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Do we have the data sets to move toward a Regenerative Future?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Using two events again to develop a space of enquiry, in particular about what are the data sets that we have, and what do we need to adjust our bearing toward a regenerative society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week Dr Bree Trevena, Bonnie Shaw Raffe Brennan and I kicked off the ‘Refuge’ Hackathon during Melbourne Design Week \u201cFrom parks to waterways, plazas to sporting fields, our civic infrastructures act as places of refuge and respite for both human and non-human residents alike. \u201cRefuge\u201d will explore the roles these infrastructures might play in creating more resilient cities and communities into the future..\u201d with the question \u201cWhat role can data play in creating more resilient places of urban refuge?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the help of Matt Duckham we identified over 40 data sets for Melbourne \/ Victoria and Australia: https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1m02MPw3Wlf9NMM8Rsvn2tCLZo1G1uxRg3xkrPV-shRY\/edit?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, as participants began to introduce social, environmental and economic issues, we saw gaps opening up in the \u2018representation of the city\u2019 as data, and the very present challenges experienced as participants identified themselves within place and on country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What became apparent was the likelihood that the data sets exist to sustain an existing economy, and likely enabling it. For example the datasets provide vital data for developers to speculate and plan toward new building projects. What emerged from conversations was: which datasets are missing that would become stepping stones toward a regenerative economy?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A week earlier, part of the Planetary Civics programme at RMIT College of Design and Social Context, Naomi Stead and Sarah Barns led a conversation between Liam Young and Alisa Andrasek. An aspect of the discussion was whether Young’s visions of a Planet City and Great Endeavour allow us to anticipate a likely future based on data sets that we have at the moment:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201csomething like Great Endeavour is formed from a series of reports, scientific articles embedded in academic journals that speak to the scale of carbon removal that’s required and the most viable solutions that you might have to do it at that scale.\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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