Listen "How to Fall in Love with the Future"
Episode Synopsis
In this episode of Spare a Thought, Tom is taken in a time machine to 2030 by author, activist and environmentalist Rob Hopkins to show us how we averted the climate crisis and reshaped our relationship with nature and the planet.
During their conversation Rob tells Tom about working in a Tibetan monastery in Tuscany Italy, what he learned from a maverick teacher in Ireland about permaculture and he describes what the future tastes, smells and looks like.
You can follow Rob on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robhopkins5085/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoodooright1968
Visit Rob’s website and sign up to his newsletter the Time Traveller’s Gazette: https://www.robhopkins.net/
You can purchase Rob’s book How to Fall in Love with the Future here: https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/
Rob and Mr Kit have made an immersive music and video experience called Field Recordings from the Future: https://www.fieldrecordingsfromthefuture.co.uk/home
Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan: http://www.transitiontownkinsale.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kinsaleenergydescentactionplan.pdf
Follow Tom’s work via his Substack: https://tomspare.substack.com/
Keep up to date with Spare a Thought via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spareathoughtmedia/
You can listen to all previous episodes of the show wherever you get your podcasts or head to https://spareathought.podbean.com/.
Spare a Thought is a Be the Change. Media Network production.
During their conversation Rob tells Tom about working in a Tibetan monastery in Tuscany Italy, what he learned from a maverick teacher in Ireland about permaculture and he describes what the future tastes, smells and looks like.
You can follow Rob on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robhopkins5085/ and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoodooright1968
Visit Rob’s website and sign up to his newsletter the Time Traveller’s Gazette: https://www.robhopkins.net/
You can purchase Rob’s book How to Fall in Love with the Future here: https://www.robhopkins.net/the-book/
Rob and Mr Kit have made an immersive music and video experience called Field Recordings from the Future: https://www.fieldrecordingsfromthefuture.co.uk/home
Kinsale Energy Descent Action Plan: http://www.transitiontownkinsale.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/kinsaleenergydescentactionplan.pdf
Follow Tom’s work via his Substack: https://tomspare.substack.com/
Keep up to date with Spare a Thought via Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spareathoughtmedia/
You can listen to all previous episodes of the show wherever you get your podcasts or head to https://spareathought.podbean.com/.
Spare a Thought is a Be the Change. Media Network production.
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