[Dialogue] [Oe List ...] Need help & ideas for an energy workshop

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In a message dated 29/09/2009 17:28:44 GMT Daylight Time,  
geowanda at earthlink.net writes:

One of  our neighbors is a consultant, and is up for doing a workshop for a 
statewide  renewable energy group that will have folks from both sides 
(coal &  green).  We've chatted about this a few times and he's open to ideas. 
He  wants to see if he can bring them together to work on the renewable 
program,  so they can get some traction toward the future rather than just  
feuding.
What a fun assignment. We could have our own collegium on this. 
 

First of all, and this is obvious stuff, has each group articulate what  
they think is the purpose the other party is committed to, the concern they  
worry about and the circumstances they find themselves in. Go back and forth  
until the two groups indeed understand the other group. 
 
Then ask each group to think about and articulate what it is that they  
respect in the other group, and see if common ground emerges. 
 
it is this common ground that can then form the starting point for the  
conversation about the future of energy uses in the state/country/planet.
 
good luck,
 
Paul
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