Back-casting exercises that start from an imagined desirable future derive part of their imaginative authority from pre-existing notions of plausibility, but they may also draw from notions about the value of democratic participation.
for - futures - backcasting
we need to reframe away from climate change and reframe toward ecological crisis or ecological collapse, focus on ecosystems. We need to focus our energy on grassroots organizing and local efforts to restore the health of ecosystems, which does change economics, it does change politics, does change all those things
for -❓- not EITHER / OR but AND - climate crisis - community engagement strategy - futures - backcasting from 2030
❓- not EITHER / OR but AND - not - either top down climate action OR - bottom up climate action, - but both - top down climate action AND - bottom up climate action
embarking on the search for a completely different economic and social system. But what can this look like?
for - futures - backcasting - question - what does a world within planetary boundaries look like?