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About hopebuilding

I have always been interested in what works in terms of locally-led sustainable development, and I have seen it in action in different parts of the world. I believe that if people can read or see what others have done elsewhere, it will inspire them to try something similar for themselves. I hope you enjoy the 400+ stories.

Finding the stories of our citizen future – and building on them

This morning, I read a wonderful article from BBC Future.

“The challenge is not that the citizen future is difficult to find or complicated to articulate,” it says. “It is simple, rooted in deep truth, and emerging everywhere. But it is hidden because every day people are telling themselves other stories of society, and their role within it. Critically, institutions reinforce these other narratives, taking up the oxygen of imagination, making them seem like the only possibilities.”

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