Why I spent Christmas on the Moon
I spent most of this festive break on the Moon. I wandered amongst its vast craters, scaled its gently curving hills to get better views, sat on top of Moon boulders, left my footprints upon its fine grey dust....
The Importance of Imagination
We need to create an environment where our imagination enshrines us. It needs to run through everything we do.
Why I Spent the Last Two Years Writing a Book about Imagination
It was a quote by my late friend and mentor David Fleming that tipped me over into thinking that writing a book about imagination was something I needed to do. In ‘Lean Logic’, he wrote “if the mature market...
Rob Hopkins’ new book and projects highlighted in The Guardian
Post Carbon Institute Fellow Rob Hopkins’ new book “From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want” and environmental projects are highlighted in this article by The Guardian. From the article:...
Why the Next 12 Years Could be the Making of Us
Here is an article I wrote for the latest edition of Reconnect magazine. I changed the title as I prefer my own one. I hope you enjoy it. After two extraordinary weeks in which Extinction Rebellion brought London to a...
My Talk at the Celebration of the Life and Times of the Totnes Pound
Last night we closed down the Totnes Pound. Here is the speech I gave at the event: Dearly Beloved. We are gathered here this evening not to mourn the passing of the Totnes Pound, but to celebrate its life...
Hopkins in South Hams Gazette on celebrating the Totnes Pound
Post Carbon Fellow Rob Hopkins was quoted in this article on the end of the Totnes Pound. From the article: He said the decision to call it a day on the Totnes Pound was the result of...
My IPCC Take-away: Imagine. Take Action. Repeat.
Rob Hopkins looks at the impact of the most recent IPCC report through the lens of imagination.
Stephen Duncombe on Imagination, Spectacle and Desire
One of the best books I read this summer was Stephen Duncombe’s ‘Dream: re-imagining progressive politics in an age of fantasy’. Written during the last days of the presidency of George W. Bush, it was a plea for progressive...
Drew Dellinger: “If we had more imagination, we could have less capitalism”
Listening to Drew Dellinger‘s poetry regularly gives me goosebumps. Very shortly it will give you goosebumps too. He is a US-based writer, poet, speaker and teacher whose passions revolve around ecology, social justice, cosmology, social change and transformation. He uses arts...