{"title":"Books by Rob Hopkins","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9781645020295","title":"From What Is to What If","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBig ideas that just might save the world. \u003c\/strong\u003ethe Guardian\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA serious book on an important subject. Without imagination, where are we? \u003c\/strong\u003eSir Quentin Blake\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if we took play seriously? What if we considered imagination vital to our health? What if we followed nature’s lead? What if school nurtured young imaginations?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat if things turned out okay?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRob Hopkins asks the most important question that society has somehow forgotten – \u003cem\u003eWhat If? \u003c\/em\u003eHopkins explores what we must do to revive and replenish our collective imagination. If we can rekindle that precious creative spark, whole societies and cultures can change – rapidly, dramatically and unexpectedly – for the better. There really is no end to what we might accomplish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFrom What Is to What If\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is the most inspiring, courageous and necessary book you will read this year; a call to action to reclaim and unleash the power of our imaginations and to solve the problems of our time. Meet the individuals and communities around the world who are doing it now – and creating brighter futures for us all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt last, we have a design for our dreams. I believe we have a debt of honour to take action. Please read this book and defy the herd. 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Rob Hopkins, cofounder of the international Transition Network movement, invites us to travel to future worlds we would actually want to live in.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No one makes environmental optimism more credible or compelling than Rob Hopkins. Read this and don’t weep.\"\u003cbr\u003e—Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, chef and campaigner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted every aspect of daily life, climate activist and Transition Network cofounder Rob Hopkins responded the way a lot of people did: by starting a podcast. But it wasn’t any ordinary podcast. In each episode, Hopkins and his guests would “time travel” together to the year 2030—walking down imagined future streets, talking with imagined future neighbors, visiting imagined future local businesses. While Hopkins’s guests came from all walks of life—economists, politicians, bakers, comedians, novelists and more—they all shared a willingness to suspend their worries about the future long enough to mentally inhabit and then describe a world they were thrilled to be a part of. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Hopkins discovered was no less profound: this simple exercise of visiting a positive future forced him to rethink the work he’d been doing as a climate activist for decades. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHow to Fall in Love with the Future\u003c\/i\u003e is the result of that radical disruption—and Hopkins’s deep dive into the people and movements throughout history who have used visions of the future to inspire positive change on a large and dramatic scale. From the life and writings of musician Sun Ra and the history of Black utopian movements to the latest neuroscience on what goes on in our minds—and hearts—when we “time travel,” Hopkins brings essential new thinking to anyone overwhelmed with dread and anxiety for the future. He asks us to consider: what would the world look like if we all got to work imagining—and then building—a world we were deeply in love with?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Rob Hopkins is one of the world’s great optimists. He really believes that things can get better, and, when he’s around, they usually do. 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