Walking with energy: Increasing energy visibility through research participation

© 2019 European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy. All rights reserved. Our contemporary relationship with energy is characterised by complete dependency and almost complete ignorance. The Walking with Energy project draws on oral history and walking interviews to offer an innovative method of (re)engaging the public in debates and decisions regarding energy production and consumption. This paper makes the case for this new approach and discusses the results of a pilot of the method undertaken in the UK in 2018 involving 15 members of the public.