mentions potential future plans to link them. The discussion concludes with Graham announcing next week's session on converting local land into nature spaces and Jack providing his email for further contact.
00:22:11 Bonny Williams: Jack, I'd love to be a podcast guest with you. 00:57:44 Linda Aspey: Thank you Jack, inspiring stuff! I have to leave to prep for my next meeting at 1pm. Thanks Graham for organising. 01:02:33 Jack Cooper: jackcooper@postcoderevolution.com
64 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:49.139 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yes, okay. So, Jack, all yours, please. If you'd be so kind as to introduce yourself, tell us what you're going to tell us, and then tell us.
65 00:06:49.760 --> 00:06:57.039 Jack Cooper: Yeah, I was thinking it. It could be nice. As there's a small group. Okay, cool. We've got
66 00:06:58.104 --> 00:07:00.834 Jack Cooper: alison joining us as well. Yeah.
67 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:07.240 Jack Cooper: hello, Alice, and welcome. So there's 2.
68 00:07:07.870 --> 00:07:11.002 Jack Cooper: There is 6, 6 of us cool.
69 00:07:11.690 --> 00:07:19.059 Jack Cooper: so yeah, I as there's as there's kind of not too many of us. I thought I would.
70 00:07:21.130 --> 00:07:26.484 Jack Cooper: We'll make it a bit more sort of interactive, and let's get more of a sort of
71 00:07:28.440 --> 00:07:32.129 Jack Cooper: yeah, we can. I can try and make it a little bit less sort of
72 00:07:32.340 --> 00:07:45.810 Jack Cooper: just me talking and and hopefully get get get a bit more interactive. But yeah, so my name is is Jack Cooper. Thank you. Thank you for coming everybody. I 1st
73 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:48.830 Jack Cooper: I did a great collaboration.
74 00:07:49.596 --> 00:07:56.560 Jack Cooper: Talk about 9 months ago, I believe and so
75 00:07:57.020 --> 00:08:08.509 Jack Cooper: I don't think other than anyone was here for that. Were any any of you guys here for that? I don't think so. Have any of you guys heard of postcode revolution before
76 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:11.609 Jack Cooper: Linda has Alison Stewart
77 00:08:11.830 --> 00:08:20.980 Jack Cooper: Gary has, and then Stuart and us haven't. Okay, cool so I'm just going to share my screen.
78 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.439 Jack Cooper: So and we
79 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:33.280 Jack Cooper: cool.
80 00:08:33.970 --> 00:08:34.980 Jack Cooper: So
81 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:41.520 Jack Cooper: there we are.
82 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:43.020 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Really.
83 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:47.539 Jack Cooper: So here we go.
84 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:51.470 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Bingo!
85 00:08:51.630 --> 00:08:57.610 Jack Cooper: Go. So this is this postcode revolution and and
86 00:08:58.728 --> 00:09:02.789 Jack Cooper: session. I'm going to talk about the postcode revolution story. So far.
87 00:09:03.693 --> 00:09:09.570 Jack Cooper: Transformative adaptation workshops that I did and nature-based transformation.
88 00:09:10.590 --> 00:09:20.629 Jack Cooper: So I've actually got a little video that was was that has been made since the last
89 00:09:21.324 --> 00:09:29.609 Jack Cooper: talk I did which I am going to play for you guys, which just
90 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:36.109 Jack Cooper: has gives a good description of of postcode revolution.
91 00:09:38.170 --> 00:09:39.300 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: On the video.
92 00:09:39.630 --> 00:09:41.449 Jack Cooper: There is sound. Will that work.
93 00:09:41.450 --> 00:09:48.740 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: But it will if you selected the right box on zoom. When you go into the share button on zoom, you have to click.
94 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.756 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I think there's a bottom left corner. There's something about sharing sound.
95 00:09:53.430 --> 00:09:56.820 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: so it might be worth your going back just to check that Jack.
96 00:09:57.160 --> 00:09:58.590 Jack Cooper: Yes, I've got that one.
97 00:09:58.590 --> 00:10:00.229 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Fine. Go for it, then.
98 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:04.109 Jack Cooper: We go. So Hi, Jack, you hear that? Yeah.
99 00:10:04.110 --> 00:10:04.650 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yep.
100 00:10:04.930 --> 00:10:31.319 Jack Cooper: Thanks for having the interview with me. Could you just introduce yourself? Hi, Ari, happy to be here? My name is Jack Cooper. I am a 3rd year Liberal Arts, BA. Student at the University of Sussex, and the founder and director of Postcode Revolution. Could you tell us a little bit about what the postcode revolution is and what its objectives.
101 00:10:31.550 --> 00:10:54.109 Jack Cooper: So the postcode revolution has 3 elements, ideas, outreach and action. Post code, revolution aims to create a shift in all of these areas. So in terms of ideas, it's looking at our culture.
102 00:10:54.190 --> 00:11:10.450 Jack Cooper: wider, paradigmatic way of thinking and attempting to shift that to something more ecological outreach is in the form primarily of a podcast which is which is coming out soon, which spotlights people ideas.
103 00:11:10.450 --> 00:11:35.280 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: And projects which are happening, and then in terms of action. That's about inspiring and informing people on how to build community where they are in a nutshell that is, postcode revolution for someone looking to start postcode revolution where they are, I recommend, firstly, fact, finding this is an essential 1st step as a
104 00:11:35.280 --> 00:11:51.309 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: local community may already exist where you live. If it doesn't, I recommend creating an online community space. Thirdly, prepare a flyer. There's a template available of the postcode toolkit. Fourthly, knock on doors sharing your flyer and intentions with your neighbours.
105 00:11:51.310 --> 00:11:57.179 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: 5. Host. A community connection event. That's it. There you go.
106 00:11:57.410 --> 00:12:21.710 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: What are some examples of practical things that you've done? Practical events, practical workshops, and what have the benefits of some of these been? Okay? Yeah. So in my 1st post Covid, in Burgess Hill we had 3 or 4 community meetups. We had a postcode book club. We had put on rather ambitiously a little postcode Music Festival at the end of the
107 00:12:21.870 --> 00:12:31.612 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: the summer, which didn't wasn't wasn't spectacular, but but it's an example of kind of yeah projects.
108 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:46.059 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: And you know, I set up a community library in the postcode. So there's been some sharing of tools and books and food in terms of energy. I organised 5 energy performance certificates
109 00:12:46.060 --> 00:13:09.549 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: for the houses in a kind of form of collective bargaining, which is a small thing. But I think there's again on that there's much more scope to do bigger things, whether that be clubbing together on insulation, carpooling, clubbing together on solar batteries, solar panels in terms of kind of climate and risk. Then looking at how to create community climate adaptation plans.
110 00:13:09.550 --> 00:13:36.260 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: looking at how the community can be prepared in the eventuality of the floods of heat waves. Resilience is an important part of the post code revolution, and in some ways it came out of a sense that by building community where you are. You can also then thus build resilience. Post revolution is also very much about trying to amplify what people are already doing rather than rebrand it and take credit for it, which is, I think, a lot of
111 00:13:36.260 --> 00:13:49.730 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: a lot of organizations have a bad habit of doing what postcode revolution is in many ways is these 2 wings of transformation and adaptation. It's about
112 00:13:49.750 --> 00:14:13.189 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: adapting to the climate and ecological risks and shocks which are already baked in. And then transformation is about looking at community nature energy, how we can transform our ways of living to be more low energy, have more contact with nature, and bring more biodiversity in, and also have more connection.
113 00:14:28.890 --> 00:14:34.180 Jack Cooper: So. Oh, that is thank you.
114 00:14:34.970 --> 00:14:39.279 Jack Cooper: Pause the sharing for a minute.
115 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:45.173 Jack Cooper: Hello, Bonnie! Nice to see you so
116 00:14:46.050 --> 00:14:52.949 Jack Cooper: of the of the people here. I wanted to ask how many people here know?
117 00:14:53.110 --> 00:14:56.560 Jack Cooper: I'd say more than, let's say, more than
118 00:14:57.010 --> 00:15:03.989 Jack Cooper: 2 houses, the the residents, more than 2 houses in their in their street or postcode.
119 00:15:06.410 --> 00:15:07.290 Jack Cooper: Yeah.
120 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:16.409 Jack Cooper: cool. Cool. So I'm talking to talking to people who are already already doing this sort of stuff which is great. So
121 00:15:16.930 --> 00:15:32.220 Jack Cooper: for me, growing up, I only know, only knew my direct, direct neighbours. We didn't have a sense of community in the street where I grew up, and post-code revolution
122 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:41.220 Jack Cooper: came out of a desire to change that, to build community where I was and to act on climate
123 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:46.020 Jack Cooper: and nature, because I'm going to share my screen again.
124 00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:49.170 Jack Cooper: I
125 00:15:53.030 --> 00:15:57.449 Jack Cooper: used to be a what could be described as a radical
126 00:15:57.560 --> 00:16:01.870 Jack Cooper: climate activist is, that is me.
127 00:16:02.790 --> 00:16:05.659 Jack Cooper: With a beard and slightly longer hair.
128 00:16:05.830 --> 00:16:06.569 Jack Cooper: And
129 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:22.410 Jack Cooper: I yeah, ran on the football pitch at the women's euros quarterfinal back in 2022, and that received a 3 year stadium ban, which is just coming to an end. I've been having to have my passport into the
130 00:16:22.590 --> 00:16:32.279 Jack Cooper: police station every time England play away for the past 3 years. And that came out of a
131 00:16:32.520 --> 00:16:36.780 Jack Cooper: specifically that action came out of the 2022 heat wave and
132 00:16:37.707 --> 00:16:40.569 Jack Cooper: before then I was yeah, doing things like
133 00:16:41.010 --> 00:16:49.959 Jack Cooper: sitting in roads, running up on stages and and more radical things. But this this kind of came
134 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:55.315 Jack Cooper: out of that that time as an attempt, a theory of change which was around
135 00:16:55.760 --> 00:17:02.610 Jack Cooper: disruption acting in these public spaces, and I highlighted one of the quotes I received
136 00:17:02.930 --> 00:17:23.329 Jack Cooper: from the Daily Mail received a lot of hate for that, as one may imagine. Which, said Mickez, from London said, you're negatively rebranding environmentalism into some woke leftist radical movement, creating a disconnect between the issues and the general public. Find a more constructive way, please.
137 00:17:23.890 --> 00:17:29.469 Jack Cooper: and postcode revolution partly came as a response to that
138 00:17:32.030 --> 00:17:34.490 Jack Cooper: in a sense of attempting to act
139 00:17:34.670 --> 00:17:44.149 Jack Cooper: locally a community level and bring people together across political divides, acting on on community and climate.
140 00:17:44.570 --> 00:17:52.259 Jack Cooper: So this is a quote from one of the members of the postcode, who said that
141 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:56.780 Jack Cooper: it gave her a different vision for the feasibility of staying in the property that she loved.
142 00:17:57.150 --> 00:18:01.360 Jack Cooper: It's also great when walking on the street. I now say hello to people, this is a
143 00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:04.799 Jack Cooper: photo as well. From the 1st
144 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:15.490 Jack Cooper: this code meet up community connection gathering. We invite people to bring food and got people to
145 00:18:16.588 --> 00:18:18.380 Jack Cooper: right right down there.
146 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:34.609 Jack Cooper: That house number on on stickers and and basically just connect. And it was. It was beautiful. People of all sorts of different ages had over 10 houses come and and connect, and that that really really kicked the community off, and
147 00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:36.292 Jack Cooper: it's now been
148 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:44.774 Jack Cooper: 2 years on we're having another similar meetup on the on the 5th of July, and
149 00:18:45.510 --> 00:18:50.210 Jack Cooper: and that that community continues on
150 00:18:52.570 --> 00:18:56.469 Jack Cooper: So since then, this is a picture of
151 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:07.770 Jack Cooper: the community that I set up in Brighton, where I'm currently living, and that was the 1st
152 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.550 Jack Cooper: meetup we had.
153 00:19:10.860 --> 00:19:17.120 Jack Cooper: And the postcode revolution projects.
154 00:19:18.052 --> 00:19:28.370 Jack Cooper: I have split into 3 key areas. So there's the ideas outreach and the action.
155 00:19:28.530 --> 00:19:35.499 Jack Cooper: So in terms of ideas. In that video, the postcard revolution podcast was mentioned.
156 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:49.090 Jack Cooper: Since then we've released 6 episodes so far. And that's interviewing people engaged in similar work and exploring the ideas involved.
157 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:54.540 Jack Cooper: Community building, climate, action, adaptation, mutual aid.
158 00:19:55.090 --> 00:20:21.189 Jack Cooper: So that's in the ideas space in terms of outreach. There's a postcode revolution, Whatsapp Community, consisting of 64 members so far. And anyone here is also welcome to join that. That's a space for people around the country and and abroad. We've got some members in Switzerland and Spain
159 00:20:21.230 --> 00:20:26.939 Jack Cooper: who can connect and share ideas, information on
160 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:31.240 Jack Cooper: building community where they are and and just
161 00:20:31.690 --> 00:20:38.109 Jack Cooper: ideas and events in the, in the wider climate space in terms of action.
162 00:20:38.570 --> 00:20:46.329 Jack Cooper: There are now 6 postcode communities in existence across Burgess Hill, Brighton, Worthing, and Bristol, and
163 00:20:47.930 --> 00:20:53.369 Jack Cooper: these these postcode communities at their at their core, have have this idea around
164 00:20:54.060 --> 00:21:01.750 Jack Cooper: connecting with your neighbors and creating creating that community hub with climate and nature, action and energy action
165 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.689 Jack Cooper: springing from that.
166 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:16.719 Jack Cooper: Furthermore, in terms of ideas. What I'm going to be talking about in a little bit is the
167 00:21:18.130 --> 00:21:19.050 Jack Cooper: and
168 00:21:19.260 --> 00:21:36.789 Jack Cooper: dissertation I've recently done on transformative adaptation. I'm a 3rd year liberal arts student and postcode workshops that I conducted as part of that dissertation, exploring these ideas in more academic detail in terms of outreach.
169 00:21:36.930 --> 00:21:50.559 Jack Cooper: There's a postcode revolution, website, social media platforms and content. And then, in context, further of action, I created a postcode toolkit which is
170 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:57.320 Jack Cooper: available via the website. And we've got a postcode revolution book club which is coming soon.
171 00:21:59.540 --> 00:22:06.910 Jack Cooper: And what I would like to do is show you guys, this
172 00:22:07.090 --> 00:22:09.520 Jack Cooper: is the toolkit. So you can find this
173 00:22:09.730 --> 00:22:13.979 Jack Cooper: by the website. This is the postcode revolution toolkit.
174 00:22:15.930 --> 00:22:18.850 Jack Cooper: So when I say postcode revolution.
175 00:22:19.130 --> 00:22:23.959 Jack Cooper: I'm defining revolution as a circular movement or a fundamental change in the way of thinking about
176 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:29.220 Jack Cooper: or visualizing something rather than straight up government overthrow.
177 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:38.290 Jack Cooper: And what the toolkit has is an explainer, an introduction.
178 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:41.100 Jack Cooper: Think about the reasons why.
179 00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:44.159 Jack Cooper: And then it has 5 actions which
180 00:22:44.650 --> 00:22:57.360 Jack Cooper: explained in the video fact finding, create an online community space thinking about the community rules. It's got a flyer in there which is template, based on what what I designed and tested out in Brighton.
181 00:22:57.820 --> 00:23:07.020 Jack Cooper: The 4th actually knocking on the door, sharing your flying intention with your neighbors and the 5th hosting a community connection event. And then there's a Q&A
182 00:23:07.430 --> 00:23:14.519 Jack Cooper: with me talking about what I did after that, and the various different things you can do, the testimonials, what others are doing.
183 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:17.859 Jack Cooper: various links and things here.
184 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:35.900 Jack Cooper: So that is where I'm at currently and I think, rather than just keep
185 00:23:36.170 --> 00:23:43.309 Jack Cooper: talking and then have discussion bit at the end. I just wanted to ask and see. Are there any
186 00:23:43.670 --> 00:23:45.500 Jack Cooper: questions that people have
187 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:52.230 Jack Cooper: now, before before I move on to the next part, just about about what I've mentioned
188 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:55.829 Jack Cooper: there any any questions that people would like to ask about that.
189 00:24:00.130 --> 00:24:07.119 Bonny Williams: Zach, I'm interested whether you got resistance from people when you 1st started it, because.
190 00:24:07.630 --> 00:24:29.119 Bonny Williams: like when I was a bit younger, I remember feeling like, Oh, my God! Cringe as if I'm going to talk to all the people in my street. And obviously now I sort of get the point. But I think when I was younger I probably wouldn't have got the point in the same way, and I think probably I might receive some resistance if I tried to do this in my street. I know most people to look at.
191 00:24:29.210 --> 00:24:41.860 Bonny Williams: but I certainly don't know them all, and I suppose that's sort of the thing that makes me feel like I'm not sure I'm gonna do. It is just that a lot of people just might be going. No, that's just weird.
192 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:48.218 Jack Cooper: Yes, so so I think that's that's that's that's an important point you raised there.
193 00:24:48.710 --> 00:24:54.789 Jack Cooper: I think part of the part of what political revolution has been about is about
194 00:24:55.130 --> 00:24:59.210 Jack Cooper: trying to encourage people to overcome the
195 00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:02.949 Jack Cooper: the anxieties of doing it, because it is it is definitely
196 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:07.739 Jack Cooper: and can be anxiety inducing, prospective
197 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:20.750 Jack Cooper: of talking to the neighbors who are, who are strangers and are, you know, you don't know. That's that's that a legitimately scary thing. So that's that's 1 of the reasons why in the
198 00:25:21.050 --> 00:25:26.640 Jack Cooper: the toolkit, thinking about the reasons, the reasons why. So that's I would just
199 00:25:28.390 --> 00:25:40.630 Jack Cooper: share my screen again. So the toolkit, one of the things I have is yeah. Looking at
200 00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:47.370 Jack Cooper: is looking at the reasons why so thinking about
201 00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:53.049 Jack Cooper: think about connecting with your neighbours. So
202 00:25:53.210 --> 00:25:55.470 Jack Cooper: do you know your neighbors thinking about
203 00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:59.829 Jack Cooper: the benefits of creating a community
204 00:26:00.070 --> 00:26:04.047 Jack Cooper: and realities of climate breakdown? So
205 00:26:04.710 --> 00:26:06.930 Bonny Williams: Sharing your screen. By the way, I don't know if you're.
206 00:26:06.930 --> 00:26:09.060 Jack Cooper: Oh, is it? Is it not sharing? Sorry, then.
207 00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:11.130 Bonny Williams: Is that just for me, or can other people see it.
208 00:26:12.990 --> 00:26:18.195 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: We? No, you're quite right. He's not showing yet, but I am looking at his toolkit on the website.
209 00:26:18.470 --> 00:26:20.270 Jack Cooper: Here we go! Let me let me share again.
210 00:26:20.516 --> 00:26:21.010 Bonny Williams: No, no.
211 00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:26.440 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And we see that now.
212 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:28.270 Bonny Williams: Yes, that's working now.
213 00:26:28.630 --> 00:26:46.330 Jack Cooper: Awesome. So about that. So thinking about, why so thinking about the benefits of connecting with your neighbours the reality of loneliness in the community benefits of creating that community and the realities of of climate and climate, breakdown and
214 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.720 Jack Cooper: and safety.
215 00:26:48.718 --> 00:26:54.280 Jack Cooper: I think also, in addition to this, is
216 00:26:54.915 --> 00:27:12.329 Jack Cooper: one of the realities I've faced and other people have done. This is that you know not everyone is going to want to be involved in that in that community. And you know, that's that's okay. And that's 1 of the the things with this is that
217 00:27:12.870 --> 00:27:16.939 Jack Cooper: recognizing that there's always going to be a core of people who
218 00:27:17.510 --> 00:27:27.299 Jack Cooper: who are more engaged than others, and recognizing these different different layers of engagement. So in the context of of Burgess Hill, there's
219 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:35.430 Jack Cooper: of that community. There's there's been a core of people sustained through a book club that we formed postcode book club that
220 00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:42.290 Jack Cooper: really the core of core of that community, and the ones hosting and doing doing things in the community.
221 00:27:42.290 --> 00:27:44.059 Bonny Williams: Amazing themed books.
222 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:48.675 Jack Cooper: So so so that that book club works basically of just
223 00:27:49.680 --> 00:28:17.520 Jack Cooper: each, each each session, there's a there's a different theme. So that's not explicitly climate related. They've I believe they've had, like some some sort of some nature nature environment related sessions. But that's that's more just. Yeah. Basically a Book Club, where people come in together, choose a different theme and then bring books based on that theme, because that was the kind of one of the
224 00:28:20.590 --> 00:28:30.159 Jack Cooper: just an interest amongst people that formed was around around Reading, which which brought brought the people together. For
225 00:28:30.410 --> 00:28:30.940 Jack Cooper: for that.
226 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.440 Bonny Williams: Yes.
227 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:41.370 Jack Cooper: In that function. I've and yeah, as mentioned in the video, I I organized an energy group and we organized on energy performance certificates, so
228 00:28:41.890 --> 00:28:42.855 Jack Cooper: that
229 00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:54.540 Jack Cooper: using collective bargaining, we got an energy performance assessor to come over and do assessments for 5 of the houses for 40 pounds instead of would have been like
230 00:28:54.640 --> 00:29:02.730 Jack Cooper: 60 70 pounds. So that was, that was a kind of easy win early on in terms of the energy domain. But
231 00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:05.579 Jack Cooper: at the core of postcode revolution is
232 00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:10.689 Jack Cooper: is this sense of community. And one of the things I sort of stressed early on is, you know, you don't have to be
233 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:19.159 Jack Cooper: active or interested in in climate nature to be involved. So
234 00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:28.150 Jack Cooper: just having that boundary of the postcode and basically going, you know, you live here.
235 00:29:28.290 --> 00:29:34.889 Jack Cooper: If you want to join, you know you're you're very welcome, and and that's where you know what we've what we've done is having, you know.
236 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:42.139 Jack Cooper: in the context of that setting up Whatsapp group and a Facebook group for for the postcode. And then
237 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.820 Jack Cooper: one of the things you can do
238 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:53.899 Jack Cooper: is in Whatsapp. There's the the community function where you can create separate groups for different things. So it's definitely a reality that you know.
239 00:29:54.390 --> 00:30:02.869 Jack Cooper: not. Everyone is going to be interested in doing, in doing things necessarily related to climate nature. But
240 00:30:03.270 --> 00:30:05.466 Jack Cooper: there are a lot of people who
241 00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:15.470 Jack Cooper: who want that, who who want that that community and and in relation to in relation to
242 00:30:17.020 --> 00:30:23.270 Jack Cooper: resilience and climate, climate, breakdown and adaptation. One of the things of post revolution is
243 00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:31.550 Jack Cooper: is yeah, by just having that those those connections? And you know this. Tessa.
244 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:52.650 Jack Cooper: referencing back to the, to the, to the fantastic session last week the the concept of of No. 21 which is, is, is very, is very applicable and relevant relevant here. Because that's what what post code revolution is, why it relates to resilience and adaptation of of having that those
245 00:30:53.040 --> 00:31:07.460 Jack Cooper: networks and links and community around you means that in the in the case of disaster, in the case of emergency, you have those those links and and people around you who can help
246 00:31:07.870 --> 00:31:09.509 Jack Cooper: Graham? Would you like to.
247 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:21.269 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Jack on your slides. You showed that your Whatsapp group now has 64 members, I take it. Are they all part of your local postcodes.
248 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:49.890 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: because I'm just thinking that I know of lots of Whatsapp groups that focus on local things like a local village in Somerset or our own road here in the Isle of White, you know, depending on the size of where you are, and I wonder whether there were not topics that are discussed in your Whatsapp group that would be of interest to the other Whatsapp groups. And do you accept other ways of linking entire groups to your Whatsapp group? Or does it have to be individuals?
249 00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:57.047 Jack Cooper: And so the the Postgreg revolution. Whatsapp community is
250 00:31:57.800 --> 00:32:09.779 Jack Cooper: is specific is is more for well, it's it's for people who are interested in the ideas of post code, revolution and the outreach, and also the action of of doing it. So
251 00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.240 Jack Cooper: Hello.
252 00:32:11.710 --> 00:32:21.450 Jack Cooper: basically, the the group isn't isn't kind of geographically bound in the sense of it's. It's not the kind of postcode communities.
253 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:31.370 Jack Cooper: and their chats that exist are separate to that. And primarily the the function of this chat is for the people who are
254 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:44.779 Jack Cooper: leading in, and sort of wanting to do it where they are, and as as a space for advice and sort of shared wisdom and community amongst
255 00:32:45.378 --> 00:32:47.769 Jack Cooper: amongst people who are sort of
256 00:32:47.930 --> 00:32:55.003 Jack Cooper: seeking, seeking to do it, or or interested in in the ideas and and the space. So
257 00:32:55.860 --> 00:33:03.770 Jack Cooper: so yeah, in in in future, potentially, there's yeah, there's there's there's potential
258 00:33:05.590 --> 00:33:06.080 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: My
259 00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:33.440 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: your comment. The 1st comment in this toolkit is the people. Some people suffer from loneliness, and I think there's a lot of that around, and possibly Linda would have a lot more to contribute about that. But do you find that people will treat this as a social way of getting out that they wouldn't otherwise do. I mean, a lot of people lived in quite, quite isolation, which they would rather not do. But they don't know how to get out of it.
260 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:36.939 Jack Cooper: Yeah. So so that's 1 of the
261 00:33:37.310 --> 00:33:42.790 Jack Cooper: one of the really beneficial aspects to it. Yeah, is that by
262 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:58.229 Jack Cooper: by encouraging people to connect with their neighbours. The reality of, you know, at this moment we have a lot of young people online much of the time, and a lot of older people who are who are lonely and disconnected from
263 00:33:59.120 --> 00:34:08.840 Jack Cooper: from people. So bringing bringing generations together is a massive, massive benefit benefit from it. And
264 00:34:09.030 --> 00:34:10.700 Jack Cooper: and yeah, this, this.
265 00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.849 Jack Cooper: That's the those these kind of
266 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:22.239 Jack Cooper: 2 2 wings that I mentioned in that video. You know, you've got the adaptation side of that. It's there's this greater sense of safety through doing this
267 00:34:22.370 --> 00:34:34.879 Jack Cooper: in terms of resilience, building adaptation, knowing the people around you, and also potentially things things people can do in their local area. But then there's also the transformation side which has the
268 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:42.189 Jack Cooper: these these benefits? Oh, just yeah, Alison, would you like to.
269 00:34:44.310 --> 00:34:45.589 Alison Widgery: Yes. Hello!
270 00:34:46.909 --> 00:34:53.919 Alison Widgery: This is inspiring me. I for the last I don't know. 5 years at least.
271 00:34:54.400 --> 00:35:01.919 Alison Widgery: I've been waxing lyrical in my village, and it is a a small village, and we are quite wise.
272 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:08.140 Alison Widgery: Spread out. I've done newsletters, Facebook social events.
273 00:35:08.748 --> 00:35:24.529 Alison Widgery: We've organized tree walks and wildflower walks, and we had a very good I don't know if you've heard of climate, Fresque. We had a climate fresk session, which was run by a person who lives in the village, which was very good.
274 00:35:24.950 --> 00:35:31.809 Alison Widgery: However, I seem to get to a sort of plateau. I've got that sort of that's been going on.
275 00:35:31.990 --> 00:35:41.610 Alison Widgery: but I feel that I'm not moving on to the next stage. I keep asking people to sort of come and join me to make plans as to how this village can
276 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:51.400 Alison Widgery: be more sustainable. I like your idea of the Epcs. But and that might be something we could start, and I certainly think the library and that kind of stuff
277 00:35:51.970 --> 00:35:52.650 Alison Widgery: great.
278 00:35:54.010 --> 00:35:55.100 Alison Widgery: But I
279 00:35:55.570 --> 00:36:02.609 Alison Widgery: I feel as if we're not really moving on. I think people are getting to know one another better, perhaps.
280 00:36:03.667 --> 00:36:06.609 Alison Widgery: But I think they look at me and think, oh, she's
281 00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:11.229 Alison Widgery: banging on about the climate again, sort of thing. And nature again.
282 00:36:12.670 --> 00:36:14.299 Bonny Williams: I'm not sure how to move on.
283 00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:19.889 Bonny Williams: That's that's been something that's come up for me. Sorry. Do you mind if I answer just for a minute, Jack, I realize.
284 00:36:19.890 --> 00:36:21.202 Jack Cooper: No, that's okay.
285 00:36:22.071 --> 00:36:34.590 Bonny Williams: So I'm a trustee for pace. Manning Tree. We're practical actions for climate and the environment. And we just generate projects locally. And we're entirely voluntary sort of run.
286 00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:38.839 Bonny Williams: And we've sort of noticed the same thing
287 00:36:38.970 --> 00:37:04.829 Bonny Williams: that if you have certain specific things that you're trying to get done, or you know, for example, last week we needed to move a shed from Point A to Point B for our allotment. We can easily get volunteers for that. But what we can't get is people who will be involved in the running of something or leading of something. And I think sometimes it's about what you ask for
288 00:37:05.010 --> 00:37:31.699 Bonny Williams: what I see amongst people who volunteer in this sector a lot is that everybody's just flat out with the volunteering they're already doing or their current life, their job, their children, their family. The reasons are, you know, totally legitimate, and you know there are many of them. But what I've noticed is that people are more able to commit. If you ask for a very discrete and specific ask.
289 00:37:32.290 --> 00:37:49.670 Bonny Williams: and they're much less likely to commit. If you ask for something a bit more vague like, let's get organized or help me do like, you know, raise the profile or become more sustainable. Those things feel too big for people to kind of commit to that. And
290 00:37:50.750 --> 00:37:56.709 Bonny Williams: so that's 1 thing is that we found we get a better response. If we ask people for a more discrete
291 00:37:57.020 --> 00:38:07.539 Bonny Williams: thing, whatever it might be, a project that's clearly got a start and finish. So whilst that might feel exhausting to you, it probably will actually
292 00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:14.110 Bonny Williams: end up with more help. And then, I suppose, just the other thing is
293 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:41.440 Bonny Williams: to try to constantly reach new people. And I think the difficulty you're maybe having is that you are only a small village with a few people, but one of the things we've done with a different hat on. I'm also a volunteer. I also work with Jules on the community climate, action side, and one of the things we do there is, we group people together in little clusters. So, for example, you could reach out to your local village somewhere nearby
294 00:38:41.780 --> 00:39:02.120 Bonny Williams: and see if they want to get together with you, to do projects of a slightly bigger magnitude, and it might be that, just reaching that little bit further afield, you find a bit more oomph and enthusiasm and drive and stuff that you know it only needs one or 2 more people, and it will make a difference to how you feel.
295 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:09.579 Bonny Williams: So it could be that connecting with your equivalent in the next villages might be the way forward.
296 00:39:11.570 --> 00:39:13.359 Alison Widgery: Yes, that sounds very wise. We
297 00:39:14.013 --> 00:39:20.290 Alison Widgery: do link with climate action network in a town quite close.
298 00:39:21.710 --> 00:39:23.479 Alison Widgery: So that makes me feel
299 00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:26.810 Alison Widgery: much more part of something that's actually happening.
300 00:39:27.170 --> 00:39:28.020 Alison Widgery: And
301 00:39:28.270 --> 00:39:47.579 Alison Widgery: and I sometimes think people live in this village because they don't particularly want to be part of the community, they are so spread out. But there are obviously the only other thing is that when you're saying projects, I can get projects up and running and started and finished. But it's nearly always the same people, although sometimes we do manage to
302 00:39:47.770 --> 00:39:56.119 Alison Widgery: drag other people in, and that's worked very well, and sometimes they are slightly younger than me, which is but not.
303 00:39:56.590 --> 00:40:00.550 Alison Widgery: you know. It's quite an elderly population, I suppose.
304 00:40:00.710 --> 00:40:03.340 Alison Widgery: However, thank you, that's very awesome.
305 00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:08.119 Bonny Williams: Just on that front, though it might be worth your while actually naming that
306 00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:15.369 Bonny Williams: and saying to them, You know, is it possible some of you have moved here, so you don't have to get involved with stuff.
307 00:40:15.370 --> 00:40:16.110 Alison Widgery: Yeah.
308 00:40:16.515 --> 00:40:30.710 Bonny Williams: Okay. In that case, can we maybe just address the sort of baseline issues? Because sometimes, if you speak to people's unspoken thoughts, it can actually strike a chord which they didn't realise. Was there.
309 00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.790 Alison Widgery: And cheers.
310 00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.359 Alison Widgery: Yeah, very true.
311 00:40:35.530 --> 00:40:35.960 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: We're also.
312 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.830 Alison Widgery: Thank you.
313 00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:47.520 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Alison. I don't think you were with us last week, but one of the themes was, what do we do? If there is a major outage of communications, and sometimes, if you.
314 00:40:47.520 --> 00:40:47.900 Alison Widgery: You've got.
315 00:40:47.900 --> 00:41:07.269 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: People in your little village. It really helps them to know that there is a space that we've all agreed to go to. If there is a major outage or something, and at least they know that they've got a place to record their needs, their helps, particularly if they're frail or isolated or vulnerable in some way.
316 00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:08.600 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yes.
317 00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:18.519 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I think that this idea of Jack's, as he says, ties in very one well with the No. 21 idea we had last week, which was, get to know the 21 people around you.
318 00:41:18.790 --> 00:41:22.570 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: and I'll shut up now and leave it to Linda to pitch in.
319 00:41:23.630 --> 00:41:27.120 Alison Widgery: Thank you. I'll look at the recording of last week's session.
320 00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:40.550 Linda Aspey: Thanks. I've just been researching this recently, because, as Jack knows, I'm doing a talk on Friday. But I've never done this talk before. Called how to be great at community engagement.
321 00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:44.540 Linda Aspey: of interesting things, and
322 00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:49.440 Linda Aspey: one of the things that just reminded me of when I was 1st involved with extinction, rebellion.
323 00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:59.440 Linda Aspey: How many people wanted to were kind of slightly interested in getting involved, but couldn't see a role for themselves there, because they said, Well, I'm not a this, and I'm not a that.
324 00:41:59.730 --> 00:42:27.520 Linda Aspey: And it was so interesting when I started saying to people, Well, how about we just have a chat online or meet for coffee. Let's talk about what you can do and what you do do. And people would then say, Well, yeah, I've done knitting in the past, or I've done cooking. And and it just transpired that there was a role for everybody. But they saw this thing as being sort of front end loaded, that you have to be out there campaigning. So I'm wondering about what facilities there are and conversations that could happen.
325 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:46.489 Linda Aspey: It also strikes me as well that you know we lose 34 pubs a month in the Uk. And have done for years highest number ever last year. And yet, when you go to, if you talk to any estate agent, and they say you know people are moving out of London or into the cities into the countryside, and they're all looking for a pub with a village.
326 00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:48.999 Linda Aspey: a village with a pub. Rather.
327 00:42:49.340 --> 00:43:01.799 Linda Aspey: So. There's clearly something that people want. They do want to be part of a community. So it's finding that that sweet spot. So I think, 1st of all, it's confidence about, you know what people can and can't bring
328 00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:10.870 Linda Aspey: secondly, intergenerational. If people think that it's just old people like me running it, it's not going to be very appealing. So I've been thinking about
329 00:43:11.080 --> 00:43:25.410 Linda Aspey: actually revisiting the mapping of a community, because communities change quite a bit, and you know what's going on in the village hall now that wasn't there 5 years ago. What about the mother and baby clubs. What about this? And what about that? So remapping?
330 00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:44.689 Linda Aspey: Who's living here? What's going on? And then finding also more ways. And you know, maybe recruiting a young person who's got on social media. If the people currently involved aren't, and thinking about it much more intergenerationally and certainly in transition to be Norton.
331 00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:48.390 Linda Aspey: We found that we engage more youth when we don't talk about climate.
332 00:43:49.290 --> 00:44:10.480 Linda Aspey: They're, I mean, we've got a really poor population, 17% of children in Chipping Norton are in the child. Poverty sector, you know, are categorized as poverty in poverty, and people wouldn't think that because they think of chipping Norton, David Cameron, you know. But so they, you know, they're worried about
333 00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:17.890 Linda Aspey: fitting in. They're worried about making friends. They're worried about not, you know, all the sort of stuff of life. So I'm just wondering.
334 00:44:18.384 --> 00:44:33.329 Linda Aspey: that once you have the relationship. And so what I've been thinking about for this talk is focus on the relationships, and then the roles and the tasks can become clearer. So build, build those connections, and have have non.
335 00:44:34.230 --> 00:44:48.109 Linda Aspey: have no asks of people, you know, there's nothing they have to do. Come along and have a cup of tea or a dinner, and there's no ask then until you get to know them better. Anyway, those are just my ramblings and things I've been learning. Yeah.
336 00:44:48.110 --> 00:44:48.900 Jack Cooper: I know.
337 00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:51.069 Linda Aspey: Share any more learnings that come along.
338 00:44:51.560 --> 00:45:12.219 Jack Cooper: Yeah, no, thank you. Thank you for sharing that, Linda. And best of luck for Friday. And yeah, that's 1 of the things with postcode revolution we've been trying to in the kind of branding of it and sort of forms of forms, of media, like podcasts and social media has been trying to find ways of engaging
339 00:45:12.390 --> 00:45:19.580 Jack Cooper: that getting that intergenerational engagement, especially, yeah, getting getting younger people.
340 00:45:20.345 --> 00:45:23.530 Jack Cooper: Because I think, yeah, the local can be can be sort of
341 00:45:24.020 --> 00:45:31.400 Jack Cooper: associated as as not being kind of as sort of I don't know potentially like dynamic or like
342 00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:50.571 Jack Cooper: you, something that that you want to engage with. So post revolution is. Well, yeah, one of the the aims of it has been to try and try and bring that. Bring that real sense of sense of you know how important, how important it is. And and how much you know.
343 00:45:52.090 --> 00:46:02.550 Jack Cooper: people can. People can change at that at that level if if they get involved. And I want to. Just and one of the things one of the things sort of that
344 00:46:03.238 --> 00:46:09.470 Jack Cooper: sort of issue issues that we've had with people sort of building.
345 00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:15.979 Jack Cooper: build, building, community and sort of engaging of it has been sort of making this sort of step into
346 00:46:17.070 --> 00:46:24.130 Jack Cooper: well, issues of communication on on climate, and and and how to
347 00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:35.849 Jack Cooper: how to. Once you know the community set up what what people can do to act on climate, nature in, in their communities. And what this kind of question motivated
348 00:46:35.990 --> 00:46:45.349 Jack Cooper: my my dissertation. Which revolved around this question of
349 00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:53.350 Jack Cooper: help in the Uk transformatively adapt climate and ecological breakdown.
350 00:46:53.490 --> 00:47:05.460 Jack Cooper: And this is yeah slideshow. I use for the presentation just as hell and
351 00:47:06.850 --> 00:47:14.750 Jack Cooper: it had this structure of you can check out. And then, looking at the concept of transformative adaptation.
352 00:47:15.170 --> 00:47:26.689 Jack Cooper: looking at heat waves, flooding food, insecurity, transformative adaptation action and connecting up the wider area and projects.
353 00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:34.409 Jack Cooper: So the context of this this presentation, who here has heard of the concept of transformative adaptation before.
354 00:47:36.560 --> 00:47:42.370 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: You've still got the toolkit on the page, Jack, are you back on your presentation in your own mind's eye.
355 00:47:43.038 --> 00:47:47.959 Jack Cooper: It. Okay, is it just, is it, Tony? Just still sharing the toolkit?
356 00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:48.640 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yes.
357 00:47:48.830 --> 00:47:53.409 Jack Cooper: Okay, cool. What I'll do is I'll go back in and back out.
358 00:47:53.410 --> 00:47:53.910 Alison Widgery: To.
359 00:47:59.490 --> 00:48:07.990 Jack Cooper: Here we go, so can we now see presentation.
360 00:48:07.990 --> 00:48:10.510 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yup, you probably need to switch to slideshow mode.
361 00:48:11.670 --> 00:48:15.210 Jack Cooper: Here we go. Cool so.
362 00:48:17.930 --> 00:48:21.870 Jack Cooper: and we see. Let's say, how am I defining transformative adaptation.
363 00:48:24.040 --> 00:48:27.350 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: You're on a page that's got connect with your neighbors.
364 00:48:27.530 --> 00:48:28.590 Jack Cooper: Oh, okay.
365 00:48:29.070 --> 00:48:30.200 Jack Cooper: Apologies. That is.
366 00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:31.900 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: You just stop sharing now.
367 00:48:32.230 --> 00:48:35.100 Jack Cooper: Yes, I've gone back in there we go.
368 00:48:35.540 --> 00:48:38.980 Jack Cooper: Sorry about that guys. Here we go. So this is the.
369 00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:45.449 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Now you're on your page about defining transformative habitation.
370 00:48:45.830 --> 00:48:47.409 Jack Cooper: And then thank you, Graham.
371 00:48:47.590 --> 00:48:48.510 Jack Cooper: So.
372 00:48:49.700 --> 00:48:50.540 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: There you go!
373 00:48:50.790 --> 00:48:59.239 Jack Cooper: So this is basically transformative. Adaptation is a concept which has been a
374 00:48:59.580 --> 00:49:15.799 Jack Cooper: of pioneered recently by Rupert Reid, Morgan, Phillips, and Amanda Scott in their book, transformative adaptation. And it is a movement. It's an emerging movement that
375 00:49:15.850 --> 00:49:31.280 Jack Cooper: came about to repurpose this concept of transformative adaptation which has been around in kind of climate. International diplomacy circles for probably around 2020 years at least now. But
376 00:49:32.330 --> 00:49:39.729 Jack Cooper: the the transformative adaptation of trad movement has been about trying to reclaim this at a citizen level, and
377 00:49:40.460 --> 00:50:06.350 Jack Cooper: engages with these 3 pillars of land, community and transformation meeting at the Green Gathering festival, having they construct a trad village with yurts and whole talks and and demonstrate ways of living which is about living in a way that is, is closer to land, lower energy, more sustainable has local community its heart. And
378 00:50:06.490 --> 00:50:12.670 Jack Cooper: as this this idea of of radical transformation in the way we live, and
379 00:50:13.810 --> 00:50:21.600 Jack Cooper: basically, this is the frame, a useful frame that I've used for postcode revolution, so that
380 00:50:22.060 --> 00:50:28.550 Jack Cooper: in the concept, in the context of my presentation, dissertation, use this
381 00:50:30.490 --> 00:50:36.629 Jack Cooper: framing of of shallow adaptation, being thinking about sea walls, and
382 00:50:37.220 --> 00:50:46.870 Jack Cooper: having inequality as usual, the existing status quo, but then transformative adaptation being away.
383 00:50:47.120 --> 00:50:53.029 Jack Cooper: of adapting, which is working with community and nature
384 00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:56.500 Jack Cooper: in the context of our climate
385 00:50:56.730 --> 00:50:59.490 Jack Cooper: emergency. So it's a form of
386 00:50:59.530 --> 00:51:16.410 Jack Cooper: of adapting to the, to the risks. Whilst also having this transformative element in changing the way we live to engage with our communities and bring nature back to where we live and integrate it into adaptation. So an example of this
387 00:51:16.430 --> 00:51:44.889 Jack Cooper: is nature-based forms of adaptation include things like rain gardens include things like planting trees which provide shade in the context of heat waves things like thinking about food security, growing more food where we live thinking about our food systems. And this this relocalization of resources which can aid us in the context of the breakdown of our
388 00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:52.370 Jack Cooper: supply chain. So in the presentation, I split it into thinking about heat waves using
389 00:51:52.470 --> 00:51:57.739 Jack Cooper: a case study of the national emergency in 2022 which in which I was
390 00:51:57.880 --> 00:52:01.550 Jack Cooper: acted in this way, and then
391 00:52:01.890 --> 00:52:05.160 Jack Cooper: thinking about, what does a community response to a heatwave look like?
392 00:52:06.473 --> 00:52:12.220 Jack Cooper: And this is also thinking about the the non-human community as well. So what are the
393 00:52:12.470 --> 00:52:29.899 Jack Cooper: what the pets, what the animals in the environment? How can we think about those as well, and also thinking about who's vulnerable in the community. So thinking about community vulnerability. So that would be, you know, pregnant mothers, infants, people working outside.
394 00:52:30.110 --> 00:52:41.390 Jack Cooper: people living on the streets, people with mental health difficulties, physical disabilities, that kind of thing, getting that community thinking of vulnerability.
395 00:52:41.530 --> 00:52:50.360 Jack Cooper: and then also in the context of flooding. So I used the local example of the Lewis floods which, close to Brighton. I was also
396 00:52:50.820 --> 00:53:09.878 Jack Cooper: born just after this this time and again thinking about community response to a flood. And this relates to to last week's session, which was which was fantastic. And there was a lot lot of similarities here in the sense of thinking about yeah. An example being
397 00:53:10.680 --> 00:53:34.139 Jack Cooper: thinking about the national flood, Helpline, thinking about in terms of advice of what to do and not to do in a flood. So that's thinking about things like the power of flood water, not not walking or not driving in it, thinking about getting up to a high level, thinking about checking on your neighbours again those who are vulnerable, those who are not.
398 00:53:34.470 --> 00:53:35.104 Jack Cooper: and
399 00:53:36.010 --> 00:53:40.909 Jack Cooper: And again, having that community response and part of the workshops was thinking about
400 00:53:41.230 --> 00:53:51.799 Jack Cooper: encouraging people to create postcode emergency plans and and also think about food insecurity. So I gave the example of
401 00:53:53.320 --> 00:54:00.550 Jack Cooper: When Kfc. Ran out of chicken in 2018, which is a a humorous example, but
402 00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:03.160 Jack Cooper: testament to the
403 00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:16.389 Jack Cooper: a serious issue, which is the just in time supply chains which function, and the majority of the Uk food system relies upon and thinking about in the context of you know
404 00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:28.830 Jack Cooper: of how climate affects these, and then think about a response of where can we get food from? As a community thinking about who grows? What what food is local to us
405 00:54:29.260 --> 00:54:31.730 Jack Cooper: and sharing advice about that.
406 00:54:32.010 --> 00:54:38.262 Jack Cooper: Then thinking about projects that people can do so as well as
407 00:54:40.540 --> 00:54:49.440 Jack Cooper: as well as who represents the community. So I did this this map here to represent the different levels of
408 00:54:49.790 --> 00:54:57.830 Jack Cooper: of the representative of community. Because if you know who those representatives are, then you're more likely to be able to get things done
409 00:54:58.760 --> 00:55:04.849 Jack Cooper: then offered up some projects like creating bird boxes.
410 00:55:05.190 --> 00:55:10.325 Jack Cooper: I talk highways, rain gardens, donate the highways
411 00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:18.815 Jack Cooper: as well as in in the other workshops, things like street parties, food hubs and creating that
412 00:55:20.260 --> 00:55:25.509 Jack Cooper: basically engendering a sense of you know we're going to. We're going to create an action from this
413 00:55:26.860 --> 00:55:30.690 Jack Cooper: and then thinking about, you know, expanding outwards and
414 00:55:31.260 --> 00:55:36.670 Jack Cooper: the postcode brokerage community, the climate majority project checking out.
415 00:55:36.950 --> 00:55:45.570 Jack Cooper: So I'll stop sharing that basically, this was a a way to
416 00:55:46.600 --> 00:55:52.160 Jack Cooper: in some ways a development of of the postscript revolution project which has been to think about
417 00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:56.819 Jack Cooper: this, this, this framing concept of transformative adaptation.
418 00:55:57.780 --> 00:56:10.120 Jack Cooper: in the actions of building those communities reaching out at that local level connecting with the humans and non-humans around you, and then engaging in these
419 00:56:10.230 --> 00:56:16.460 Jack Cooper: projects and forms of of adaptation, framing it as adaptation.
420 00:56:16.580 --> 00:56:24.220 Jack Cooper: and but in a way that is also transformative and has has a sense that it's not just all doom and gloom. It's also about
421 00:56:24.620 --> 00:56:31.579 Jack Cooper: changing the way we live for the better. And and yeah, so that
422 00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:38.840 Jack Cooper: that is the in some ways a a shift, and basically providing
423 00:56:40.640 --> 00:56:46.529 Jack Cooper: people with ways of thinking about
424 00:56:46.860 --> 00:57:08.040 Jack Cooper: thinking about climate without necessarily making it all about climate change. So in in the workshops, you know, by focusing on heat waves and flooding and food didn't really actually mention climate change very much, because it was about offering up these these concrete examples of you know it doesn't matter if you just believe in why
425 00:57:08.090 --> 00:57:18.159 Jack Cooper: the earth is. Earth is warming up. You can't. You can't disagree with that heat wave of 2022, or the the realities of of floods and food insecurity. So
426 00:57:19.290 --> 00:57:22.760 Jack Cooper: by offering these weighs in.
427 00:57:22.940 --> 00:57:28.160 Jack Cooper: It's been a way of of attempting to kind, of find ways of of again, of communicating
428 00:57:29.330 --> 00:57:34.269 Jack Cooper: and encouraging action on climate, in ways that
429 00:57:34.660 --> 00:57:39.920 Jack Cooper: feel more concrete concrete to people. So yeah.
430 00:57:40.180 --> 00:57:51.670 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I was struck when you were talking about introducing people back to nature and getting them more closely involved with the current housing crisis for young people how difficult it is for them to get onto the housing ladder.
431 00:57:51.810 --> 00:57:58.180 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: and I know that near us somebody has built a house out of bales of straw.
432 00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:08.270 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: which you know, the local farmer quite happily provided. The straw and local people helped to put a roof on that sort of thing, but it was a much less expensive house
433 00:58:08.430 --> 00:58:15.936 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: to build and I just wondered whether you were you would get the youth part of your
434 00:58:16.730 --> 00:58:34.189 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: community in interested because they don't have homes. They don't necessarily want to live with parents, but they don't. Can't afford to go anywhere else. I just wonder whether affordable housing that they could put up themselves, even though it is just a yurt or something, will at least get them much closer to nature.
435 00:58:34.450 --> 00:58:52.570 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I would also give them a house. So that was one thought the other thought I had was whether there's any interaction between your different postcode areas. So I noticed that your. The garden party in your home was largely a mixture of older people, whereas the picture of the pub was largely a mixture of younger people. I guess they were students, weren't they?
436 00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:53.500 Jack Cooper: Yes.
437 00:58:53.500 --> 00:58:58.340 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And do the 2 ever meet? Or do you keep them? They keep to their own devices.
438 00:58:58.880 --> 00:59:03.980 Jack Cooper: So yeah, no, the the postcode communities are kind of
439 00:59:04.562 --> 00:59:18.427 Jack Cooper: separate in the sense of yeah, they're just just again. They're they're not linked in the sense of a Whatsapp community. That's that you know. Largely. Yeah,
440 00:59:19.240 --> 00:59:20.190 Jack Cooper: sort of
441 00:59:20.410 --> 00:59:31.366 Jack Cooper: in that. In that. In that central Whatsapp space. We sort of the sort of people who are sort of leading on action in those communities kind of updating stuff. But
442 00:59:32.070 --> 00:59:34.864 Jack Cooper: by and large, those those are
443 00:59:35.540 --> 00:59:39.440 Jack Cooper: separate. And but in the future.
444 00:59:39.570 --> 00:59:49.936 Jack Cooper: yeah, there are thoughts on on ways of how to to link those up. But but yeah, your point about young people is is a good one, Graham as well. And
445 00:59:50.620 --> 00:59:53.328 Jack Cooper: yeah, that is, that is something.
446 00:59:54.910 --> 01:00:02.590 Jack Cooper: something to to contemplate, and perhaps perhaps working. Because, yeah, as you say, house prices are
447 01:00:03.100 --> 01:00:10.370 Jack Cooper: are ridiculous and unaffordable for the majority of young people. So yeah, finding
448 01:00:10.690 --> 01:00:29.039 Jack Cooper: finding a way of linking, linking, linking that in could be good. And the reality is is that as yeah. As you notice from that picture, each postcode is different in terms of demographics. The reality of where I live currently is is a younger demographic in Bergia. So it's
449 01:00:29.220 --> 01:00:35.370 Jack Cooper: it skews a bit older. So the reality is that, you know it's going to be different.
450 01:00:35.540 --> 01:00:41.420 Jack Cooper: the actions and and things that happen depending on where you are. But
451 01:00:41.650 --> 01:00:46.345 Jack Cooper: but yeah, the aim of of my research and
452 01:00:48.250 --> 01:00:58.709 Jack Cooper: dissertation has has been to try and in effect provide a provide. Provide more tools for people, to to go into as well as the toolkit. That's that
453 01:00:58.930 --> 01:01:08.490 Jack Cooper: that slideshow presentation I'm going to be yeah making available to people. And the aim is to provide templates of things that that people can do to
454 01:01:08.670 --> 01:01:10.929 Jack Cooper: to engage with their communities. But I'll just
455 01:01:11.140 --> 01:01:16.750 Jack Cooper: stop talking. If there are any more questions, comments he's.
456 01:01:16.750 --> 01:01:24.030 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Getting close to the end, close to the end of the hour. But I just draw your attention to a note from Bonnie to you in the chat
457 01:01:24.630 --> 01:01:30.080 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: where she is keen to join you in a podcast okay hold on.
458 01:01:30.580 --> 01:01:36.249 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And Linda's had to run away to her next because she's actually hosting it. So she's had to go.
459 01:01:36.720 --> 01:01:37.190 Jack Cooper: And.
460 01:01:37.190 --> 01:02:02.819 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I will take a few seconds just to mention that next week's banter session is about how you convert a piece of local land into a really useful nature, trove. It's talking to people who are right in the middle of doing it as we speak, so they'll be able to let you know what the difficulties were, how they got the Parish Council on side, how they got the locals on side, and how
461 01:02:02.860 --> 01:02:16.710 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: the the biggest source of energy, of course, was the children they love coming out and playing with bugs and with water, and with planting trees, and so forth. So do come next week, please, if you are interested in
462 01:02:17.990 --> 01:02:25.080 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: what to do with that spare piece of land that's doing nothing at the moment which you just happen to have at the back of your garden, or wherever it happens to be.
463 01:02:25.350 --> 01:02:35.419 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And, Jack, I don't think I don't see anyone raising hands, but thank you so much for pitching in and helping us out and giving us an update on where things are and.
464 01:02:35.420 --> 01:02:40.530 Jack Cooper: Thank you. Thank you. And I thank you, Graham. And I've just put my email there in the.
465 01:02:40.730 --> 01:02:41.150 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Thank you.
466 01:02:41.150 --> 01:02:59.440 Jack Cooper: Anyone does want to get in touch further. Thanks very much for having me, Graham. Thanks everyone for taking your time out of your day to listen, and really great great discussion and and and feedback. And yeah, really grateful. Thank you. Everyone.
467 01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:00.320 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: Nope, that's great!
468 01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:00.830 Bonny Williams: Okay.
469 01:03:01.110 --> 01:03:02.779 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: Take care, everybody! Bye, bye.64 00:06:41.920 --> 00:06:49.139 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yes, okay. So, Jack, all yours, please. If you'd be so kind as to introduce yourself, tell us what you're going to tell us, and then tell us.
65 00:06:49.760 --> 00:06:57.039 Jack Cooper: Yeah, I was thinking it. It could be nice. As there's a small group. Okay, cool. We've got
66 00:06:58.104 --> 00:07:00.834 Jack Cooper: alison joining us as well. Yeah.
67 00:07:04.180 --> 00:07:07.240 Jack Cooper: hello, Alice, and welcome. So there's 2.
68 00:07:07.870 --> 00:07:11.002 Jack Cooper: There is 6, 6 of us cool.
69 00:07:11.690 --> 00:07:19.059 Jack Cooper: so yeah, I as there's as there's kind of not too many of us. I thought I would.
70 00:07:21.130 --> 00:07:26.484 Jack Cooper: We'll make it a bit more sort of interactive, and let's get more of a sort of
71 00:07:28.440 --> 00:07:32.129 Jack Cooper: yeah, we can. I can try and make it a little bit less sort of
72 00:07:32.340 --> 00:07:45.810 Jack Cooper: just me talking and and hopefully get get get a bit more interactive. But yeah, so my name is is Jack Cooper. Thank you. Thank you for coming everybody. I 1st
73 00:07:46.220 --> 00:07:48.830 Jack Cooper: I did a great collaboration.
74 00:07:49.596 --> 00:07:56.560 Jack Cooper: Talk about 9 months ago, I believe and so
75 00:07:57.020 --> 00:08:08.509 Jack Cooper: I don't think other than anyone was here for that. Were any any of you guys here for that? I don't think so. Have any of you guys heard of postcode revolution before
76 00:08:09.310 --> 00:08:11.609 Jack Cooper: Linda has Alison Stewart
77 00:08:11.830 --> 00:08:20.980 Jack Cooper: Gary has, and then Stuart and us haven't. Okay, cool so I'm just going to share my screen.
78 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:26.439 Jack Cooper: So and we
79 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:33.280 Jack Cooper: cool.
80 00:08:33.970 --> 00:08:34.980 Jack Cooper: So
81 00:08:40.460 --> 00:08:41.520 Jack Cooper: there we are.
82 00:08:42.600 --> 00:08:43.020 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Really.
83 00:08:45.720 --> 00:08:47.539 Jack Cooper: So here we go.
84 00:08:50.740 --> 00:08:51.470 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Bingo!
85 00:08:51.630 --> 00:08:57.610 Jack Cooper: Go. So this is this postcode revolution and and
86 00:08:58.728 --> 00:09:02.789 Jack Cooper: session. I'm going to talk about the postcode revolution story. So far.
87 00:09:03.693 --> 00:09:09.570 Jack Cooper: Transformative adaptation workshops that I did and nature-based transformation.
88 00:09:10.590 --> 00:09:20.629 Jack Cooper: So I've actually got a little video that was was that has been made since the last
89 00:09:21.324 --> 00:09:29.609 Jack Cooper: talk I did which I am going to play for you guys, which just
90 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:36.109 Jack Cooper: has gives a good description of of postcode revolution.
91 00:09:38.170 --> 00:09:39.300 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: On the video.
92 00:09:39.630 --> 00:09:41.449 Jack Cooper: There is sound. Will that work.
93 00:09:41.450 --> 00:09:48.740 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: But it will if you selected the right box on zoom. When you go into the share button on zoom, you have to click.
94 00:09:49.000 --> 00:09:52.756 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I think there's a bottom left corner. There's something about sharing sound.
95 00:09:53.430 --> 00:09:56.820 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: so it might be worth your going back just to check that Jack.
96 00:09:57.160 --> 00:09:58.590 Jack Cooper: Yes, I've got that one.
97 00:09:58.590 --> 00:10:00.229 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Fine. Go for it, then.
98 00:10:00.920 --> 00:10:04.109 Jack Cooper: We go. So Hi, Jack, you hear that? Yeah.
99 00:10:04.110 --> 00:10:04.650 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yep.
100 00:10:04.930 --> 00:10:31.319 Jack Cooper: Thanks for having the interview with me. Could you just introduce yourself? Hi, Ari, happy to be here? My name is Jack Cooper. I am a 3rd year Liberal Arts, BA. Student at the University of Sussex, and the founder and director of Postcode Revolution. Could you tell us a little bit about what the postcode revolution is and what its objectives.
101 00:10:31.550 --> 00:10:54.109 Jack Cooper: So the postcode revolution has 3 elements, ideas, outreach and action. Post code, revolution aims to create a shift in all of these areas. So in terms of ideas, it's looking at our culture.
102 00:10:54.190 --> 00:11:10.450 Jack Cooper: wider, paradigmatic way of thinking and attempting to shift that to something more ecological outreach is in the form primarily of a podcast which is which is coming out soon, which spotlights people ideas.
103 00:11:10.450 --> 00:11:35.280 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: And projects which are happening, and then in terms of action. That's about inspiring and informing people on how to build community where they are in a nutshell that is, postcode revolution for someone looking to start postcode revolution where they are, I recommend, firstly, fact, finding this is an essential 1st step as a
104 00:11:35.280 --> 00:11:51.309 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: local community may already exist where you live. If it doesn't, I recommend creating an online community space. Thirdly, prepare a flyer. There's a template available of the postcode toolkit. Fourthly, knock on doors sharing your flyer and intentions with your neighbours.
105 00:11:51.310 --> 00:11:57.179 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: 5. Host. A community connection event. That's it. There you go.
106 00:11:57.410 --> 00:12:21.710 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: What are some examples of practical things that you've done? Practical events, practical workshops, and what have the benefits of some of these been? Okay? Yeah. So in my 1st post Covid, in Burgess Hill we had 3 or 4 community meetups. We had a postcode book club. We had put on rather ambitiously a little postcode Music Festival at the end of the
107 00:12:21.870 --> 00:12:31.612 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: the summer, which didn't wasn't wasn't spectacular, but but it's an example of kind of yeah projects.
108 00:12:32.100 --> 00:12:46.059 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: And you know, I set up a community library in the postcode. So there's been some sharing of tools and books and food in terms of energy. I organised 5 energy performance certificates
109 00:12:46.060 --> 00:13:09.549 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: for the houses in a kind of form of collective bargaining, which is a small thing. But I think there's again on that there's much more scope to do bigger things, whether that be clubbing together on insulation, carpooling, clubbing together on solar batteries, solar panels in terms of kind of climate and risk. Then looking at how to create community climate adaptation plans.
110 00:13:09.550 --> 00:13:36.260 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: looking at how the community can be prepared in the eventuality of the floods of heat waves. Resilience is an important part of the post code revolution, and in some ways it came out of a sense that by building community where you are. You can also then thus build resilience. Post revolution is also very much about trying to amplify what people are already doing rather than rebrand it and take credit for it, which is, I think, a lot of
111 00:13:36.260 --> 00:13:49.730 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: a lot of organizations have a bad habit of doing what postcode revolution is in many ways is these 2 wings of transformation and adaptation. It's about
112 00:13:49.750 --> 00:14:13.189 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: adapting to the climate and ecological risks and shocks which are already baked in. And then transformation is about looking at community nature energy, how we can transform our ways of living to be more low energy, have more contact with nature, and bring more biodiversity in, and also have more connection.
113 00:14:28.890 --> 00:14:34.180 Jack Cooper: So. Oh, that is thank you.
114 00:14:34.970 --> 00:14:39.279 Jack Cooper: Pause the sharing for a minute.
115 00:14:40.960 --> 00:14:45.173 Jack Cooper: Hello, Bonnie! Nice to see you so
116 00:14:46.050 --> 00:14:52.949 Jack Cooper: of the of the people here. I wanted to ask how many people here know?
117 00:14:53.110 --> 00:14:56.560 Jack Cooper: I'd say more than, let's say, more than
118 00:14:57.010 --> 00:15:03.989 Jack Cooper: 2 houses, the the residents, more than 2 houses in their in their street or postcode.
119 00:15:06.410 --> 00:15:07.290 Jack Cooper: Yeah.
120 00:15:07.600 --> 00:15:16.409 Jack Cooper: cool. Cool. So I'm talking to talking to people who are already already doing this sort of stuff which is great. So
121 00:15:16.930 --> 00:15:32.220 Jack Cooper: for me, growing up, I only know, only knew my direct, direct neighbours. We didn't have a sense of community in the street where I grew up, and post-code revolution
122 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:41.220 Jack Cooper: came out of a desire to change that, to build community where I was and to act on climate
123 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:46.020 Jack Cooper: and nature, because I'm going to share my screen again.
124 00:15:48.060 --> 00:15:49.170 Jack Cooper: I
125 00:15:53.030 --> 00:15:57.449 Jack Cooper: used to be a what could be described as a radical
126 00:15:57.560 --> 00:16:01.870 Jack Cooper: climate activist is, that is me.
127 00:16:02.790 --> 00:16:05.659 Jack Cooper: With a beard and slightly longer hair.
128 00:16:05.830 --> 00:16:06.569 Jack Cooper: And
129 00:16:08.100 --> 00:16:22.410 Jack Cooper: I yeah, ran on the football pitch at the women's euros quarterfinal back in 2022, and that received a 3 year stadium ban, which is just coming to an end. I've been having to have my passport into the
130 00:16:22.590 --> 00:16:32.279 Jack Cooper: police station every time England play away for the past 3 years. And that came out of a
131 00:16:32.520 --> 00:16:36.780 Jack Cooper: specifically that action came out of the 2022 heat wave and
132 00:16:37.707 --> 00:16:40.569 Jack Cooper: before then I was yeah, doing things like
133 00:16:41.010 --> 00:16:49.959 Jack Cooper: sitting in roads, running up on stages and and more radical things. But this this kind of came
134 00:16:50.300 --> 00:16:55.315 Jack Cooper: out of that that time as an attempt, a theory of change which was around
135 00:16:55.760 --> 00:17:02.610 Jack Cooper: disruption acting in these public spaces, and I highlighted one of the quotes I received
136 00:17:02.930 --> 00:17:23.329 Jack Cooper: from the Daily Mail received a lot of hate for that, as one may imagine. Which, said Mickez, from London said, you're negatively rebranding environmentalism into some woke leftist radical movement, creating a disconnect between the issues and the general public. Find a more constructive way, please.
137 00:17:23.890 --> 00:17:29.469 Jack Cooper: and postcode revolution partly came as a response to that
138 00:17:32.030 --> 00:17:34.490 Jack Cooper: in a sense of attempting to act
139 00:17:34.670 --> 00:17:44.149 Jack Cooper: locally a community level and bring people together across political divides, acting on on community and climate.
140 00:17:44.570 --> 00:17:52.259 Jack Cooper: So this is a quote from one of the members of the postcode, who said that
141 00:17:52.420 --> 00:17:56.780 Jack Cooper: it gave her a different vision for the feasibility of staying in the property that she loved.
142 00:17:57.150 --> 00:18:01.360 Jack Cooper: It's also great when walking on the street. I now say hello to people, this is a
143 00:18:01.560 --> 00:18:04.799 Jack Cooper: photo as well. From the 1st
144 00:18:05.140 --> 00:18:15.490 Jack Cooper: this code meet up community connection gathering. We invite people to bring food and got people to
145 00:18:16.588 --> 00:18:18.380 Jack Cooper: right right down there.
146 00:18:18.660 --> 00:18:34.609 Jack Cooper: That house number on on stickers and and basically just connect. And it was. It was beautiful. People of all sorts of different ages had over 10 houses come and and connect, and that that really really kicked the community off, and
147 00:18:34.800 --> 00:18:36.292 Jack Cooper: it's now been
148 00:18:37.660 --> 00:18:44.774 Jack Cooper: 2 years on we're having another similar meetup on the on the 5th of July, and
149 00:18:45.510 --> 00:18:50.210 Jack Cooper: and that that community continues on
150 00:18:52.570 --> 00:18:56.469 Jack Cooper: So since then, this is a picture of
151 00:18:58.680 --> 00:19:07.770 Jack Cooper: the community that I set up in Brighton, where I'm currently living, and that was the 1st
152 00:19:07.940 --> 00:19:09.550 Jack Cooper: meetup we had.
153 00:19:10.860 --> 00:19:17.120 Jack Cooper: And the postcode revolution projects.
154 00:19:18.052 --> 00:19:28.370 Jack Cooper: I have split into 3 key areas. So there's the ideas outreach and the action.
155 00:19:28.530 --> 00:19:35.499 Jack Cooper: So in terms of ideas. In that video, the postcard revolution podcast was mentioned.
156 00:19:35.900 --> 00:19:49.090 Jack Cooper: Since then we've released 6 episodes so far. And that's interviewing people engaged in similar work and exploring the ideas involved.
157 00:19:49.220 --> 00:19:54.540 Jack Cooper: Community building, climate, action, adaptation, mutual aid.
158 00:19:55.090 --> 00:20:21.189 Jack Cooper: So that's in the ideas space in terms of outreach. There's a postcode revolution, Whatsapp Community, consisting of 64 members so far. And anyone here is also welcome to join that. That's a space for people around the country and and abroad. We've got some members in Switzerland and Spain
159 00:20:21.230 --> 00:20:26.939 Jack Cooper: who can connect and share ideas, information on
160 00:20:27.140 --> 00:20:31.240 Jack Cooper: building community where they are and and just
161 00:20:31.690 --> 00:20:38.109 Jack Cooper: ideas and events in the, in the wider climate space in terms of action.
162 00:20:38.570 --> 00:20:46.329 Jack Cooper: There are now 6 postcode communities in existence across Burgess Hill, Brighton, Worthing, and Bristol, and
163 00:20:47.930 --> 00:20:53.369 Jack Cooper: these these postcode communities at their at their core, have have this idea around
164 00:20:54.060 --> 00:21:01.750 Jack Cooper: connecting with your neighbors and creating creating that community hub with climate and nature, action and energy action
165 00:21:01.900 --> 00:21:03.689 Jack Cooper: springing from that.
166 00:21:06.340 --> 00:21:16.719 Jack Cooper: Furthermore, in terms of ideas. What I'm going to be talking about in a little bit is the
167 00:21:18.130 --> 00:21:19.050 Jack Cooper: and
168 00:21:19.260 --> 00:21:36.789 Jack Cooper: dissertation I've recently done on transformative adaptation. I'm a 3rd year liberal arts student and postcode workshops that I conducted as part of that dissertation, exploring these ideas in more academic detail in terms of outreach.
169 00:21:36.930 --> 00:21:50.559 Jack Cooper: There's a postcode revolution, website, social media platforms and content. And then, in context, further of action, I created a postcode toolkit which is
170 00:21:50.700 --> 00:21:57.320 Jack Cooper: available via the website. And we've got a postcode revolution book club which is coming soon.
171 00:21:59.540 --> 00:22:06.910 Jack Cooper: And what I would like to do is show you guys, this
172 00:22:07.090 --> 00:22:09.520 Jack Cooper: is the toolkit. So you can find this
173 00:22:09.730 --> 00:22:13.979 Jack Cooper: by the website. This is the postcode revolution toolkit.
174 00:22:15.930 --> 00:22:18.850 Jack Cooper: So when I say postcode revolution.
175 00:22:19.130 --> 00:22:23.959 Jack Cooper: I'm defining revolution as a circular movement or a fundamental change in the way of thinking about
176 00:22:24.400 --> 00:22:29.220 Jack Cooper: or visualizing something rather than straight up government overthrow.
177 00:22:29.420 --> 00:22:38.290 Jack Cooper: And what the toolkit has is an explainer, an introduction.
178 00:22:38.980 --> 00:22:41.100 Jack Cooper: Think about the reasons why.
179 00:22:42.060 --> 00:22:44.159 Jack Cooper: And then it has 5 actions which
180 00:22:44.650 --> 00:22:57.360 Jack Cooper: explained in the video fact finding, create an online community space thinking about the community rules. It's got a flyer in there which is template, based on what what I designed and tested out in Brighton.
181 00:22:57.820 --> 00:23:07.020 Jack Cooper: The 4th actually knocking on the door, sharing your flying intention with your neighbors and the 5th hosting a community connection event. And then there's a Q&A
182 00:23:07.430 --> 00:23:14.519 Jack Cooper: with me talking about what I did after that, and the various different things you can do, the testimonials, what others are doing.
183 00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:17.859 Jack Cooper: various links and things here.
184 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:35.900 Jack Cooper: So that is where I'm at currently and I think, rather than just keep
185 00:23:36.170 --> 00:23:43.309 Jack Cooper: talking and then have discussion bit at the end. I just wanted to ask and see. Are there any
186 00:23:43.670 --> 00:23:45.500 Jack Cooper: questions that people have
187 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:52.230 Jack Cooper: now, before before I move on to the next part, just about about what I've mentioned
188 00:23:52.580 --> 00:23:55.829 Jack Cooper: there any any questions that people would like to ask about that.
189 00:24:00.130 --> 00:24:07.119 Bonny Williams: Zach, I'm interested whether you got resistance from people when you 1st started it, because.
190 00:24:07.630 --> 00:24:29.119 Bonny Williams: like when I was a bit younger, I remember feeling like, Oh, my God! Cringe as if I'm going to talk to all the people in my street. And obviously now I sort of get the point. But I think when I was younger I probably wouldn't have got the point in the same way, and I think probably I might receive some resistance if I tried to do this in my street. I know most people to look at.
191 00:24:29.210 --> 00:24:41.860 Bonny Williams: but I certainly don't know them all, and I suppose that's sort of the thing that makes me feel like I'm not sure I'm gonna do. It is just that a lot of people just might be going. No, that's just weird.
192 00:24:42.920 --> 00:24:48.218 Jack Cooper: Yes, so so I think that's that's that's that's an important point you raised there.
193 00:24:48.710 --> 00:24:54.789 Jack Cooper: I think part of the part of what political revolution has been about is about
194 00:24:55.130 --> 00:24:59.210 Jack Cooper: trying to encourage people to overcome the
195 00:24:59.360 --> 00:25:02.949 Jack Cooper: the anxieties of doing it, because it is it is definitely
196 00:25:04.460 --> 00:25:07.739 Jack Cooper: and can be anxiety inducing, prospective
197 00:25:08.160 --> 00:25:20.750 Jack Cooper: of talking to the neighbors who are, who are strangers and are, you know, you don't know. That's that's that a legitimately scary thing. So that's that's 1 of the reasons why in the
198 00:25:21.050 --> 00:25:26.640 Jack Cooper: the toolkit, thinking about the reasons, the reasons why. So that's I would just
199 00:25:28.390 --> 00:25:40.630 Jack Cooper: share my screen again. So the toolkit, one of the things I have is yeah. Looking at
200 00:25:44.560 --> 00:25:47.370 Jack Cooper: is looking at the reasons why so thinking about
201 00:25:50.300 --> 00:25:53.049 Jack Cooper: think about connecting with your neighbours. So
202 00:25:53.210 --> 00:25:55.470 Jack Cooper: do you know your neighbors thinking about
203 00:25:57.040 --> 00:25:59.829 Jack Cooper: the benefits of creating a community
204 00:26:00.070 --> 00:26:04.047 Jack Cooper: and realities of climate breakdown? So
205 00:26:04.710 --> 00:26:06.930 Bonny Williams: Sharing your screen. By the way, I don't know if you're.
206 00:26:06.930 --> 00:26:09.060 Jack Cooper: Oh, is it? Is it not sharing? Sorry, then.
207 00:26:09.060 --> 00:26:11.130 Bonny Williams: Is that just for me, or can other people see it.
208 00:26:12.990 --> 00:26:18.195 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: We? No, you're quite right. He's not showing yet, but I am looking at his toolkit on the website.
209 00:26:18.470 --> 00:26:20.270 Jack Cooper: Here we go! Let me let me share again.
210 00:26:20.516 --> 00:26:21.010 Bonny Williams: No, no.
211 00:26:24.820 --> 00:26:26.440 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And we see that now.
212 00:26:26.440 --> 00:26:28.270 Bonny Williams: Yes, that's working now.
213 00:26:28.630 --> 00:26:46.330 Jack Cooper: Awesome. So about that. So thinking about, why so thinking about the benefits of connecting with your neighbours the reality of loneliness in the community benefits of creating that community and the realities of of climate and climate, breakdown and
214 00:26:46.460 --> 00:26:47.720 Jack Cooper: and safety.
215 00:26:48.718 --> 00:26:54.280 Jack Cooper: I think also, in addition to this, is
216 00:26:54.915 --> 00:27:12.329 Jack Cooper: one of the realities I've faced and other people have done. This is that you know not everyone is going to want to be involved in that in that community. And you know, that's that's okay. And that's 1 of the the things with this is that
217 00:27:12.870 --> 00:27:16.939 Jack Cooper: recognizing that there's always going to be a core of people who
218 00:27:17.510 --> 00:27:27.299 Jack Cooper: who are more engaged than others, and recognizing these different different layers of engagement. So in the context of of Burgess Hill, there's
219 00:27:27.400 --> 00:27:35.430 Jack Cooper: of that community. There's there's been a core of people sustained through a book club that we formed postcode book club that
220 00:27:35.820 --> 00:27:42.290 Jack Cooper: really the core of core of that community, and the ones hosting and doing doing things in the community.
221 00:27:42.290 --> 00:27:44.059 Bonny Williams: Amazing themed books.
222 00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:48.675 Jack Cooper: So so so that that book club works basically of just
223 00:27:49.680 --> 00:28:17.520 Jack Cooper: each, each each session, there's a there's a different theme. So that's not explicitly climate related. They've I believe they've had, like some some sort of some nature nature environment related sessions. But that's that's more just. Yeah. Basically a Book Club, where people come in together, choose a different theme and then bring books based on that theme, because that was the kind of one of the
224 00:28:20.590 --> 00:28:30.159 Jack Cooper: just an interest amongst people that formed was around around Reading, which which brought brought the people together. For
225 00:28:30.410 --> 00:28:30.940 Jack Cooper: for that.
226 00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.440 Bonny Williams: Yes.
227 00:28:31.700 --> 00:28:41.370 Jack Cooper: In that function. I've and yeah, as mentioned in the video, I I organized an energy group and we organized on energy performance certificates, so
228 00:28:41.890 --> 00:28:42.855 Jack Cooper: that
229 00:28:44.340 --> 00:28:54.540 Jack Cooper: using collective bargaining, we got an energy performance assessor to come over and do assessments for 5 of the houses for 40 pounds instead of would have been like
230 00:28:54.640 --> 00:29:02.730 Jack Cooper: 60 70 pounds. So that was, that was a kind of easy win early on in terms of the energy domain. But
231 00:29:03.300 --> 00:29:05.579 Jack Cooper: at the core of postcode revolution is
232 00:29:05.800 --> 00:29:10.689 Jack Cooper: is this sense of community. And one of the things I sort of stressed early on is, you know, you don't have to be
233 00:29:12.680 --> 00:29:19.159 Jack Cooper: active or interested in in climate nature to be involved. So
234 00:29:19.540 --> 00:29:28.150 Jack Cooper: just having that boundary of the postcode and basically going, you know, you live here.
235 00:29:28.290 --> 00:29:34.889 Jack Cooper: If you want to join, you know you're you're very welcome, and and that's where you know what we've what we've done is having, you know.
236 00:29:35.240 --> 00:29:42.139 Jack Cooper: in the context of that setting up Whatsapp group and a Facebook group for for the postcode. And then
237 00:29:42.500 --> 00:29:44.820 Jack Cooper: one of the things you can do
238 00:29:45.520 --> 00:29:53.899 Jack Cooper: is in Whatsapp. There's the the community function where you can create separate groups for different things. So it's definitely a reality that you know.
239 00:29:54.390 --> 00:30:02.869 Jack Cooper: not. Everyone is going to be interested in doing, in doing things necessarily related to climate nature. But
240 00:30:03.270 --> 00:30:05.466 Jack Cooper: there are a lot of people who
241 00:30:06.020 --> 00:30:15.470 Jack Cooper: who want that, who who want that that community and and in relation to in relation to
242 00:30:17.020 --> 00:30:23.270 Jack Cooper: resilience and climate, climate, breakdown and adaptation. One of the things of post revolution is
243 00:30:23.560 --> 00:30:31.550 Jack Cooper: is yeah, by just having that those those connections? And you know this. Tessa.
244 00:30:32.600 --> 00:30:52.650 Jack Cooper: referencing back to the, to the, to the fantastic session last week the the concept of of No. 21 which is, is, is very, is very applicable and relevant relevant here. Because that's what what post code revolution is, why it relates to resilience and adaptation of of having that those
245 00:30:53.040 --> 00:31:07.460 Jack Cooper: networks and links and community around you means that in the in the case of disaster, in the case of emergency, you have those those links and and people around you who can help
246 00:31:07.870 --> 00:31:09.509 Jack Cooper: Graham? Would you like to.
247 00:31:10.000 --> 00:31:21.269 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Jack on your slides. You showed that your Whatsapp group now has 64 members, I take it. Are they all part of your local postcodes.
248 00:31:21.360 --> 00:31:49.890 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: because I'm just thinking that I know of lots of Whatsapp groups that focus on local things like a local village in Somerset or our own road here in the Isle of White, you know, depending on the size of where you are, and I wonder whether there were not topics that are discussed in your Whatsapp group that would be of interest to the other Whatsapp groups. And do you accept other ways of linking entire groups to your Whatsapp group? Or does it have to be individuals?
249 00:31:50.620 --> 00:31:57.047 Jack Cooper: And so the the Postgreg revolution. Whatsapp community is
250 00:31:57.800 --> 00:32:09.779 Jack Cooper: is specific is is more for well, it's it's for people who are interested in the ideas of post code, revolution and the outreach, and also the action of of doing it. So
251 00:32:10.420 --> 00:32:11.240 Jack Cooper: Hello.
252 00:32:11.710 --> 00:32:21.450 Jack Cooper: basically, the the group isn't isn't kind of geographically bound in the sense of it's. It's not the kind of postcode communities.
253 00:32:21.980 --> 00:32:31.370 Jack Cooper: and their chats that exist are separate to that. And primarily the the function of this chat is for the people who are
254 00:32:31.640 --> 00:32:44.779 Jack Cooper: leading in, and sort of wanting to do it where they are, and as as a space for advice and sort of shared wisdom and community amongst
255 00:32:45.378 --> 00:32:47.769 Jack Cooper: amongst people who are sort of
256 00:32:47.930 --> 00:32:55.003 Jack Cooper: seeking, seeking to do it, or or interested in in the ideas and and the space. So
257 00:32:55.860 --> 00:33:03.770 Jack Cooper: so yeah, in in in future, potentially, there's yeah, there's there's there's potential
258 00:33:05.590 --> 00:33:06.080 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: My
259 00:33:06.080 --> 00:33:33.440 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: your comment. The 1st comment in this toolkit is the people. Some people suffer from loneliness, and I think there's a lot of that around, and possibly Linda would have a lot more to contribute about that. But do you find that people will treat this as a social way of getting out that they wouldn't otherwise do. I mean, a lot of people lived in quite, quite isolation, which they would rather not do. But they don't know how to get out of it.
260 00:33:33.840 --> 00:33:36.939 Jack Cooper: Yeah. So so that's 1 of the
261 00:33:37.310 --> 00:33:42.790 Jack Cooper: one of the really beneficial aspects to it. Yeah, is that by
262 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:58.229 Jack Cooper: by encouraging people to connect with their neighbours. The reality of, you know, at this moment we have a lot of young people online much of the time, and a lot of older people who are who are lonely and disconnected from
263 00:33:59.120 --> 00:34:08.840 Jack Cooper: from people. So bringing bringing generations together is a massive, massive benefit benefit from it. And
264 00:34:09.030 --> 00:34:10.700 Jack Cooper: and yeah, this, this.
265 00:34:10.900 --> 00:34:12.849 Jack Cooper: That's the those these kind of
266 00:34:14.340 --> 00:34:22.239 Jack Cooper: 2 2 wings that I mentioned in that video. You know, you've got the adaptation side of that. It's there's this greater sense of safety through doing this
267 00:34:22.370 --> 00:34:34.879 Jack Cooper: in terms of resilience, building adaptation, knowing the people around you, and also potentially things things people can do in their local area. But then there's also the transformation side which has the
268 00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:42.189 Jack Cooper: these these benefits? Oh, just yeah, Alison, would you like to.
269 00:34:44.310 --> 00:34:45.589 Alison Widgery: Yes. Hello!
270 00:34:46.909 --> 00:34:53.919 Alison Widgery: This is inspiring me. I for the last I don't know. 5 years at least.
271 00:34:54.400 --> 00:35:01.919 Alison Widgery: I've been waxing lyrical in my village, and it is a a small village, and we are quite wise.
272 00:35:02.280 --> 00:35:08.140 Alison Widgery: Spread out. I've done newsletters, Facebook social events.
273 00:35:08.748 --> 00:35:24.529 Alison Widgery: We've organized tree walks and wildflower walks, and we had a very good I don't know if you've heard of climate, Fresque. We had a climate fresk session, which was run by a person who lives in the village, which was very good.
274 00:35:24.950 --> 00:35:31.809 Alison Widgery: However, I seem to get to a sort of plateau. I've got that sort of that's been going on.
275 00:35:31.990 --> 00:35:41.610 Alison Widgery: but I feel that I'm not moving on to the next stage. I keep asking people to sort of come and join me to make plans as to how this village can
276 00:35:41.940 --> 00:35:51.400 Alison Widgery: be more sustainable. I like your idea of the Epcs. But and that might be something we could start, and I certainly think the library and that kind of stuff
277 00:35:51.970 --> 00:35:52.650 Alison Widgery: great.
278 00:35:54.010 --> 00:35:55.100 Alison Widgery: But I
279 00:35:55.570 --> 00:36:02.609 Alison Widgery: I feel as if we're not really moving on. I think people are getting to know one another better, perhaps.
280 00:36:03.667 --> 00:36:06.609 Alison Widgery: But I think they look at me and think, oh, she's
281 00:36:07.300 --> 00:36:11.229 Alison Widgery: banging on about the climate again, sort of thing. And nature again.
282 00:36:12.670 --> 00:36:14.299 Bonny Williams: I'm not sure how to move on.
283 00:36:14.740 --> 00:36:19.889 Bonny Williams: That's that's been something that's come up for me. Sorry. Do you mind if I answer just for a minute, Jack, I realize.
284 00:36:19.890 --> 00:36:21.202 Jack Cooper: No, that's okay.
285 00:36:22.071 --> 00:36:34.590 Bonny Williams: So I'm a trustee for pace. Manning Tree. We're practical actions for climate and the environment. And we just generate projects locally. And we're entirely voluntary sort of run.
286 00:36:35.220 --> 00:36:38.839 Bonny Williams: And we've sort of noticed the same thing
287 00:36:38.970 --> 00:37:04.829 Bonny Williams: that if you have certain specific things that you're trying to get done, or you know, for example, last week we needed to move a shed from Point A to Point B for our allotment. We can easily get volunteers for that. But what we can't get is people who will be involved in the running of something or leading of something. And I think sometimes it's about what you ask for
288 00:37:05.010 --> 00:37:31.699 Bonny Williams: what I see amongst people who volunteer in this sector a lot is that everybody's just flat out with the volunteering they're already doing or their current life, their job, their children, their family. The reasons are, you know, totally legitimate, and you know there are many of them. But what I've noticed is that people are more able to commit. If you ask for a very discrete and specific ask.
289 00:37:32.290 --> 00:37:49.670 Bonny Williams: and they're much less likely to commit. If you ask for something a bit more vague like, let's get organized or help me do like, you know, raise the profile or become more sustainable. Those things feel too big for people to kind of commit to that. And
290 00:37:50.750 --> 00:37:56.709 Bonny Williams: so that's 1 thing is that we found we get a better response. If we ask people for a more discrete
291 00:37:57.020 --> 00:38:07.539 Bonny Williams: thing, whatever it might be, a project that's clearly got a start and finish. So whilst that might feel exhausting to you, it probably will actually
292 00:38:08.100 --> 00:38:14.110 Bonny Williams: end up with more help. And then, I suppose, just the other thing is
293 00:38:14.360 --> 00:38:41.440 Bonny Williams: to try to constantly reach new people. And I think the difficulty you're maybe having is that you are only a small village with a few people, but one of the things we've done with a different hat on. I'm also a volunteer. I also work with Jules on the community climate, action side, and one of the things we do there is, we group people together in little clusters. So, for example, you could reach out to your local village somewhere nearby
294 00:38:41.780 --> 00:39:02.120 Bonny Williams: and see if they want to get together with you, to do projects of a slightly bigger magnitude, and it might be that, just reaching that little bit further afield, you find a bit more oomph and enthusiasm and drive and stuff that you know it only needs one or 2 more people, and it will make a difference to how you feel.
295 00:39:02.820 --> 00:39:09.579 Bonny Williams: So it could be that connecting with your equivalent in the next villages might be the way forward.
296 00:39:11.570 --> 00:39:13.359 Alison Widgery: Yes, that sounds very wise. We
297 00:39:14.013 --> 00:39:20.290 Alison Widgery: do link with climate action network in a town quite close.
298 00:39:21.710 --> 00:39:23.479 Alison Widgery: So that makes me feel
299 00:39:23.720 --> 00:39:26.810 Alison Widgery: much more part of something that's actually happening.
300 00:39:27.170 --> 00:39:28.020 Alison Widgery: And
301 00:39:28.270 --> 00:39:47.579 Alison Widgery: and I sometimes think people live in this village because they don't particularly want to be part of the community, they are so spread out. But there are obviously the only other thing is that when you're saying projects, I can get projects up and running and started and finished. But it's nearly always the same people, although sometimes we do manage to
302 00:39:47.770 --> 00:39:56.119 Alison Widgery: drag other people in, and that's worked very well, and sometimes they are slightly younger than me, which is but not.
303 00:39:56.590 --> 00:40:00.550 Alison Widgery: you know. It's quite an elderly population, I suppose.
304 00:40:00.710 --> 00:40:03.340 Alison Widgery: However, thank you, that's very awesome.
305 00:40:03.340 --> 00:40:08.119 Bonny Williams: Just on that front, though it might be worth your while actually naming that
306 00:40:08.680 --> 00:40:15.369 Bonny Williams: and saying to them, You know, is it possible some of you have moved here, so you don't have to get involved with stuff.
307 00:40:15.370 --> 00:40:16.110 Alison Widgery: Yeah.
308 00:40:16.515 --> 00:40:30.710 Bonny Williams: Okay. In that case, can we maybe just address the sort of baseline issues? Because sometimes, if you speak to people's unspoken thoughts, it can actually strike a chord which they didn't realise. Was there.
309 00:40:31.420 --> 00:40:32.790 Alison Widgery: And cheers.
310 00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:35.359 Alison Widgery: Yeah, very true.
311 00:40:35.530 --> 00:40:35.960 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: We're also.
312 00:40:35.960 --> 00:40:36.830 Alison Widgery: Thank you.
313 00:40:37.120 --> 00:40:47.520 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Alison. I don't think you were with us last week, but one of the themes was, what do we do? If there is a major outage of communications, and sometimes, if you.
314 00:40:47.520 --> 00:40:47.900 Alison Widgery: You've got.
315 00:40:47.900 --> 00:41:07.269 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: People in your little village. It really helps them to know that there is a space that we've all agreed to go to. If there is a major outage or something, and at least they know that they've got a place to record their needs, their helps, particularly if they're frail or isolated or vulnerable in some way.
316 00:41:07.560 --> 00:41:08.600 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yes.
317 00:41:08.600 --> 00:41:18.519 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I think that this idea of Jack's, as he says, ties in very one well with the No. 21 idea we had last week, which was, get to know the 21 people around you.
318 00:41:18.790 --> 00:41:22.570 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: and I'll shut up now and leave it to Linda to pitch in.
319 00:41:23.630 --> 00:41:27.120 Alison Widgery: Thank you. I'll look at the recording of last week's session.
320 00:41:29.720 --> 00:41:40.550 Linda Aspey: Thanks. I've just been researching this recently, because, as Jack knows, I'm doing a talk on Friday. But I've never done this talk before. Called how to be great at community engagement.
321 00:41:41.120 --> 00:41:44.540 Linda Aspey: of interesting things, and
322 00:41:44.900 --> 00:41:49.440 Linda Aspey: one of the things that just reminded me of when I was 1st involved with extinction, rebellion.
323 00:41:49.680 --> 00:41:59.440 Linda Aspey: How many people wanted to were kind of slightly interested in getting involved, but couldn't see a role for themselves there, because they said, Well, I'm not a this, and I'm not a that.
324 00:41:59.730 --> 00:42:27.520 Linda Aspey: And it was so interesting when I started saying to people, Well, how about we just have a chat online or meet for coffee. Let's talk about what you can do and what you do do. And people would then say, Well, yeah, I've done knitting in the past, or I've done cooking. And and it just transpired that there was a role for everybody. But they saw this thing as being sort of front end loaded, that you have to be out there campaigning. So I'm wondering about what facilities there are and conversations that could happen.
325 00:42:27.780 --> 00:42:46.489 Linda Aspey: It also strikes me as well that you know we lose 34 pubs a month in the Uk. And have done for years highest number ever last year. And yet, when you go to, if you talk to any estate agent, and they say you know people are moving out of London or into the cities into the countryside, and they're all looking for a pub with a village.
326 00:42:47.140 --> 00:42:48.999 Linda Aspey: a village with a pub. Rather.
327 00:42:49.340 --> 00:43:01.799 Linda Aspey: So. There's clearly something that people want. They do want to be part of a community. So it's finding that that sweet spot. So I think, 1st of all, it's confidence about, you know what people can and can't bring
328 00:43:02.299 --> 00:43:10.870 Linda Aspey: secondly, intergenerational. If people think that it's just old people like me running it, it's not going to be very appealing. So I've been thinking about
329 00:43:11.080 --> 00:43:25.410 Linda Aspey: actually revisiting the mapping of a community, because communities change quite a bit, and you know what's going on in the village hall now that wasn't there 5 years ago. What about the mother and baby clubs. What about this? And what about that? So remapping?
330 00:43:25.660 --> 00:43:44.689 Linda Aspey: Who's living here? What's going on? And then finding also more ways. And you know, maybe recruiting a young person who's got on social media. If the people currently involved aren't, and thinking about it much more intergenerationally and certainly in transition to be Norton.
331 00:43:44.840 --> 00:43:48.390 Linda Aspey: We found that we engage more youth when we don't talk about climate.
332 00:43:49.290 --> 00:44:10.480 Linda Aspey: They're, I mean, we've got a really poor population, 17% of children in Chipping Norton are in the child. Poverty sector, you know, are categorized as poverty in poverty, and people wouldn't think that because they think of chipping Norton, David Cameron, you know. But so they, you know, they're worried about
333 00:44:10.740 --> 00:44:17.890 Linda Aspey: fitting in. They're worried about making friends. They're worried about not, you know, all the sort of stuff of life. So I'm just wondering.
334 00:44:18.384 --> 00:44:33.329 Linda Aspey: that once you have the relationship. And so what I've been thinking about for this talk is focus on the relationships, and then the roles and the tasks can become clearer. So build, build those connections, and have have non.
335 00:44:34.230 --> 00:44:48.109 Linda Aspey: have no asks of people, you know, there's nothing they have to do. Come along and have a cup of tea or a dinner, and there's no ask then until you get to know them better. Anyway, those are just my ramblings and things I've been learning. Yeah.
336 00:44:48.110 --> 00:44:48.900 Jack Cooper: I know.
337 00:44:48.900 --> 00:44:51.069 Linda Aspey: Share any more learnings that come along.
338 00:44:51.560 --> 00:45:12.219 Jack Cooper: Yeah, no, thank you. Thank you for sharing that, Linda. And best of luck for Friday. And yeah, that's 1 of the things with postcode revolution we've been trying to in the kind of branding of it and sort of forms of forms, of media, like podcasts and social media has been trying to find ways of engaging
339 00:45:12.390 --> 00:45:19.580 Jack Cooper: that getting that intergenerational engagement, especially, yeah, getting getting younger people.
340 00:45:20.345 --> 00:45:23.530 Jack Cooper: Because I think, yeah, the local can be can be sort of
341 00:45:24.020 --> 00:45:31.400 Jack Cooper: associated as as not being kind of as sort of I don't know potentially like dynamic or like
342 00:45:31.980 --> 00:45:50.571 Jack Cooper: you, something that that you want to engage with. So post revolution is. Well, yeah, one of the the aims of it has been to try and try and bring that. Bring that real sense of sense of you know how important, how important it is. And and how much you know.
343 00:45:52.090 --> 00:46:02.550 Jack Cooper: people can. People can change at that at that level if if they get involved. And I want to. Just and one of the things one of the things sort of that
344 00:46:03.238 --> 00:46:09.470 Jack Cooper: sort of issue issues that we've had with people sort of building.
345 00:46:09.700 --> 00:46:15.979 Jack Cooper: build, building, community and sort of engaging of it has been sort of making this sort of step into
346 00:46:17.070 --> 00:46:24.130 Jack Cooper: well, issues of communication on on climate, and and and how to
347 00:46:24.500 --> 00:46:35.849 Jack Cooper: how to. Once you know the community set up what what people can do to act on climate, nature in, in their communities. And what this kind of question motivated
348 00:46:35.990 --> 00:46:45.349 Jack Cooper: my my dissertation. Which revolved around this question of
349 00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:53.350 Jack Cooper: help in the Uk transformatively adapt climate and ecological breakdown.
350 00:46:53.490 --> 00:47:05.460 Jack Cooper: And this is yeah slideshow. I use for the presentation just as hell and
351 00:47:06.850 --> 00:47:14.750 Jack Cooper: it had this structure of you can check out. And then, looking at the concept of transformative adaptation.
352 00:47:15.170 --> 00:47:26.689 Jack Cooper: looking at heat waves, flooding food, insecurity, transformative adaptation action and connecting up the wider area and projects.
353 00:47:26.800 --> 00:47:34.409 Jack Cooper: So the context of this this presentation, who here has heard of the concept of transformative adaptation before.
354 00:47:36.560 --> 00:47:42.370 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: You've still got the toolkit on the page, Jack, are you back on your presentation in your own mind's eye.
355 00:47:43.038 --> 00:47:47.959 Jack Cooper: It. Okay, is it just, is it, Tony? Just still sharing the toolkit?
356 00:47:47.960 --> 00:47:48.640 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yes.
357 00:47:48.830 --> 00:47:53.409 Jack Cooper: Okay, cool. What I'll do is I'll go back in and back out.
358 00:47:53.410 --> 00:47:53.910 Alison Widgery: To.
359 00:47:59.490 --> 00:48:07.990 Jack Cooper: Here we go, so can we now see presentation.
360 00:48:07.990 --> 00:48:10.510 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Yup, you probably need to switch to slideshow mode.
361 00:48:11.670 --> 00:48:15.210 Jack Cooper: Here we go. Cool so.
362 00:48:17.930 --> 00:48:21.870 Jack Cooper: and we see. Let's say, how am I defining transformative adaptation.
363 00:48:24.040 --> 00:48:27.350 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: You're on a page that's got connect with your neighbors.
364 00:48:27.530 --> 00:48:28.590 Jack Cooper: Oh, okay.
365 00:48:29.070 --> 00:48:30.200 Jack Cooper: Apologies. That is.
366 00:48:30.200 --> 00:48:31.900 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: You just stop sharing now.
367 00:48:32.230 --> 00:48:35.100 Jack Cooper: Yes, I've gone back in there we go.
368 00:48:35.540 --> 00:48:38.980 Jack Cooper: Sorry about that guys. Here we go. So this is the.
369 00:48:42.010 --> 00:48:45.449 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Now you're on your page about defining transformative habitation.
370 00:48:45.830 --> 00:48:47.409 Jack Cooper: And then thank you, Graham.
371 00:48:47.590 --> 00:48:48.510 Jack Cooper: So.
372 00:48:49.700 --> 00:48:50.540 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: There you go!
373 00:48:50.790 --> 00:48:59.239 Jack Cooper: So this is basically transformative. Adaptation is a concept which has been a
374 00:48:59.580 --> 00:49:15.799 Jack Cooper: of pioneered recently by Rupert Reid, Morgan, Phillips, and Amanda Scott in their book, transformative adaptation. And it is a movement. It's an emerging movement that
375 00:49:15.850 --> 00:49:31.280 Jack Cooper: came about to repurpose this concept of transformative adaptation which has been around in kind of climate. International diplomacy circles for probably around 2020 years at least now. But
376 00:49:32.330 --> 00:49:39.729 Jack Cooper: the the transformative adaptation of trad movement has been about trying to reclaim this at a citizen level, and
377 00:49:40.460 --> 00:50:06.350 Jack Cooper: engages with these 3 pillars of land, community and transformation meeting at the Green Gathering festival, having they construct a trad village with yurts and whole talks and and demonstrate ways of living which is about living in a way that is, is closer to land, lower energy, more sustainable has local community its heart. And
378 00:50:06.490 --> 00:50:12.670 Jack Cooper: as this this idea of of radical transformation in the way we live, and
379 00:50:13.810 --> 00:50:21.600 Jack Cooper: basically, this is the frame, a useful frame that I've used for postcode revolution, so that
380 00:50:22.060 --> 00:50:28.550 Jack Cooper: in the concept, in the context of my presentation, dissertation, use this
381 00:50:30.490 --> 00:50:36.629 Jack Cooper: framing of of shallow adaptation, being thinking about sea walls, and
382 00:50:37.220 --> 00:50:46.870 Jack Cooper: having inequality as usual, the existing status quo, but then transformative adaptation being away.
383 00:50:47.120 --> 00:50:53.029 Jack Cooper: of adapting, which is working with community and nature
384 00:50:53.280 --> 00:50:56.500 Jack Cooper: in the context of our climate
385 00:50:56.730 --> 00:50:59.490 Jack Cooper: emergency. So it's a form of
386 00:50:59.530 --> 00:51:16.410 Jack Cooper: of adapting to the, to the risks. Whilst also having this transformative element in changing the way we live to engage with our communities and bring nature back to where we live and integrate it into adaptation. So an example of this
387 00:51:16.430 --> 00:51:44.889 Jack Cooper: is nature-based forms of adaptation include things like rain gardens include things like planting trees which provide shade in the context of heat waves things like thinking about food security, growing more food where we live thinking about our food systems. And this this relocalization of resources which can aid us in the context of the breakdown of our
388 00:51:44.960 --> 00:51:52.370 Jack Cooper: supply chain. So in the presentation, I split it into thinking about heat waves using
389 00:51:52.470 --> 00:51:57.739 Jack Cooper: a case study of the national emergency in 2022 which in which I was
390 00:51:57.880 --> 00:52:01.550 Jack Cooper: acted in this way, and then
391 00:52:01.890 --> 00:52:05.160 Jack Cooper: thinking about, what does a community response to a heatwave look like?
392 00:52:06.473 --> 00:52:12.220 Jack Cooper: And this is also thinking about the the non-human community as well. So what are the
393 00:52:12.470 --> 00:52:29.899 Jack Cooper: what the pets, what the animals in the environment? How can we think about those as well, and also thinking about who's vulnerable in the community. So thinking about community vulnerability. So that would be, you know, pregnant mothers, infants, people working outside.
394 00:52:30.110 --> 00:52:41.390 Jack Cooper: people living on the streets, people with mental health difficulties, physical disabilities, that kind of thing, getting that community thinking of vulnerability.
395 00:52:41.530 --> 00:52:50.360 Jack Cooper: and then also in the context of flooding. So I used the local example of the Lewis floods which, close to Brighton. I was also
396 00:52:50.820 --> 00:53:09.878 Jack Cooper: born just after this this time and again thinking about community response to a flood. And this relates to to last week's session, which was which was fantastic. And there was a lot lot of similarities here in the sense of thinking about yeah. An example being
397 00:53:10.680 --> 00:53:34.139 Jack Cooper: thinking about the national flood, Helpline, thinking about in terms of advice of what to do and not to do in a flood. So that's thinking about things like the power of flood water, not not walking or not driving in it, thinking about getting up to a high level, thinking about checking on your neighbours again those who are vulnerable, those who are not.
398 00:53:34.470 --> 00:53:35.104 Jack Cooper: and
399 00:53:36.010 --> 00:53:40.909 Jack Cooper: And again, having that community response and part of the workshops was thinking about
400 00:53:41.230 --> 00:53:51.799 Jack Cooper: encouraging people to create postcode emergency plans and and also think about food insecurity. So I gave the example of
401 00:53:53.320 --> 00:54:00.550 Jack Cooper: When Kfc. Ran out of chicken in 2018, which is a a humorous example, but
402 00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:03.160 Jack Cooper: testament to the
403 00:54:03.300 --> 00:54:16.389 Jack Cooper: a serious issue, which is the just in time supply chains which function, and the majority of the Uk food system relies upon and thinking about in the context of you know
404 00:54:16.500 --> 00:54:28.830 Jack Cooper: of how climate affects these, and then think about a response of where can we get food from? As a community thinking about who grows? What what food is local to us
405 00:54:29.260 --> 00:54:31.730 Jack Cooper: and sharing advice about that.
406 00:54:32.010 --> 00:54:38.262 Jack Cooper: Then thinking about projects that people can do so as well as
407 00:54:40.540 --> 00:54:49.440 Jack Cooper: as well as who represents the community. So I did this this map here to represent the different levels of
408 00:54:49.790 --> 00:54:57.830 Jack Cooper: of the representative of community. Because if you know who those representatives are, then you're more likely to be able to get things done
409 00:54:58.760 --> 00:55:04.849 Jack Cooper: then offered up some projects like creating bird boxes.
410 00:55:05.190 --> 00:55:10.325 Jack Cooper: I talk highways, rain gardens, donate the highways
411 00:55:11.440 --> 00:55:18.815 Jack Cooper: as well as in in the other workshops, things like street parties, food hubs and creating that
412 00:55:20.260 --> 00:55:25.509 Jack Cooper: basically engendering a sense of you know we're going to. We're going to create an action from this
413 00:55:26.860 --> 00:55:30.690 Jack Cooper: and then thinking about, you know, expanding outwards and
414 00:55:31.260 --> 00:55:36.670 Jack Cooper: the postcode brokerage community, the climate majority project checking out.
415 00:55:36.950 --> 00:55:45.570 Jack Cooper: So I'll stop sharing that basically, this was a a way to
416 00:55:46.600 --> 00:55:52.160 Jack Cooper: in some ways a development of of the postscript revolution project which has been to think about
417 00:55:52.340 --> 00:55:56.819 Jack Cooper: this, this, this framing concept of transformative adaptation.
418 00:55:57.780 --> 00:56:10.120 Jack Cooper: in the actions of building those communities reaching out at that local level connecting with the humans and non-humans around you, and then engaging in these
419 00:56:10.230 --> 00:56:16.460 Jack Cooper: projects and forms of of adaptation, framing it as adaptation.
420 00:56:16.580 --> 00:56:24.220 Jack Cooper: and but in a way that is also transformative and has has a sense that it's not just all doom and gloom. It's also about
421 00:56:24.620 --> 00:56:31.579 Jack Cooper: changing the way we live for the better. And and yeah, so that
422 00:56:31.820 --> 00:56:38.840 Jack Cooper: that is the in some ways a a shift, and basically providing
423 00:56:40.640 --> 00:56:46.529 Jack Cooper: people with ways of thinking about
424 00:56:46.860 --> 00:57:08.040 Jack Cooper: thinking about climate without necessarily making it all about climate change. So in in the workshops, you know, by focusing on heat waves and flooding and food didn't really actually mention climate change very much, because it was about offering up these these concrete examples of you know it doesn't matter if you just believe in why
425 00:57:08.090 --> 00:57:18.159 Jack Cooper: the earth is. Earth is warming up. You can't. You can't disagree with that heat wave of 2022, or the the realities of of floods and food insecurity. So
426 00:57:19.290 --> 00:57:22.760 Jack Cooper: by offering these weighs in.
427 00:57:22.940 --> 00:57:28.160 Jack Cooper: It's been a way of of attempting to kind, of find ways of of again, of communicating
428 00:57:29.330 --> 00:57:34.269 Jack Cooper: and encouraging action on climate, in ways that
429 00:57:34.660 --> 00:57:39.920 Jack Cooper: feel more concrete concrete to people. So yeah.
430 00:57:40.180 --> 00:57:51.670 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I was struck when you were talking about introducing people back to nature and getting them more closely involved with the current housing crisis for young people how difficult it is for them to get onto the housing ladder.
431 00:57:51.810 --> 00:57:58.180 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: and I know that near us somebody has built a house out of bales of straw.
432 00:57:58.500 --> 00:58:08.270 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: which you know, the local farmer quite happily provided. The straw and local people helped to put a roof on that sort of thing, but it was a much less expensive house
433 00:58:08.430 --> 00:58:15.936 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: to build and I just wondered whether you were you would get the youth part of your
434 00:58:16.730 --> 00:58:34.189 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: community in interested because they don't have homes. They don't necessarily want to live with parents, but they don't. Can't afford to go anywhere else. I just wonder whether affordable housing that they could put up themselves, even though it is just a yurt or something, will at least get them much closer to nature.
435 00:58:34.450 --> 00:58:52.570 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I would also give them a house. So that was one thought the other thought I had was whether there's any interaction between your different postcode areas. So I noticed that your. The garden party in your home was largely a mixture of older people, whereas the picture of the pub was largely a mixture of younger people. I guess they were students, weren't they?
436 00:58:52.840 --> 00:58:53.500 Jack Cooper: Yes.
437 00:58:53.500 --> 00:58:58.340 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And do the 2 ever meet? Or do you keep them? They keep to their own devices.
438 00:58:58.880 --> 00:59:03.980 Jack Cooper: So yeah, no, the the postcode communities are kind of
439 00:59:04.562 --> 00:59:18.427 Jack Cooper: separate in the sense of yeah, they're just just again. They're they're not linked in the sense of a Whatsapp community. That's that you know. Largely. Yeah,
440 00:59:19.240 --> 00:59:20.190 Jack Cooper: sort of
441 00:59:20.410 --> 00:59:31.366 Jack Cooper: in that. In that. In that central Whatsapp space. We sort of the sort of people who are sort of leading on action in those communities kind of updating stuff. But
442 00:59:32.070 --> 00:59:34.864 Jack Cooper: by and large, those those are
443 00:59:35.540 --> 00:59:39.440 Jack Cooper: separate. And but in the future.
444 00:59:39.570 --> 00:59:49.936 Jack Cooper: yeah, there are thoughts on on ways of how to to link those up. But but yeah, your point about young people is is a good one, Graham as well. And
445 00:59:50.620 --> 00:59:53.328 Jack Cooper: yeah, that is, that is something.
446 00:59:54.910 --> 01:00:02.590 Jack Cooper: something to to contemplate, and perhaps perhaps working. Because, yeah, as you say, house prices are
447 01:00:03.100 --> 01:00:10.370 Jack Cooper: are ridiculous and unaffordable for the majority of young people. So yeah, finding
448 01:00:10.690 --> 01:00:29.039 Jack Cooper: finding a way of linking, linking, linking that in could be good. And the reality is is that as yeah. As you notice from that picture, each postcode is different in terms of demographics. The reality of where I live currently is is a younger demographic in Bergia. So it's
449 01:00:29.220 --> 01:00:35.370 Jack Cooper: it skews a bit older. So the reality is that, you know it's going to be different.
450 01:00:35.540 --> 01:00:41.420 Jack Cooper: the actions and and things that happen depending on where you are. But
451 01:00:41.650 --> 01:00:46.345 Jack Cooper: but yeah, the aim of of my research and
452 01:00:48.250 --> 01:00:58.709 Jack Cooper: dissertation has has been to try and in effect provide a provide. Provide more tools for people, to to go into as well as the toolkit. That's that
453 01:00:58.930 --> 01:01:08.490 Jack Cooper: that slideshow presentation I'm going to be yeah making available to people. And the aim is to provide templates of things that that people can do to
454 01:01:08.670 --> 01:01:10.929 Jack Cooper: to engage with their communities. But I'll just
455 01:01:11.140 --> 01:01:16.750 Jack Cooper: stop talking. If there are any more questions, comments he's.
456 01:01:16.750 --> 01:01:24.030 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Getting close to the end, close to the end of the hour. But I just draw your attention to a note from Bonnie to you in the chat
457 01:01:24.630 --> 01:01:30.080 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: where she is keen to join you in a podcast okay hold on.
458 01:01:30.580 --> 01:01:36.249 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And Linda's had to run away to her next because she's actually hosting it. So she's had to go.
459 01:01:36.720 --> 01:01:37.190 Jack Cooper: And.
460 01:01:37.190 --> 01:02:02.819 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: I will take a few seconds just to mention that next week's banter session is about how you convert a piece of local land into a really useful nature, trove. It's talking to people who are right in the middle of doing it as we speak, so they'll be able to let you know what the difficulties were, how they got the Parish Council on side, how they got the locals on side, and how
461 01:02:02.860 --> 01:02:16.710 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: the the biggest source of energy, of course, was the children they love coming out and playing with bugs and with water, and with planting trees, and so forth. So do come next week, please, if you are interested in
462 01:02:17.990 --> 01:02:25.080 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: what to do with that spare piece of land that's doing nothing at the moment which you just happen to have at the back of your garden, or wherever it happens to be.
463 01:02:25.350 --> 01:02:35.419 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: And, Jack, I don't think I don't see anyone raising hands, but thank you so much for pitching in and helping us out and giving us an update on where things are and.
464 01:02:35.420 --> 01:02:40.530 Jack Cooper: Thank you. Thank you. And I thank you, Graham. And I've just put my email there in the.
465 01:02:40.730 --> 01:02:41.150 Graham Stoddart-Stones - Great Collaboration - Bembridge: Thank you.
466 01:02:41.150 --> 01:02:59.440 Jack Cooper: Anyone does want to get in touch further. Thanks very much for having me, Graham. Thanks everyone for taking your time out of your day to listen, and really great great discussion and and and feedback. And yeah, really grateful. Thank you. Everyone.
467 01:02:59.440 --> 01:03:00.320 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: Nope, that's great!
468 01:03:00.320 --> 01:03:00.830 Bonny Williams: Okay.
469 01:03:01.110 --> 01:03:02.779 Cllr Stuart Withington, GDTC, Essex: Take care, everybody! Bye, bye.
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