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5 mins to go until our first #BristolFutures workshop with @BrisClimWrit stretching our imaginations to 2040!
We'll be live tweeting in this thread throughout the workshops this morning - great to see so many people here with us!!
We'll be live tweeting in this thread throughout the workshops this morning - great to see so many people here with us!!
"To build anything, we have to imagine it first"
@Sophia_Cheng kicks us off with a quote which inspires her to sum up what we're up to today!
#BristolFutures
@Sophia_Cheng kicks us off with a quote which inspires her to sum up what we're up to today!
#BristolFutures
Following @tomkins_deborah wonderful evocative description of her Monday in January 2040, attendees are jotting down their ideas for what their average day might look like in Bristol 2040
#BristolFutures
#BristolFutures
Creative task time! Deb has shared some prompts for imagining your day in Bristol
How are you getting around?
What are you doing with your day?
Why is it better than Bristol in 2020?
What are you eating?
We're getting doodles, poems, sketches, prose
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How are you getting around?
What are you doing with your day?
Why is it better than Bristol in 2020?
What are you eating?
We're getting doodles, poems, sketches, prose
#BristolFutures
It's a crossover event! Dan from our friends at @NewCardiff is imagining his ethical wardrobe to prepare him for a quick trip Bristol
Xeena from XR is imagining free community music, events and spending time in public without adverts or spending!
Xeena from XR is imagining free community music, events and spending time in public without adverts or spending!
Lots of people imagining communal spaces, communal eating and particularly baking! 
We'll be thinking about that in more detail in workshop 3...
Plus lots of love for public transport, especially the Bristol Ferry, a funicular and better buses!!
#BristolFutures
We'll be thinking about that in more detail in workshop 3... Plus lots of love for public transport, especially the Bristol Ferry, a funicular and better buses!!
#BristolFutures
Workshop 2 is go! @celiaturley is in conversation with our amazing speakers Adam Cantwell-Corn, Will Taylor and Olivia Sweeney on the role of the media in achieving a just transition for Bristol...
"It's not inevitable that the news gets worse every day"
#BristolFutures
"It's not inevitable that the news gets worse every day"
#BristolFutures
Adam starts us off with his vision from 2040 - journalism should focus more on why things are happening, not just reporting on the what
"Understanding why something is happening will help us to take action to change it"
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"Understanding why something is happening will help us to take action to change it"
#BristolFutures
Use frank language! Giving people the tools to make choice can prevent the need for "news avoidance" and let people actively engage with their world
Connect the dots between big issues and local issues to make it real for people
Connect the dots between big issues and local issues to make it real for people
We need a new funding model - it should not be a financial investment for clickbait, it should be a public service with a responsibility to the public.
@TheBristolCable is making strides in this forum!
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@TheBristolCable is making strides in this forum!
#BristolFutures
Olivia is talking us through the approach of @ujimaBlackGreen changing the landscape in Bristol
"I didn't see myself in the news or media until I saw @galdemzine in my twenties - that shouldn't be the case"
How can we champion local journalism and link to the global context?
"I didn't see myself in the news or media until I saw @galdemzine in my twenties - that shouldn't be the case"
How can we champion local journalism and link to the global context?
Storytelling should move to the front of all media types - how can we care if we don't show the humanity?
Don't be afraid to be bold or innovative - nothing is neutral, why aim for an impossible standard?
"Opinion is valued but truth is not lost" sums up the 2040 we want!
Don't be afraid to be bold or innovative - nothing is neutral, why aim for an impossible standard?
"Opinion is valued but truth is not lost" sums up the 2040 we want!
All our speakers are so good we can't keep up!
Will Taylor is now taking us back to last March's "virus hell", when people realised that what we needed wasn't so far away...
Will Taylor is now taking us back to last March's "virus hell", when people realised that what we needed wasn't so far away...
"we are a product of our environment, so investing in your local area is investing in yourself"
If we see this in the media landscape, culture and creative spaces what could this mean?
#BristolFutures
If we see this in the media landscape, culture and creative spaces what could this mean?
#BristolFutures
We can understand the potential of pedagogy in the climate context - people cannot see themselves in things in the long run.
How do we make systems in which goals are secondary, and the habits we build are sustainable and form these systems?
#BristolFutures
How do we make systems in which goals are secondary, and the habits we build are sustainable and form these systems?
#BristolFutures
"Social and mental cost can be mitigated by an incremental, embedded approach"
@fkas_prince wrapping up our "media manifesto" with a great point on moving away from short term thinking to long term behaviours change
@fkas_prince wrapping up our "media manifesto" with a great point on moving away from short term thinking to long term behaviours change
A quick overview of the Framing Climate Justice project from @350 @pircuk and @NEON_UK to introduce the next section
What local stories might help effectively communicate the idea of intersectional climate justice to the city's citizens?
What local stories might help effectively communicate the idea of intersectional climate justice to the city's citizens?
Olivia: the green movement should not be a luxury –if it's framed as a luxury, how can it be about justice?
Great example of air pollution as a justice issue and the structural reasons behind why air pollution impacts some communities more
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Great example of air pollution as a justice issue and the structural reasons behind why air pollution impacts some communities more
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Adam: trying to tap into widely used concepts like fairness and decency can be a shorthand for people unfamiliar with the topic.
The housing crisis draws a neat line from the power in Westminster and boardrooms to people's experiences in poor housing
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The housing crisis draws a neat line from the power in Westminster and boardrooms to people's experiences in poor housing
#BristolFutures
Now we're discussing @PlanB_earth case against Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak and thinking about youth-led media and intergenerational exchanges of news and knowledge?
Will: what is justice? We understand it as a system but it depends on power
"Justice is what love looks like I'm public" Cornel West
Hearsay is so powerful, and we need to see ourselves in fights for justice
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"Justice is what love looks like I'm public" Cornel West
Hearsay is so powerful, and we need to see ourselves in fights for justice
#BristolFutures
"We must take the responsibility to relentlessly support and amplify young people where they are advocating for justice" What a great place to end!
We've spanned from fact checking and accountability in reporting to love and justice - thanks to our incredible speakers!
We've spanned from fact checking and accountability in reporting to love and justice - thanks to our incredible speakers!
Final part of the #BristolFutures mega thread kicks off soon!
It's time to talk food in Bristol with @LDelmege @Saralimback and Ped Asgarian
It's time to talk food in Bristol with @LDelmege @Saralimback and Ped Asgarian
What one change would you want to see in the food system?
Louise from @national_food highlights that the system is all interconnected, and suggests the council should increase and protect true public space, esp public eating space
Owners of the space set the rules of the space!
Louise from @national_food highlights that the system is all interconnected, and suggests the council should increase and protect true public space, esp public eating space
Owners of the space set the rules of the space!
Public spaces for food support healthy eating - cooking and eating together is healthy eating!
Robin Dunbar's report is available here on eating together to create closer social bonds!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314665691_Breaking_Bread_the_Functions_of_Social_Eating #BristolFutures
Robin Dunbar's report is available here on eating together to create closer social bonds!
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/314665691_Breaking_Bread_the_Functions_of_Social_Eating #BristolFutures
Ped from @FeedingBristol talks is through the aim of "no child should go hungry" within Bristol and some of the great projects around the city including @BristolProduce
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#BristolFutures
We need to learn to listen better to the people and communities to make real change for them - why aren't we reaching more people?
How can we try harder to bring people into this space?
We need to change our approach to bring everyone in and be more inclusive in our projects
How can we try harder to bring people into this space?
We need to change our approach to bring everyone in and be more inclusive in our projects
Sara from @EdibleBristol talks about the importance of being approached and supporting communities to achieve their success
"When we're told no by the powers that be, we always ask 'can you explain why?'"
Give up the land!
"When we're told no by the powers that be, we always ask 'can you explain why?'"
Give up the land!
We have to open up - acknowledge a lot of people in the food movement won't be around in 2040. We want it to reflect what the city looks like; volunteering isn't sustainable and relies on people with economic advantage.
People should learn to be uncomfortable!
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People should learn to be uncomfortable!
#BristolFutures
We need to reflect the 93 languages of the city and the food cultures that come with each of them.
We need to give power to people at the bottom of the food chain to make choices about food.
We need to have difficult conversations and learn to sit in discomfort.
#BristolFutures
We need to give power to people at the bottom of the food chain to make choices about food.
We need to have difficult conversations and learn to sit in discomfort.
#BristolFutures
Great recommendations from our audience on food justice in Bristol and beyond:
@LandworkersUK
@AraweloEats
@HeartofBS13
@91Ways
@StWerbsCityFarm
@Bristolfoodnet
St Pauls Community Garden
@LandworkersUK
@AraweloEats
@HeartofBS13
@91Ways
@StWerbsCityFarm
@Bristolfoodnet
St Pauls Community Garden
Louise & Sara are both highlighting the importance of moving beyond the noise and the viral, shareable projects - often the smaller projects are the ones making the biggest change!
Wouldn't it be great if these were run by people being paid a living wage?
Wouldn't it be great if these were run by people being paid a living wage?
Ped is highlighting the support from Bristol City Council for different initiatives - but we need to build more room for acknowledging mistakes in our politics
For the sum of our parts, we can do better!
#BristolFutures
For the sum of our parts, we can do better!
#BristolFutures
