creative writing

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Spinning stories to dream the better future

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Spinning stories to dream the better future

It's 2140, and the most popular reality TV show is a live-stream of Amelia Black transporting polar bears to the Antarctic in her airship as part of assisted migration. In New York, housing is run by cooperatives and buildings have been waterproofed below the high tide line. Sky-scrapers have had docks added part-way up for speed boats, and there are floors dedicated to food growing. This is the setting of Kim Stanley Robinson's New York 2140, a classic of post-climate fiction with an optimistic outlook.

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What 'might' a sustainable future look like?

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What 'might' a sustainable future look like?

I've been reading a lot of stories this year, and exploring creative writing. This has been a treat and I've seen it as an alternative to working or the news. But of course, there's sustainability and change-related learning there too if you look for it. So here's a combination of an exercise from Tim Clare's 100 Day Writing Challenge, and ideas from some of the utopian fiction and positive sci-fi (solar punk) I've been reading.