Is it good for the planet?
November 20, 2006 Posted by Penny in : Digital Challenge, Environment , 2 commentsI’m working on the sustainable development impact of the bid and strengthening the environmental aspects. I have been meeting with/talking to a number of people already involved with the digital challenge and people tackling the challenge of safeguarding the planet through sustainable development. I hope to meet with and hear from many more over the next few weeks.
We are currently looking at a digital sustainable development toolkit from SustainIT which could be useful to people developing local projects; it provides both a checklist and an assessment tool. We may then use it to back up our impact assessment of the bid. (more…)
Downing Street Follows Bristol's Lead on e-Petitioning
November 18, 2006 Posted by Stephen Hilton in : Digital Challenge , 2 comments
For centuries, governments have kindly allowed citizens to collectively voice their opinion by presenting a petition. E-petitioning brings this ‘human right’ into the twenty-first century.
Following the Scottish Parliament’s lead, Bristol and Kingston upon Thames became the first two UK councils to adopt e-petitioning; this was over eighteen months ago.
It is gratifying that Downing Street has just this week launched a similar facility developed by Tom Steinberg’s very talented My Society.
Meeting the Digital Challenge Judges (feedback)
Posted by Shawn in : Digital Challenge , add a commentOn Thursday we were visited by the Chair of the government’s judging panel, Bert Provan, and the Digital Challenge programme director Stephen Dodson. I was part of the ‘Round Table #2′ discussion session with the theme of: “Skills, how will the Digital Challenge help people to help themselves?”
We met at the Brislington City Learning Centre, hosted by Ayleen Driver (ICT Strategic Coordinator) and Linda Brown (CLC Director). Also present were Stephen Hilton (Lead manager of Connecting Bristol), Jaya Chakrabarti (Nameless) and Stephen Wray (Director Culture & Leisure). (more…)
Knowle West Media Centre meets Knowle West Action Group
November 17, 2006 Posted by Roz in : Digital Challenge, e-democracy, Bristol City Council, Regeneration, Media, e-society, Environment , add a comment17 October 2006
Knowle West Action Group
I attended the Knowle West Action group meeting at Eagle House. The action group is a multi agency group that meets in order that local community representatives can highlight the current issues there on in Knowle West. Amongst those who attend are the street reps, the local police, the neighbourhood renewal / management team, local housing officers and other local agencies.
I arrived early and was joined outside the building by Inspector Jeff Foreman of Broadbury Sector Police Station. I explained to Jeff why I was attending the meeting and we talked about the digital challenge bid. Jeff told me that he uses digital media to communicate with the local community and that there are ways in which he would like to expand upon this use. He told me that he has a monthly exchange using webchat. The chat room exchange is for the whole area that his post relates to, including Windmill Hill and Southville. He told me that this is quite successful and that there are usually about 30 – 40 people who engage in conversation with him. He told me that this is a useful space for dialogue. He said that one way in which he would like to extend upon this would be through an e-briefing, whereby he could let people know what he is doing to address issues that have been highlighted by the local community. (more…)
