Living Democracy is an online resource to encourage and support citizens to engage effectively with the decision-making system that affects their lives.

It is designed to help ordinary people to self-organise, realise their power and make change happen.

Help us grow by putting your issue on the map to help draw attention to your concerns.

Top-down change is no longer a viable option. It’s becoming increasingly clear that the complex issues we now face can only be properly addressed with the active participation of everyone involved. We urgently need to encourage and support bottom up participation in the decisions that affect us. If we want better decisions and better outcomes people need to be empowered to influence these situations and mobilised to act. Here are some examples of democracy in action.

Tara - Lessons from the past
Citizens came together to challenge a flawed public consultation process regarding the building of the M3 through the Tara landscape. This created controversy, divided communities, irrevocably destroyed our heritage, alienated citizens. How did this happen?  Read More...

Transition towns
Motivated individuals within a community came together with a shared concern: how can our community respond to the challenges, and opportunities, of Peak Oil and Climate Change? .........Read More

Shell to Sea
Concerned international citizens from all walks of life who seek to draw attention to the planned corrib gas project. http://www.corribsos.com/

The big ask
The Big Ask campaign is about people all across europe questioning wheather their governments are doing enough to tackle climate change More.....

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