Chair
Cr Heinz Kreutz
Role of Advisory Group
The role of the Sustainable and Resilient Communities Advisory Group (SaRCAG) is to provide advice to the Board on actions that will assist to build the capacity of local governments to take an integrated approach to the issues of population growth, land-use planning, food security and liveability and how these intersect with the challenges of climate change.
For general information on working groups please see our
Working and Advisory Groups page.
Members
The Sustainable and Resilient Communities Advisory Group (SaRCAG) comprises a large membership of over 20 individuals. A core group meets every six weeks on a Wednesday afternoon at the VLGA office.
Current Work
- Exploring options for further implementation of the Liveable and Just Toolkit
- Input into the development of a new partner project with the Victorian Local Sustainability Accord, to research and model a pre-planning process for urban change precincts to create places that are more liveable and sustainable
- Monitoring State Government initiatives that affect the relationship between climate change, land use planning, food security, population growth and liveability in local communities, and advising on appropriate responses to these by the VLGA
- Any other activities consistent with the Primary Purpose of the group
For more information on the Climate Change work undertaken by the VLGA, visit
here.
Meeting Schedule
Current meetings for 2012 are scheduled for 3pm - 4.30pm:
Urban Justice Climate Roundtable
On 29th November 2011, the VLGA jointly hosted the inaugural UCJRN with Griffith University, Curtin University, Macquarie University, Monash University and RMIT at Storey Hall in Swanston Street Melbourne.
The aim of the roundtable was to bring together a caucus of diverse members of our community to identify and advance climate justice imperatives and opportunities within the Australian city context. The emphasis is on collaborative engagement, deliberation and dialogue focused around key questions such as:
- What is the climate-just city?
- How do the practices and stories of climate justice connect people with other elements of the natural world?
- How does the notion of a ‘climate just’ city challenge, complement, or replace current rights and privileges?
- Who dominates, who benefits and who gets left behind?
The event was well attended by a diverse cross-section of local government, community and other participants. Please see below for documents providing emerging themes and conversation maps from the workshop.
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