Rob Hopkins

We've built a Time Machine. And it works! More news coming soon. Watch this space.

Rob’s book is out soon! 💚 @robintransition.bsky.social

A new drypoint etching of light in the trees near my house. #printmaking #drypoint

Just finished recording the audiobook of 'How to Fall in Love with the Future' which will be available same time the book comes out, June 17th. I hope you'll enjoy it! Thanks to Rowland O'Connor, Sorting Room Studios, sage and honey tea for preserving my voice and @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social.

5) Power of Now - Elkhart Tolle

6) Technofuedalism - @yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social

7) Critical - @jujuliagrace.bsky.social

8) Meditations - Marcus Aurelius

9) Discourses, fragments, handbook - Epictetus

10) from What is to what if - @robintransition.bsky.social

New drypoint etching... Backstreet in Chefchaouen, Morocco. One of the most beautiful places I've ever been (blue ink).

"Like using the Mona Lisa to mop up spilt wine..." I’m incandescent, furious, overflowing with rage at Dartington Trust’s ability to continually make the wrong decisions, decisions that show they are out of touch with pretty much everything. In partic...

Reaction from Transition Towns' founder @robintransition.bsky.social to the ec0-vandalism proposed by Dartington Trust and how YOU can make your views known. We should be fighting tooth and nail for initiatives like this, not seeing them trashed.
westcountryvoices.co.uk/like-using-t...

Co-hosting with residents an ecological justice event in NW5 today. #Communitrees Planting trees in estates and paying young people living in those estates to care for the trees. Let’s get young people off their screens and out into nature. @camdencouncil.bsky.social @robintransition.bsky.social

📢 Our Summer season is live, running April to July, with talks on how kindness is used to control women @glosswitch.bsky.social, rising inequality, an inspiring vision for the future @robintransition.bsky.social, true crime obsession and so much more!

🎟️ Book now: www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/

It is so much easier for people in Liege to imagine that now thanks to all your hard work!!

May 1st, this is happening in Totnes.

Why The War on Dreams Must Inspire Us to Build the Greatest Desire Machines the World Has Ever Seen When I was about 18, I read Angela Carter’s extraordinary 1972 novel ‘The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman’, and in these dark days as my 57th birthday approaches it comes back into my im…

"Our ability to organise and resist is vital, but I believe now more than ever that our true strength lies in our ability to cultivate longing, to build awesome Desire Machines.” @robintransition.bsky.social
- Rob Hopkins www.robhopkins.net/2025/02/27/w... #solarpunk #ImagineBetter

Thrilled to be able to share the cover of my forthcoming book 'How to Fall in Love with the Future' with you. To be published June 17th by @chelseagreenbooks.bsky.social. Cover designed by linocut master Aga Kubish (agakubish.com). Really delighted with how it turned out.

Neither Elon Musk Nor Anybody Else Will Ever Colonize Mars | Defector Mars does not have a magnetosphere. Any discussion of humans ever settling the red planet can stop right there, but of course it never does. Do you have a low-cost plan for, uh, creating a gigantic ac...

Sorry, here is the correct link: defector.com/neither-elon...

A fabulous article pouring beautifully poetic scorn on Musk's 'colonise Mars' horseshit, about "the Earth uninhabitable for the sake of leaving it for someplace even worse". You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll wonder why anyone believes this nonsense: defector.com/neither-elon...

How to Fall in Love with the Future - Conway Hall There are an infinite number of possible futures that lie ahead of us—quantum threads stretching out into the distance. In this special event and launch of his new book How to Fall in Love with the Fu...

Date for your diary London folks! On June 26th, 6.30-8pm, at Conway Hall, I will be launching my new book 'How to Fall in Love with the Future: a time traveller's guide to changing the world'. It'll be a delightful evening. Don't miss out, book now! www.conwayhall.org.uk/whats-on/eve...

"Fascists like Musk and Trump hate creativity, imagination, daring, playfulness, people who speak of dreams and build pictures of a future predicated in decency, compassion, courage, connection."
Let's envision and exemplify the better future we want together because we can't let dystopias win. 💭🌱🌄🤩

Let us dream of a desirable future... I'm all in.

Why The War on Dreams Must Inspire Us to Build the Greatest Desire Machines the World Has Ever Seen When I was about 18, I read Angela Carter’s extraordinary 1972 novel ‘The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman’, and in these dark days as my 57th birthday approaches it comes back into my im…

"I’m digging out my toolbox and heading to the garage to start building a Desire Machine. Who’s joining me?" My latest article is a call to arms for futurists, Time Machine builders, creatives, artists, activists, poets, street artists and ... you. www.robhopkins.net/2025/02/27/w...

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract Melting ice, thawing permafrost and crumbling fjord walls are just a few of the risks climate change poses for those living and working in Greenland.

Greenland’s rapidly melting ice and landslide-prone fjords make the oil and minerals Trump covets dangerous to extract: theconversation.com/greenlands-r...

EP 5 Activism and Imagination: Rob Hopkins and Michael Datura Discuss Longing, Storytelling, and Fighting for Just Futures Cultivating imagination · Episode

Just re-listened to this timely podcast. On imagination, activism and longing.
When radical imagination is required
With @robintransition.bsky.social
open.spotify.com/episode/05Jo...

Thanks so much. Yes, I'm a newly-arrived refugee here, but slowly finding my feet! Hope you're enjoying the book.

New drypoint etching. The coastal path at Prussia Cove, Cornwall.

Go for it!! Thanks.

At the NFTS, we’re committed to reducing our environmental impact. As part of #NFTSSpringboard2025, we welcomed activist/writer/producer @robintransition.bsky.social for an inspiring talk placing positive environmental practices at the forefront of our students' minds.

Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:

www.404media.co/declassified...

BREAKING 🚨: WE WON OUR CASE AGAINST ROSEBANK.

The court has ruled the oil field UNLAWFUL and Rosebank’s approval has been overturned.

This is a monumental victory in the fight for a liveable future for all.

Yes, this administration is dangerous and cruel, but they are also shockingly dim and incompetent.

Opportunities are everywhere.

Make everything as hard as possible. Resist every demand. Refuse entry without a warrant. Don’t take the buyout. Their problem solving skills are 📉

It’s important to know that a lot of productive activity is happening in person and offline, too.

Not all of it can be broadcast online, but we’ve had hundreds of people showing up to our trainings, mobilizations, and more.

Keep going. Tyranny is eroded by a sea of small acts. Everything matters.

Drypoint etching of Kutubiyya Mosque in Marrakech, Morocco.