Cohere Podcast
Imagining Tomorrow with Rob Hopkins: Cultivating Community and Shaping the Future
Nov 30, 2023
Rob Hopkins, co-founder of Transition Network and author, discusses the power of community imagination, creating spaces for collective dreaming, and the journey towards a healthier relationship with the internet. They explore successful community initiatives, imagination activism, and 'embodied futuring'. The conversation also touches on the importance of facilitators, tangible creative expression, and creating a vibrant learning environment.
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- Collective imagination is essential for shaping the future, and spaces should be created to facilitate this collective endeavor.
- Imagination infrastructure, including well-facilitated gatherings and physical spaces, is crucial for nurturing imagination and inspiring participation in designing the future.
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The Power of Community Imagination
Rob Hopkins, co-founder of the Transition Network, discusses the importance of community imagination in shaping a sustainable future. He explains how his team built a fully functioning time machine to explore different possible futures, focusing on the impact of cutting carbon emissions. The future they envision includes reduced car usage, cleaner air, increased community ownership, and shifting societal approaches to policing and incarceration. Hopkins emphasizes the significance of people feeling part of a historic and impactful movement, where their input matters and makes a difference.
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