At the end of the story circle held at the Learning History workshop in Feb 2008, participants were asked to give each story they had told a title. And then each group (there were 5 in all) was asked if these stories were made into a book, what would it be called. This group called their imaginary storybook - "Incensed by Sustainability". Here are their stories.
Incensed by Sustainability - by R.U. Green (click to enlarge)
Pyrolysis parade tells of a new compact Pyrolysis system that could transform waste management in the future
The Green Team Challenge tells of how a team are currently trying to address waste in the offices of central government bodies and the challenges they face.
Policy on the hoof tells of how, by gathering key politicians into a facilitated workshop setting, a group were able to get comitted buy-in to ambitious targets for carbon reduction. The process normally would have taken several months.
Giving Local Heroes a Voice tells of how some wilful individuals with a keen interest in alternative energy got their voices heard by using the strutiny process.
Lime Mortar's the wrong colour tells of how a Local Authority led a restoration project to show that conservation and carbon reduction can co-exist....well almost.
What's striking about all these examples is how they echo many of the themes highlighted in the Learning Histories of the iconic examples featured in the research. In this set of stories the theme of champions and coalitions was particularly strong. Each and every example involved cross-department and partnership working beyond the boundaries of an individual's job. They also involved some passionate champions who were both technical (e.g. in Pyrolysis Parade) and political (Local Heroes and in Policy on the Hoof).
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