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"This episode, we’re going to talk about how to exercise our imaginations to
envision better futures, whether we’re writers or not, and how that’s a vital
tool in our climate solutions toolkit.
That’s a pretty bold statement, but let me talk about the caveat for a second:
the idea that the process is powerful regardless of whether you’re a writer.
Though a certain lens, this entire podcast is a primer on writing hopeful
climate fiction. If you’re a writer who’s cli-fi curious but haven’t written in
the genre before, I’m essentially walking you through the challenges you might
face, hopefully giving you inspiration and examples from the writers already
working in this space.
And we need you, writers. We need a million of these stories because there’s
a big, gaping hole in our imaginative space, and we need your writerly skills
and your unique perspective to help fill that hole.
But, like so much in the climate fight,
we really need to engage everyone
possible. The fight is just too big, the problems too manifold and complex,
the challenge too great to do this alone.
Many people already engaged in the climate fight are
already envisioning
better futures, but often that’s within the confines of their particular
technology or science or activism. Broadening that imaginative process to the
larger picture, getting cross-pollination from others, and grappling with how
it all fits together can be incredibly generative... which you can then take
back to your individual work.
For folks just starting to engage in the climate fight, envisioning a better
future can be a profound exercise in not just imagination, but hope.
Non-writers can obviously read the stories already written, but engaging in the
imaginative process
personally unlocks your loud fears and quiet hopes, your
secret dreams and not-so-secret anxieties. It brings you fully into the fight
by roleplaying in a better world custom-built by you.
Here on the pod, we raise the visibility of hopeful climate fiction that has
already been published, and the entire podcast is an invitation and a guide on
how to write it, but today, we’re going to talk about how to engage
everyone
in this imaginative process."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
