Visions news

• A Global Citizens’ Assembly is coming in late 2025—aiming at 10 million global citizens taking part in deliberations about the planet, Daily Alternative (Oct 16, 2024)
• “Sing Wild Seeds”, guided by Brian Eno, invites songwriters and musicians to become social futurists with their skills. First gig? Glastonbury, Daily Alternative (Jul 11, 2024)
• “What if you could create a physical place in every community where people can gather and turn to one another in the event of a crisis?” To the Lifehouse!, Daily Alternative (Jul 10, 2024)
• “Housing that is dignified, durable, beautiful and adaptable, and made available for all.” Dan Hill and Mariana Mazzucato dream big, Daily Alternative (Mar 16, 2024)

• Imagine if… we finally eradicate poverty (plus, how it could happen), positive.news (Sep 04, 2023)
• Do you want the time (and space) to really imagine your possibilities, in life, activism, business? Then think ten years ahead, thealternative.org.uk (Aug 31, 2023)
• What if everything turns out OK? The power of imagining a better future, positive.news (Aug 29, 2023)
• If a community builds its “imagination infrastructure”, asks Cassie Robinson, what materials does it need? And what ambitions does it raise?, The Daily Alternative (Jan 02, 2023)

• Human disruption to Earth’s freshwater cycle has exceeded the safe limit, our research shows, The Conversation (Jun 27, 2022)
• Nature surpassing nation: the Amazon Sacred Headwaters shows how a bioregion can transcend borders, The Daily Alternative (Mar 14, 2022)

• Why the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could lead to a revolution of the imagination. Aug 18, 2020...^[1]
• From the middle of this century, our response to Coronavirus doesn't look too bad, say these authors, Mar 22^[2]
• We don't need institutes, we need constitutes… and they should live in a Makar House, Pat Kane, Mar 16...^[3]
• As our current system shudders to a halt, we need a "Pluriverse" of pathways ahead. Here's a free dictionary of them, Mar 20^[4]
• Localism 2020-2050 (well predicted from Helsinki, 2012). It's all "Empathetic Communities" + "Local Loops"—after the breakdown… Mar 10^[5]
• An Aspirational Vision of Life After Fossil Fuels, Transition Network, Feb 25^[6]
• 'Pop Up Tomorrow' (London): voices of those who were there, Jan 17^[7]
• Seize the RAFT for 2035, says David Wood: a Roadmap towards Abundance, enabling Flourishing, via Transcendence, Jan 17^[8]
• The case for cities that never really demolish, love child's play, handle your data respectfully, truly take back control, and more, Jan 16^[9]

References

• Forum Discusses Four Potential Scenarios for Ethiopia's Future, Dec 3, 2019...^[1]
• 'Pop Up Tomorrow' and a journey to 2030. A report. Nov 8, 2019...^[2]
• Extinction Rebellion's car-free streets showcase the possibility of a beautiful, safe and green future, Oct 16, 2019...^[3]
• Flights of fancy: 10 ways to imagine our way out of the climate crisis, Oct 16, 2019...^[4]
• The Sustainable Future Town of Your Imagination, Oct 15^[5]
• What does a flourishing regenerative future look like? Oct 6, 2019...^[6]
• With a Green New Deal, here's what the world could look like for the next generation, Dec 5, 2018...^[7]

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