As destructive as technology and media may be on That’s because many of today’s issues are not solved with simple yes/no equations (although strident social conversations and inflexible political positions these days seem to indicate otherwise); rather they depend on a flexible multi-pronged approach that can blend multiple perspectives into an effective, efficient and widely embraced course of action. Ethelo’s proprietary and customizable algorithms are in place to do just that: questions and surveys that gather information for an Ethelo decision-making process are flexible, not binary: there are degrees of responses and a slider-bar approach to answering questions and providing information: choice are not simply black-and-white, replies are more than yay-or-nay, like or not like. More than 350 residents of Okotoks, Alberta provided a thousand comments as part of -30- 
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Ethelo and eDemocracy proponent Ben West spoke about climate communications and effective public engagement at the EcoCity World Summit in Vancouver last month. EcoCity Twitter image.[/caption]
Climate change is such a polarizing topic that it can be extremely difficult to identify the best policies. eDemocracy platforms like Ethelo’s can be highly effective at engaging large, diverse groups in solving complex problems.
