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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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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At first, “deep time” sounds quite mysterious, like an astrophysical phenomenon. And in reality it is just as intriguing. These initiatives champion the importance of context on a grand scale. It’s about seeing ourselves as part of a continuum; understanding what’s past as part of the future. Particularly for when we need to remember to…
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We’re pleased to share this interview by Rob Hopkins, a friend of the Institute of Imagination, in conversation with researcher and illustrator James McKay exploring his work presenting ideas about the future. This is a really great example of STEAM learning; using creativity to communicate ideas about science. Read about where James gets his ideas and how he makes his…
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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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