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• The Space Time Continuum, Alternative Editorial (Sep 27, 2026) — Empty spaces will be put back into use, Andy Burnham said, turning them into "community hubs, health centres, shared workspaces, cafés and the local services that people actually want to see.”
• Shift Embassy in Rotterdam is “a public park that blends art with ecology” [Positive.News], Daily Alternative (Jul 25, 2026)
• New tools for growing the commons, part 4: what life in a commons town might be like, Dave Darby, growingcommons.substack.com (Jan 25, 2026)

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• What these Danish activists can teach the rest of the world about fighting climate crisis, theconversation.com (Dec 10, 2025)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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)

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• 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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