Metacity is a research project exploring forms of “possible city" through thought experiments and prototyping metacity.jp

If you have a passion for how social media intersects with quality journalism, we want to hear from you! Apply for our one-year paid fellowship in America by May 16th econ.st/3xQiTdZ

"Her research is clearly defined, the steps of her experiments articulated, her astonishing results explained and the implications laid bare: We ignore the complexity of forests at our peril." nytimes.com/2021/05/03/boo…

How to mix innovation methods to tackle society’s trickiest problems | Nesta bit.ly/3h9vQcQ

NEW: Announcing “Becoming Data,” a new podcast series produced by Data & Society & @publicbooks that explores the past, present & future of people being quantified as data datasociety.net/library/traile…

Back in the days of the Scouse Super League

This is so cool. I want a book of shadow maps. Or to write a book called Shadow Maps. 🏙

Which governments were able to integrate foresight systematically in policy making? A global overview gov.uk/government/pub… Anne Pordes Bowers School Of International Futures (SOIF)

Go wherever the mushrooms take you... 🍄🔮

Technology is rewriting the global rules on access + opportunity. Whether this levels the playing field or deepens inequality will depend on the fundamentals countries have in place. Our new Tony Blair Institute for Global Change series launches today. Tell us what we've missed: institute.global/policy/fundame…

“In an oil energy culture — a culture of consumption — you are your possessions. But in a renewable energy culture, you are what you conserve. “I am what I save & protect.” - “It’s Not Climate Change — It’s Everything Change” by Margaret E Atwood link.medium.com/2DwhCVI4Jgb

COP VOX POP. We spoke to 10 architects and designers heading to #COP26 – dezeen.com/2021/10/29/cop… (via Dezeen / @natatdezeen)

Against my therapist’s advice trying to keep up with happenings at #COP26 this week. Hoping The Economist Economist Impact ears on the ground can find some glimmers to hang onto.

Day two of #COP26 felt like a frantic game of who can “win” climate change the fastest with only certain people allowed to play. What exactly are global leaders promising, who are they representing and can they keep the momentum going? econ.st/3EKxnPj

A few years ago, the financial system held a mirror to the #climatecrisis, and too many thought #climatechange was someone else’s problem to solve. Our goal for #COP26 has been to build a financial system in which every decision takes climate change into account.

“My truth will only land if you have the grace to fully listen”

What can power a just transition? Five insights from day four of #COP26 Economist Impact impact.economist.com/sustainability…

53 years ago today, on Christmas Eve, 01968, the astronauts of the Apollo 8 mission became the first humans to take a picture of the Whole Earth from space. It changed everything. medium.com/the-long-now-f…

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