I have fought for more than a decade to resist this kind of bunk. In a republican form of government, we elect representatives who are accountable to us at the ballot box and delegate to them the authority to govern according to a written constitution. We do not allow non-elected people who are accountable to no-one govern us.
There are movements all over to try and get these "citizens democratic assemblies" in place to come up with decisions on the environment. They are trying to do this right now in the Klamath Basin. They have been holding "consensus" groups for several year and will hold the Klamath Basin "Congress" next fall.
This is very dangerous stuff. It attacks the principle of local control by locally elected officials and seeks to install a regional pari-government of lobbiests, interest groups and those who can afford to show up to make the rules. Then they call themselves representative of the people on the basis that the initial Congress was open for all to attend.