As contributor, I am excited
to announce the London
book launch
of 'The Future We Choose' An
initiative of Think Act Vote
The Launch is today at The Arch Gallery - 14.00
Wednesday 25 July
& continues to 02.00 Thursday 26 July.
Press Release
18th July
2012
Now is the time to create the future that we choose for
the world.
New book launched by Think Act Vote (?!X) shows
us how.
As we stand in 2012, many of the ideologies running
our world systems have failed. Some of us fear there is no other belief system
that has enough strength behind it to succeed. Yet, we have a plethora of
solutions and ideas amongst us that could lead to a brighter future, argues
Think Act Vote in their book ‘The Future We Choose’.
The Future We Choose brings together over 200 forward
thinking voices, from the general public mixed in with those well known, from
fashion designers to historians, campaigners to presenters. Here they share the
vision of the world they want to live in with their ideas of how to create it.
The book revolves around ‘The Futures Interview’, which also asks for a Future
Soundtrack and five all time favourite weblinks. Launched by radical think-tank
Think Act Vote (?!X), it was founded to create a new conversation around
democracy and how we create the future we choose.
‘An idea that could send a transforming fire to the
future.’
Ben Okri, Author and Poet.
The Future We Choose features contributors including
Wayne Hemingway, June Sarpong, Kriss Akabusi, Katharine Hamnett, Lynne Franks
and Dan Snow sharing their answers to these questions. It is a personal,
political exploration of what we value, and how we can live these values in our
everyday lives. It aims to provide a space for the reader to stop, think about
the world they choose to live in and how we then create it. Input was gathered
from music festivals, social media and the corridors of parliament. It ends
with an afterword by campaigner and activist Sam Roddick, who poignantly
encourages us to believe that anything is possible.
The project began with a fashion design competition
back in 2010 in the run up to the UK general
election. Think Act Vote founder, Amisha Ghadiali said: “If politics
were a fashion brand, you wouldn’t wear it. We want to use creativity to create
a community around the choices we make for our future.”
The book was previewed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil during the Rio+20
Earth Summit with an event
at the Hub Culture Pavilion. In the UK,
it launches officially on Wednesday 25th July with an event at
The Arch Gallery in East
London. This will bring together many of the contributors for an
afternoon of talks, workshops and live music.
The Future We Choose is supported by a variety of
people including Tim Smit from The Eden Project who said, “I feel a
new form of democracy stirring and it is exciting and vital. Go make a
difference I say. Read this book and start now.”
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