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[eve_prime]

How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveller’s Guide to Changing the World by Rob Hopkins. What a cool idea! So many people, especially young adults, are feeling discouraged about the future, but this author shows us that the exercise of spending time in a group that’s pretending to be five years in the future, with this future having realized lots of practical improvements in community well-being, then “returning” to our own time can leave us feeling energized, enthusiastic, and ready to work to make things happen. He also tells us about many ways that specific communities are doing great things to make their spaces more sustainable and supportive. He does note that “returning” to our own time and discovering barriers to action can be disheartening, and it would have been helpful if he’d addressed that a bit more, but overall I found the book both practical and creative.

Comments

[heleninwales]

That sounds like a really interesting idea for a book.

[eve_prime]

Lots of people are doing good things - it's heartening.