In 2020, amidst the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate activist and Transition Network cofounder Rob Hopkins responded the way a lot of people did: by starting a podcast. But it wasn’t any ordinary podcast. In each episode, Hopkins and his guests would “time travel” together to the year 2030—walking down imagined future streets, talking with imagined future neighbours, visiting imagined future local businesses. While Hopkins’s guests came from all walks of life—economists, politicians, bakers, comedians, novelists and more—they all shared a willingness to suspend their worries about the future long enough to mentally inhabit and then describe a world they were thrilled to be a part of.
In this podcast hosted by Accidental Gods, Rob shares stories from his book How to fall in love with the future: a time traveller’s guide to changing the world.
“No one makes environmental optimism more credible or compelling than Rob Hopkins. Read this and don’t weep.” —Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef and campaigner.
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