The Consensus Building Institute was pleased to receive an "Innovation in Technology and Environmental Conflict Resolution (ECR) Award" from the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution at the national 2010 ECR conference held in May in Tucson, Arizona.
June 8, 2010
May 18, 2010
Hal Movius recently had an interview with IACCM concerning how to make negotiation an organizational capabilty. Click here to hear a recording of the interview.
April 14, 2010
There are three problems with the way our traditional approach to democratic decision making allocates scarce resources, establishes policy priorities, and sets health, safety, and related standards in the public arena.
April 14, 2010
The Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program (AMP) has failed to bring stakeholders together to jointly increase their understanding of the Colorado River and make useful, broadly supported resource management recommendations. In this article, the authors argue that the Glen Canyon Dam AMP has implemented CAM ineffectively, largely due to Congress and the DOI’s deficient initial design.
March 25, 2010
While many people around the world are grappling with how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 50 years, those living in coastal areas like Maryland are pushing hard now to find immediate ways to cope with the current effects of climate change before their communities are destroyed.
March 17, 2010
What is the best way to learn to negotiate? What is the best way to learn any complex new set of behaviors? Observing effective negotiators in action — via professional video footage — can be an important learning method.
March 13, 2010
While many people around the world are grappling with how to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next 50 years, those living in coastal areas like Maryland are pushing hard now to find immediate ways to cope with the current effects of climate change before their communities are destroyed.
February 22, 2010
New York Times writer Paul Vitello consulted and quoted CBI Managing Director Patrick Field when writing The Art of Public Apology, published on February 19, 2010. Vitello examines several of the notable public apologies by prominent figures during the last few years and looks into what makes some apologies succeed and others fall flat.
January 13, 2010
In the United States, coastal communities face many immediate challenges, including declining fish stocks, rapid population growth and aging infrastructure. Yet over the next 50 years, some communities must face the potential threat of their own extinction due to climate change.
January 5, 2010
Across the country, decision makers at the local and state levels are turning increasingly to new methods for resolving conflicts that arise during land use decision making processes, including mediation.
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