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How bad is it going to get? | Humanity Is Calling – Leadership Summit, Portugal
“What I am saying is that, despite the extreme challenges we face, in fact to put it more precisely, because of the extreme challenges we face, we could be on the cusp of a flourishing future if we imagine something other than dystopias and utopias.” – Rupert Read. Rupert was invited to give a keynote speech at the Leadership Summit in Portugal.
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Why apocalypses aren’t enough: imagining the new political culture | The Green Gathering.
“Thrutopia is about getting through what is coming responsibly, transformatively in the best way we can.” Rupert Read’s talk on the Climate Majority Project and ‘thrutopias’ at the Green Gathering on August 4th.
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The Verb | Futures Verb
Ian McMillan presents the first in a series of Verb visits to the future, asking whether we need new words, new plots and new genres to help us think about it creatively. The BBC has signed up to a climate pledge which presents an exciting opportunity for new writing (it is pledging to make sure its visions of the future aren’t simply dystopian ones, to recognise other visions, fair and balanced ones, sustainable and informed by the science ). To explore this opportunity we are first joined by the ecological philosopher and green activist Rupert Read to discuss ‘thrutopianism’, and by the writer and artist Alistair Gentry who has brought…