Imagining New Futures

Resources for Imagining New Futures

  • A Message From The Future with Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez - An informative video that educates about the past and imagines the possibilities of the future. Examining what the world would look like if we pulled off the Green New Deal and reject a dystopian future as a foregone conclusion. A film by The Intercept. Narrated by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Illustrated by Molly Crabapple.

  • A Message From The Future II: The Years of Repair - “An animated short film that dares to dream of a future in which 2020 is a historic turning point, where the lessons of the Covid-19 pandemic and global uprisings against racism drive us to build back a better society in which no one is sacrificed and everyone is essential.” A Film by The Leap & Intercept. Narrated by Opal Tometi, Emma Thompson, Gael García Bernal, and the Nigerian poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey.

  • Writing/Journal Exercise: Covid-19 Reflection - In this exercise participants are asked to imagine on how the Coronavirus pandemic might be able to lead to durable and positive social change. Contributed by Dr. Anya Galli Robertson

  • Hope Matters - “Why evidence-based hope is a powerful tool” A book by: Elin Kelsey

  • Another Gulf Is Possible - Video and website resource by Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative. “Another Gulf Is Possible Collaborative is a women-of-color led, grassroots collaborative, centering on cultural organizing, arts-based healing, direct action, advocacy, transformative justice, education, and locally-led capacity-building training”.

  • Otto, I. M., Donges, J. F., Cremades, R., Bhowmik, A., Hewitt, R. J., Lucht, W., Rockström, J., Allerberger, F., McCaffrey, M., Doe, S. S. P., Lenferna, A., Morán, N., van Vuuren, D. P., & Schellnhuber, H. J. (2020). Social tipping dynamics for stabilizing Earth’s climate by 2050. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(5), 2354–2365. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1900577117

  • Climate Futures: “Humanity’s Great Transition” - An activity to create conditions for participants to consider potential climate future scenarios and reflect on their roles & responsibilities to themselves, each other, and our places in light of accelerating ecological breakdown and social unrest.  By: Sandy Wiggins and Duane Elgin w/ Matthew K Lynch