Alex Steffen wants to REPAIR THE WORLD, with YOUR HELP, via KICKSTARTER a la TIKKUN OLAN

I want to invite you on an adventure. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1910818917/the-heroic-future Our culture is full of dire predictions, disaster scenarios and post-apocalyptic tales. It’s astonishing, though, how few stories we tell about futures where humanity succeeds. That’s a problem. I believe it’s literally true that we can’t build what we can’t imagine. The fact that we haven’t compellingly imagined a thriving, dynamic, sustainable world is a major reason we don’t already live in one. Our challenges are epic. If building a better world seems out of our reach, then we need to become people who can reach farther. We extend that reach by embracing bigger visions. To become people capable of doing heroic things together, we have to imagine a heroic future. That’s the quest I’m asking you to join me on: imagining that heroic future, and the paths we take to get there. For the last five years, I've been passionately committed to exploring planetary futurism—working to understand both the kind of world we need to build and what kind of creativity can help us imagine that world. Now I’m ready to share what I’ve discovered, and it all starts with a three-part “live documentary,” The Heroic Future. It’s going to be innovative, awesome, and maybe even important. It's definitely the best work I've ever done.  Each 90-minute show is centered around a talk, incorporating stage presentation, film and photography, visual design and motion graphics, sound, music and lighting to tell a powerful story of where we are, where we need to go, and the kind of stories that might guide us through the planetary crisis we face. The series will run three nights, September 20th, 21st and 22nd. Each of these performances will be presented in an intimate venue to a live audience in the Bay Area, and filmed and recorded for those who can’t be there in person. But whether you’re in the room, watching the videos or listening to the recordings, you’ll be part of creating something special and powerful: a new way of looking at the future. I need your help. We’re running a Kickstarter campaign to fund The Heroic Future: Please click here to join us! Here are two quick things you can do today: 1) Back the project. You know how crowdfunding works. Early support on these things is critical. It would mean the world to me if you’d go show your support right now. 2) Share the project. The Kickstarter page has buttons you can use to tweet your support and share the project on Facebook or Tumbler. Please use social media to spread the word. Just a few clicks will do it. Your support is critical. Thank you! Alex Steffen http://www.alexsteffen.com/

-=-=- Alex Steffen · United States This email was sent to danbloom@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Alex Steffen on Twitter. Thank you! Two weeks ago, we emailed you about reimagining sustainability. Tuesday we shared our new project to do just that. The Heroic Future is a three-night "live documentary" we're producing about reimagining the world of tomorrow in order to rebuild the world today. To fund this project, we've launched a Kickstarter campaign. Thanks to you, we're had incredible success in our first 72 hours, with almost 200 people pledging to back The Heroic Future. If you haven't had a chance to pledge, it would mean a lot if you did. What we haven't talked much about yet are the shows themselves. The three episodes will be shot live in front of an audience of supporters on September 20th, 21st and 22nd. They're going to be amazing creative experiences, and if you are in the Bay Area (or feel like a trip) I would love it if you would come join us. (Tickets are limited.) We will of course be putting the shows out as videos, and as backers, you'll be the first to see them. So whether you're in the room or watching at home you'll be part of a community bringing these ideas to life. Next week, we're going to start sharing more about the content of those evenings, and our ideas for how to present powerful insights and captivating stories to take you on a journey into possibility. Stay tuned! Thank you for all your support and encouragement, and we hope to see you on Kickstarter. Alex Steffen http://www.alexsteffen.com/ -=-=- Alex Steffen · United States This email was sent to danbloom@gmail.com. To stop receiving emails, click here. You can also keep up with Alex Steffen on Twitter.