250 Social Innovators experiencing Imagination Activism in Brussels
Teaching social innovators about imagination and a new way of seeing the world
Our founder, Phoebe Tickell, was in Brussels on Friday speaking to the 250 wonderful innovators of @socialeinnovatiefabriek about the power of imagination activism, how to flex our big imagination muscles, moral imagining for future generations and nature, and the crisis of imagination that we are in.
One person from the audience came up to Phoebe afterwards with tears streaming down her face. She said she felt understood for the first time in years, and that she had a project she desperately wanted to work on, but had been told by so many it was ‘frivolous’ and unimportant. That project was to scale the building and design of beautiful homes for homeless people. They sat down and talked about the vision, the idea, and what the next steps could be, and how to approach it if she knew she couldn’t fail. It was fantastic to see someone putting the thinking and tools into action.
It was an amazing atmosphere, with a lot of fantastic energy towards making the world better for everyone. Many of the innovators shared that sometimes they become tired and feel burned out about trying all the time to make social and ecological change. Imagination can be a way to recharge, to nourish and remember and reconnect with that sense of deeper purpose, direction and inspiration.
Later on that day, 30 VIP social innovators experienced a 90 minute workshop, sharing some of the core tools and practices of Imagination Activism. The participants said they felt “stretched, inspired and hungry to apply the tools to their everyday lives and projects”.
Imagination Activism is something available to everyone. Everyone has the ability, and the right, to imagine - they just need the golden three things: TIME, PERMISSION and SCAFFOLDING with practices.
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