From What If to What Next

By Rob Hopkins

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If there was ever a time for fresh thinking, for being bold, for being visionary and imaginative – for reimagining everything – this is it. Each episode, writer and Transition Movement founder, Rob Hopkins, invites cutting edge thinkers to visualise a new future. Join us as we ask What If...

Episode Date
99 - What if invitations to participate in civic life were creative and caring?
Apr 15, 2024
98 - What if we deeply listened to the natural world?
Apr 01, 2024
97 - What if there was an alternative to capitalism, after all?
Mar 11, 2024
96 - What if we had a Right to Roam?
Mar 04, 2024
95 - What if we became better Protopians?
Feb 26, 2024
94 - What if compassion could heal society?
Feb 19, 2024
93 - What if we could reimagine the world in bioregions?
Jan 28, 2024
92 - What if we decolonised the ecological sector?
Jan 21, 2024
91 - What if we could train our imagination to reimagine change?
Jan 14, 2024
90 - In conversation with Aisha Shillingford
Jan 07, 2024
89 - What if everyone had the inner skills to navigate the climate crisis?
Dec 31, 2023
88 - What if workers were in charge of the energy transition?
Dec 24, 2023
87 - What if fungi saved the world?
Oct 02, 2023
85 - What if our visionaries and activists were properly resourced?
Sep 25, 2023
86 - What if care, cooperation, kinship and collective wellbeing were the ethics we lived by?
Sep 25, 2023
84 - What if we had a Seaweed Revolution?
Sep 20, 2023
83 - What if we gave Nature rights?
Aug 28, 2023
82 - What if we loved politicians?
Aug 21, 2023
81 - What if we lived in a healthy human culture?
Aug 14, 2023
80 - In conversation with Otto Scharmer
Aug 07, 2023
79 - What if sports could accelerate the shift to a low carbon future?
Jul 31, 2023
78 - What If biodiversity bounced back?
May 29, 2023
77 - In conversation with Mariame Kaba
May 16, 2023
76 - What If cutting our individual carbon use went viral?
May 01, 2023
75 - What if we distributed power differently in our organisations?
Apr 24, 2023
74 - What if we decolonised economics?
Apr 17, 2023
73 - What if education took place in nature?
Apr 10, 2023
72 - What if we shifted to a not-for-profit economy?
Apr 04, 2023
71 - What if imagination was treasured as a central part of childhood?
Feb 19, 2023
70 - What if we all became better Utopians?
Feb 12, 2023
69 - What if every institution ran Imagination Activist training?
Feb 05, 2023
68 - What if the advertising industry helped create a positive future for humanity?
Jan 29, 2023
67 - What if we eradicated homelessness?
Jan 26, 2023
66 - What if beavers were allowed to reshape our world?
Dec 19, 2022
65 - What if faith communities were a critical part of the emerging imagination infrastructure?
Dec 05, 2022
64 -  What if the Black Fantastic reshaped the world?
Nov 21, 2022
63 - What if disability justice, deep inclusion and liberation were centred in healthcare, education and the arts?
Nov 17, 2022
62 - What if land were owned and managed for the common good?
Oct 24, 2022
61 - In conversation with Cyril Dion
Oct 10, 2022
60 - What if we reimagined theatre to be in service to the climate emergency?
Sep 26, 2022
59 - What if the majority of news was positive news?
Sep 15, 2022
58 - What if creative learning was considered a lifelong practice?
Aug 29, 2022
57 - What if energy generation was in community hands?
Aug 22, 2022
56 - What if there were no borders?
Aug 15, 2022
55 - What if we could find the humour in climate change?
Jul 04, 2022
54 - What if bread could unlock social transformation?
Jun 20, 2022
53 - What if the world went vegan?
Jun 06, 2022
52 - What if our economy truly prioritised health?
May 23, 2022
51 - What if ending male violence was men's work?
May 14, 2022
50 - In conversation with adrienne maree brown
Apr 25, 2022
49 - What if we were citizens rather than consumers?
Apr 11, 2022
48 - What if rooftop gardening covered our cities' roofs?
Apr 06, 2022
47 - What if we addressed the mental health crisis imaginatively?
Apr 06, 2022
46 - What if printmaking could inspire social change?
Feb 28, 2022
45 - What if we redesigned cities based on children’s needs?
Feb 14, 2022
44 - What if we could end the climate crisis in one generation?
Jan 31, 2022
43 - What if visible mending became the new fast fashion?
Jan 17, 2022
42 - What if we are standing on the cusp of an Imagination Age?
Jan 11, 2022
41 - What if we reclaimed our public spaces from advertising?
Dec 20, 2021
40 - What if Afrofuturism could teach the world about the power of what if?
Dec 06, 2021
39 - What if the Leadership Team for COP26 Were 50% Women?
Nov 29, 2021
38 - What if every Place Had a Thriving Social Economy?
Nov 22, 2021
37 - What if the Bugs Bounced Back?
Nov 15, 2021
36 - What if Activists Paid Attention to their own Development as well as the Problems of the World?
Nov 08, 2021
35 - What if Care Work Was Valued
Oct 25, 2021
34 - What if Young People Reimagined the School System
Oct 18, 2021
33 - What if the Future of Travel in Cities was on Two Wheels rather than Four?
Oct 11, 2021
32 - What if the Black Imagination were Valued as it Should Be
Aug 16, 2021
31 - What if the Future was Non-Binary
Aug 02, 2021
30 - What if the Future was well Facilitated
Jul 19, 2021
29 - What if we Mastered the Art of Time Travel?
Jul 05, 2021
28 - What if we redesigned the operating system of our entire civilisation?
Jun 21, 2021
27 - What if we all Stopped Flying?
Jun 07, 2021
26 - What if we could Live better in a Post-growth Economy?
Jun 05, 2021
25 - What if we Built an Imagination Infrastructure?
Jun 03, 2021
24 - What if We Read more Books?
May 24, 2021
23: What if Street Art could Transform the World?
May 09, 2021
22 - What if we Learned to Embrace Failure?
May 07, 2021
21 - What if Dynasties of Private Wealth Reimagined Their Relationship to Money?
May 06, 2021
20 - What if we Addressed the Trauma that Lies Beneath the World's Problems?
May 05, 2021
19 - What if We Rewrote the National Curriculum Based on Permaculture Principles?
Apr 12, 2021
18 - What if a Revolution in Relation to Land Unlocked a Revolution of the Imagination?
Mar 29, 2021
17 - What if Indigenous Wisdom Could Save the World?
Mar 15, 2021
16 - What if We Took Play Seriously?
Mar 01, 2021
15 - What if We Learned to Love Weeds?
Feb 15, 2021
14 - What if We Were to Respond to the Debt Crisis with Art and Playfulness?
Feb 02, 2021
13 - What If Governments Factored Future Generations Into Law and Policy?
Jan 04, 2021
12 - What If Criminal Justice Resources Were Instead Invested Into Communities of Colour?
Dec 21, 2020
11 - What If We Had The Skills and Abilities To Talk To Decision Makers?
Dec 07, 2020
10 - What If We Decolonised Education?
Nov 01, 2020
9 - What If We Lived In A Wellbeing Economy?
Nov 01, 2020
8 - What If Communities Had Spaces Where They Could Come Together To Imagine?
Nov 01, 2020
7 - What If Every City Used Doughnut Economics?
Oct 31, 2020
6 - What If Imagination Were a Universal Basic Right?
Oct 31, 2020
5 -What If We Treated People At The End Of Their Lives With The Same Reverence, Love, and Care As We Do At The Beginning?
Oct 31, 2020
4 - What if Doctors' Surgeries Became Catalysts for Transition?
Jul 20, 2020
3 - What If Cities Intentionally Relocalised Their Food Production?
Jul 20, 2020
2 - What if a Universal Basic Income Sparked a Revival of the Imagination?
Jul 20, 2020
1 - What If Birdsong Drowned Out the Traffic?
Jul 20, 2020