Envisioning A Better World
Session Five
Welcome to Session Five
How do we find the courage to take action upon creating a climate-just and sustainable world?
It starts with believing that a climate optimist world could actually come true, as well as some sort of vision of what that world could look like. That is why visualization is essential for our climate movement! In this session, we’ll get into just that. Get ready to dream!
In this session:
The quote that changed my life (and that might change yours too)
The importance of visualization and dreaming in our climate work
Exercise: envisioning a better future
Homework:
Let’s dream!
Find a quiet moment and put yourself in a comfortable position, if that’s sitting up or laying down (but try not to fall asleep!) I find it helpful to put on some peaceful music so that you can really get into a different world. Then you simply ask yourself “What future is possible if we only keep some room in our hearts for the unimaginable.”
Let yourself drift away.
Maybe you start getting visions, maybe you don’t see anything at all but you reach some sort of feeling instead. If so, that’s OK because remember we can’t really imagine the unimaginable, so only reaching a feeling is more than enough. Maybe this feeling is reason enough to keep believing. Maybe this feeling is what will help you fuel your work in pulling a different kind of future, whatever it turns out to be, closer.
If you feel like it, end your session by journaling on what you just thought of, felt, or saw. If you need help with getting to that place I have linked a guided meditation below that you can use to get started.
I hope you enjoy this exercise and remember to have fun as you start archetyping a better world for all of us!
Below is a guided meditation to help you envision a different kind of world.
Guided Meditation
What COULD a different kind of world look like? Who knows, but it starts with the courage to go there in our mind’s eye and explore what the potential of a just and sustainable future could actually look like.
This guided meditation will guide you there and help you spark your imagination!