They even created a Civic Imagination Office to better inspire and support the imaginations of local communities, and to enable their ideas to become reality.

What if the answers were to be found not in the bleak solitude of survivalism and isolation, in the tweaking of ruthless commercialism, or in the dream that some electable saviour will come riding to our rescue, but rather in reconnection to community? As we put it: ‘If we wait for governments, it will be too late. If we act as individuals, it will

What if our leaders cared about harnessing the collective imagination to solve our greatest challenges, signalled a real commitment to it and demonstrated it in their own policymaking and political manoeuvrings? What if they understood that our survival depends on being able to focus our full attention and imagination on the challenges confronting