Want to contribute your ideas to the Archive of Desire?
There are several ways to do this. For individuals, you can use a process called Listening to the Future in 10 Minutes. The instructions are here in PDF form.
If you are a classroom, organization, group of friends, transition town group, etc., get in touch with me! I am developing a set of fun, deep facilitation tools so that groups may use this process to not only contribute to the archive but spark discussion and build visionary capacity. Let’s talk! Email me at awalsh09 (at) gmail.com.
TIPS and INSPIRATION
Here is a starter list of categories and topics for the archive. If you are drawing a blank, put one of these words in your brain and see if it changes anything.
education | transportation | government | body | language | time | art | religion | security | spirituality | ecology | education | gender | race | trade | urban planning | architecture | economy | science | celebration | manufacturing | visual environment | rehabilitation | justice | sex | ritual | media | journalism | seasons | landscape | memory | aging | communication | relationships | family structure | friendships | youth | the commons | parenting | labor | work | childbirth | healthcare | mental health | sexuality | aural environment | oceanography | emotions | anthropology | astronomy | philosophy | defense | literature | cinema
You can also go see some of the cards other people have written at archiveofdesire.tumblr.com. More will be added there periodically.
We would restore large animal migration routes.
-Amy, 41
Every neighborhood will have a toy library, a tool library, a clothing library, an appliance library, a technology library and of course a book library.
-Amy, 41
It’s quiet in my village, and easy to hear birdsong, everywhere.
–ShuNahSii Rose
The digital and cyber revolutions have crashed as unsustainable but they have led to a worldwide interest in language and design. There’s an international organization which institutes school curricula where kids learn indigenous and disappeared and neighboring languages through art and design.
–Korben, 46
There will be no waste. Everything will be reused. There will be a special place for everything, a special function, a special meaning. People will believe in the redemption of all things.
-Anonymous (Brown University student)
People in cities will start to recognize every available patch of ground as valuable for growing and GROW lots of things to share.
-Emmy, 31
Residential houses will be more functional. Generally, this will mean smaller houses, or more houses where more than one family live, either as a combined social unit or not.
- David, 46
I would eliminate cars from city cores.
-Tim, 36
wonder will lure our way through our days