Scientists and community members discuss social and ecological resilience in northern New Hampshire. Photo courtesy HBRF.
Hubbard Brook Roundtables are facilitated dialogue programs that bring together intentional groups of environmental researchers and practitioners, community members, business leaders, decision-makers, and other stakeholders. Hubbard Brook Roundtables are grounded in the idea that a small number of people, who don’t ordinarily come together, can harness the power of “ecosystem thinking” to address complex problems.
Hubbard Brook Roundtables typically involve:
- 1/2–2-day facilitated dialogue sessions
- 10–25 invited participants
- Pre-meeting interviews and synthesis report to inform the agenda
- Outcome activities or products co-designed as part of the dialogue
- Post-dialogue report
"It used to be that foresters, of all agencies and groups, would get together to talk. We don’t anymore. Times have changed and technologies have changed. Your programs do this — they bring people together.” —Roundtable Participant
