At the Institute of Imagination, picturing and creating our future is central to what we do. Where that strive for progress and discovery takes us is always a surprising journey. That’s why we found this list of the possible science stories of 2020 so fascinating. What’s on the horizon? How are bright and bold minds…
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What’s really interesting about this piece are the links to not only formal learning but social and personal education too. More time outside and thinking about the environment are worthy enough on their own, but gardening also provides crucial developmental insights such as understanding processes, unpredictability and teamwork. From the water vole to the Scottish…
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This interesting and useful piece from Ensia on resilience looks not at what’s changing about the world around us, but how we survive and thrive in it together. It’s important to remember that experiences and understandings of change and how to adapt will vary across different communities. The term ‘resilience‘ is everywhere. And everywhere, it seems,…
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Next in our series on the next generation of young innovators and inventors, we’re looking at three youth-led projects tackling plastic waste. What we loved about all their stories was that they weren’t afraid to ask questions and above all, learn. Join us at our Mega Maker Lab this August for the chance to try out…
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A couple of weeks ago we looked at how sci-fi can be a positive way to understand social issues such as climate change. Here, NPR continues this thought by tracing how we get from today’s world to that future. It’s inspiring to see the growing support for imagination and creative thinking being applied in this…
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Climate change is at the forefront of many hearts and minds looking to build engagement. Tackling a subject using creativity and imagination can increase understanding, but just as important are optimism and hope. We love ‘solarpunk‘, the idea that the freedom of fiction allows us to imagine a better future and, crucially, how we might…
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A couple of weeks ago we looked at what hit the headlines in science in 2018. Now it’s time to get the popular predictions on what will be making us think in 2019. Will what we discovered in 2018 inform the agenda this year? Of course, no one can predict the future, much less what we’ll…
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Our goal to support people to develop skills to reimagine the future inevitably means taking time to look at how far we’ve come. Understanding the rapid change around us will inform the agenda for change, discovery and learning. Whether technological advances or stark warnings, there’s set to be a lot more to come in 2019,…
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The school environment is about more than just learning, but any challenge becomes particularly pertinent when it affects children’s school days. With a bold plan in a city with so little green space, a joint initiative is on a mission to fight overheating by drastically overhauling schoolyards and playgrounds. And the dream doesn’t stop there,…
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