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Rosie Fletcher's avatar

Love this so much and am so sure that it is entirely the truth. Would love to explore with you what we're trying to do with the Planetary Guardians - how can we harness the power of joy, awe, creativity to inspire action? The world relies on it...

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Solitaire Townsend's avatar

I've just spent the week with Jean, Mary and Xiye in Bellagio - I learnt a great deal about the Guardians. I also gave Mary some recommendations on how to communicate! Happy to follow up :-)

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Rosie Fletcher's avatar

Ah, I’m delighted to hear that. Three of the best! It sounded like an empowering and uplifting few days. We would love to follow up… Rosie.fletcher@virginunite.com

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Sian Modine's avatar

I loved this article, particularly around the importance of storytelling and sharing stories of local heroes and exciting activists. Thank you, Solitaire for promoting optimism over doom and encouraging creative action, play and imagination!

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Solitaire Townsend's avatar

Thank you Sian, I feel so passionate about the power of imagination!

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Claire Thomas's avatar

Love this!! Thank you for highlighting this research again.

I also recently wrote about the importance of stories and imagining the alternative worlds we are fighting for in this piece: https://clarityincatastrophe.substack.com/p/what-are-the-alternatives

It’s nice to see the crucial role of creativity / imagination getting the recognition it needs in this moment :)

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Nadene Canning's avatar

A „possibility thinker“, that is often my role as a community host, coach, facilitator. … by naming it I feel even more empowered and optimistic 🌞

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Solitaire Townsend's avatar

I so pleased Nadene - the world needs many more people like you!

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