Visions

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"Vision is the work of our imagination, a resource that every single person is born with." Future Democracy Hub

"Futures work can help stretch our imagination by considering what is desirable, what is plausible, and what should be avoided."

"As one essay in the collection argues, it is better to think about the future than not; that in itself is democratising." Tom Symons, Nesta

Community action projects

• visioning exercises or workshops, as part of a wider process of Community involvement
• run a community visioning exercise. Examples include: Pop Up Tomorrow, and Camden's Pop-up Think & Do community space for climate and eco action

Resources

How to's

• What If Visioning Exercise wider community version 2021, Nov 2020, transitionnetwork.org

Quotes

"For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create." Albert Einstein

"Vision without action is a daydream, action without vision is a nightmare." Japanese proverb

Video

'more video:... Edgeryders - LOTE4: The Stewardship, see Networks

News and comment

2022

• 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)

2020

Why the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill could lead to a revolution of the imagination. Aug 18 ...UK Climate news 2020

From the middle of this century, our response to Coronavirus doesn't look too bad, say these authors, Mar 22

We don’t need institutes, we need constitutes… and they should live in a Makar House, Pat Kane, Mar 16 ...Scotland news

As our current system shudders to a halt, we need a "Pluriverse" of pathways ahead. Here's a free dictionary of them, Mar 20

Localism 2020-2050 (well predicted from Helsinki, 2012). It’s all “Empathetic Communities” + “Local Loops”—after the breakdown… Mar 10

An Aspirational Vision of Life After Fossil Fuels, Transition Network, Feb 25

‘Pop Up Tomorrow’ (London): voices of those who were there, Jan 17

Seize the RAFT for 2035, says David Wood: a Roadmap towards Abundance, enabling Flourishing, via Transcendence, Jan 17

The case for cities that never really demolish, love child’s play, handle your data respectfully, truly take back control, and more, Jan 16

2019

Forum Discusses Four Potential Scenarios for Ethiopia's Future, Dec 3

‘Pop Up Tomorrow’ and a journey to 2030. A report. Nov 8

Extinction Rebellion's car-free streets showcase the possibility of a beautiful, safe and green future, Oct 16

Flights of fancy: 10 ways to imagine our way out of the climate crisis, Oct 16

The Sustainable Future Town of Your Imagination, Oct 15

What does a flourishing regenerative future look like? Oct 6

2018

With a Green New Deal, here's what the world could look like for the next generation, Dec 5 ...Climate action USA

Near you

Ecuador - Peru - Australia - Belgium - Denmark - Europe - New York City - Slovenia - United States - Washington

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Visions on Topic pages

Climate action - Community involvement - Road safety

Visions on Resource pages

Citizens data initiative - Transition Network - Commons

See also

• Pop Up Tomorrow
• Italy, Office for Civic Imagination, Bologna
• The future we deserve

External links

• "Pluriverse: A Post-Development Dictionary" (AUF, 2019). NEW BOOK edited by Ashish Kothari, Ariel Salleh, Arturo Escobar, Federico Demaria and Alberto Acosta. Download full ebook for free (PDF). License: Creative Commons academia.edu