(This article is an excerpt of a soon to be published book and was edited for the Limehouse newsletter) 

Democracy is communication. Obviously it’s more than that, but in contemplating the key elements of healthy democratic decision-making, it is helpful to think about democracy as simply a communication process between the governing and the governed.

-- adapted from Ewert, Fazlic & Kollbeck: E-Demokratie

This is a short video clip put together by Julie Herman and Chris Haller for a charrette in Galveston, Texas. The movie ran in the background (no narration) during a meeting that gathered local decision makers to talk about tools and processes to support the Galveston 2020 initiative.