Round of introduction

Brief introduction of the organization and the participants - max 3 minutes.

Overview of the Call

We will discuss the funding opportunity with the goal to have a shared understanding what this opportunity is about.

Shared Understanding: Climate and Environmental Justice in Hampton Roads

The goal is to check our reality as it relates to climate and environmental justice today and tomorrow in our area. Reality Check: Environmental and Climate Justice in HR today and tomorrow. One characteristics of wicked problems is that stakeholders don't have a shared understanding of the current situation and a shared understanding of what the problem/challenge actually is. That is why the first step in any Participatory Modeling (PM) is to check what the perception of our reality is between the different participants.

We will work in a few small groups of three or four, each drawing sketches illustrating our view on climate and environmental justice in HR.

Joint assessment of our Reality

Based on the previous session, we will try to get a shared understanding of what our situation today is and tomorrow will be concerning climate and environmental justice.

Inter-generational Justice and a Timeline for Hampton Roads

We want to look at the spectrum of possible futures and think about inter-generational justice related to climate and environment. What is the possible timeline for Hampton Roads and where do we want to see HR in 2030, 2050, 2100? The focus should be on challenges to environmental and climate justice for future generations. We should, however not ignore the present unequal distribution of justice in space and think about how this unequal distribution might be amplified or reduced over time.

We will work again in small groups of three or four, each drawing sketches to illustrate the futures.

A common vision for a just community in HR

Based on the previous session we will try to formulate a vision for our community in Hampton Roads where climate and environmental justice is no longer a nice concept but a reality.

Summary

We will summarize the challenges we see for climate and environmental justice, give an overview of the relevant stakeholders, express the vision we talked about, identify goals for the next years, and propose specific projects.

Place4Us and the Hampton Roads VCC

We will briefly introduce the Earth Viability Center and our main current activity: Place4Us is a virtual collaboration platform that hosts Virtual Community Centers (VCCs). The Communities of Practice (CoPs) in these VCCs can work virtually in many ways and collaborate with other VCCs in groups or clusters. By sharing resources between the VCCs all benefit from being on Place4Us and are visible to others in a global ecosystem of VCCs.

Potential Partnerships, Next Steps, Working Mode, Next Meeting Preparation

We will discuss what potential projects we want to work on, think about the partnerships for these projects, and agree on next steps before the next meeting. We propose that much of the work is carried out in the Hampton Roads VCC on Place4Us.