Telling stories is a powerful thing to do. Whether it’s “the role of storytelling as a key practice for navigating and steering the transformations that lie ahead” [Storying the future | 8 | Storytelling practice

Last summer, an inspiring video interview was posted, looking at ‘solarpunk’s vision’: In an era of multiple global crises – from the climate emergency, to rising populism and the existential threats posed by rapid developments

It looks as though the SolarPunk genre fits very well with the graphic novel format: last month we looked at ‘Solarblader’, the solarpunk graphic novel and this month we look at another: STRANGE BEDFELLOWS dreams

There are more and more narratives around climate change emerging through different eco-fiction genres, one of the most distinctive recent voices being that of Ursula le Guin. When it comes to the origins of Solarpunk, it lies

One way to get to grips with future possibilities is by exploring solarpunk through gaming – because “video games have captured visions of what a solarpunk world could look like.” And as the industry changes,

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The movement is gathering pace and spreading! That is, spreading geographically as well as in terms of genre and target audience… This week, a ‘solarpunk’ graphic novel set 500 years in Abu Dhabi’s future has been unveiled

A former chair of the VGS writes: “I am reading Terry Eagleton’s ‘Hope without Optimism’ which is a sound response to our world in my view.” In a book review from the TLS on Hope Without Optimism by Terry Eagleton we are

Black Mirror season seven is now upon us. Charlie Brooker, ‘Black Mirror’ creator, reveals why the techno-dystopian show has gripped audiences: “the focus has tended to be in the show technology or modern society. There’s a sort of

The strapline of this website suggests how we might approach the future: Others are suggesting the same – for example the New Scientist earlier in the year, showing why becoming the right kind of optimist can