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For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week “What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.” — Samuel Johnson (1791) Introduction I haven't connected with you in a minute as I've been nursing today's extensive piece for a while. My biomimicry training has also been taking on a new dimension towards a very systemic approach, something I want to update you on. But for now, here's today's deep dive: What is a Futures Activist?...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Taking a systems approach allows for a dynamic and intimate understanding of the elements and agents at play within the problem arena, enabling us to identify opportunities for intervention. The goal is to not solve but to evolve the problem arena you are working within so that the status quo is shifted. Leyla Acaroglu, Disrupt Design Chronos Interrupted How is your relationship with time these days? Mine...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week "You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make." Dr. Jane Goodall International Zero Waste Day: Why Our Wardrobe Choices Matter More Than Ever Today marks the International Day of Zero Waste, and this year's focus hits close to home for all of us who wear clothes (so, just...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Transformation design means to imagine and create better and new futures that are enduring and differentiated. - Brian Collins How's your week unfolding? Hit reply and let me know. Mine? I'm in the liminal space between phases of my Biomimicry training—just completing Scoping with its deep dive into 1-2-1 interviews, and now plunging into Discovery. The next two months will be a pure research lab: exploring how...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Beautiful things don’t ask for attention. - Unknown Hello there! A lot to unpack in today's Futuring dispatch: Is the micro trend hamster wheel finally slowing down? - Insights Nature is Positive - Report Pioneers share their vision for 2025 - Forecast Design Tomorrow: Is Speculative Design the key to Fashion retail's future? - Free event Before we dive in, this is urgent: two-thirds of Accra's Kantamanto...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing patterns of change rather than static snapshots. Peter Senge Welcome to 2025 🌱 As I deepen my study of biomimicry and practice of systems thinking, I'm struck by the profound connection with future foresight. The insights I'm gaining from my advanced training with Learn Biomimicry...

For Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight Thought this week When it’s all performance, there’s no performance. - Douglas Rushkoff Big News & 2025 Horizons 🌱 A quick note before jumping into today's exciting news - SXSW London voting closes tomorrow (Dec 19th)! If you haven't voted yet and would like to support bringing Wild Futures to a global stage, it takes 2 minutes 💚. → Go to https://tinyurl.com/SXSW-voting → Register to vote (it’s free) → Vote in the below links...

A Newsletter for Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight by Geraldine Wharry Did someone forward this to you? Learn about Futuring here Thought this week "It matters what stories we tell to tell other stories with; it matters what knots knot knots, what thoughts think thoughts, what descriptions describe descriptions, what ties tie ties. It matters what stories make worlds, what worlds make stories.” ― Donna J. Haraway, Staying with the Trouble: Making Kin in the...

A Newsletter for Creatives Seeking Emergent and Regenerative Future Foresight by Geraldine Wharry Did someone forward this to you?Click here to learn about The Futuring Dispatch Thought this week What really matters are the countless small deeds of unknown people who lay the basis for the events of human history. - Noam Chomsky History for Tomorrow How do you get inspiration from the past for the future of humanity? Not a small question but an answer made conceivable by social philosopher...