In this inspiring conversation, Morag Gamble speaks with Rob Hopkins - Transition Towns co-founder, author of How to Fall in Love with the Future, and creator of Field Recordings from the Future.
Together they explore why imagination is vital for permaculture, community resilience, and regenerative culture, and how anyone can practice imagination activism to create hopeful, practical change.
Rob shares stories of playful, community-led projects, his work with sensory futuring, and how cultivating longing rather than fear can mobilise people to act for a thriving future.
If you’re a permaculture educator, changemaker, or someone longing for new possibilities, this episode will give you tools and inspiration to nurture imagination in your community.
Rob Hopkin's links:
- Rob Hopkins website: robhopkins.net
- Book: How to Fall in Love with the Future
- Record: Field Recordings from the Future
Key Themes
- How imagination fuels permaculture and community design
- Transition Towns and lessons from grassroots change
- Inspiration from and for permaculture.
- Sensory futuring and field recordings from the future
- Cultivating longing vs. anxiety in movements for change
- How to make activism joyful, creative, and effective
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This podcast is hosted by Morag Gamble, founder of the Permaculture Education Institute - the leading-edge international online school for integrated permaculture design, education, leadership and [pr]activism.
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Find more of Morag's conversations on the Our Permaculture Life YouTube and the Festival of Wild Ideas.
This podcast is broadcast from a solar powered studio in the midst of a permaculture ecovillage on Jinibara & Gubbi Gubbi country.
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