Thrutopian Living with Manda Scott

Saturday February 21st
Doors & lunch at 1pm; Event starts 2pm, ends 5pm

How can we craft the stories that we can live by in the future, and that we’ll be proud to leave behind?

We’re at a crossroads. With every day that passes, our choices become starker: do we give everything we’ve got to a future in which all of humanity flourishes in co-creation with the web of life? Or do we accelerate the rush to species-level extinction?

While this is the question of our times, we don’t always have the stories that will offer us the keys to get there. Our Dystopias are being lived in real time and the downward trajectory is all too obvious. Utopias feel like a distant fantasy, becoming less real by the day. And yet we are a storied species: everything we do arises from the stories we tell ourselves and each other about ourselves and each other. If we can fashion the stories of a way through to the flourishing future our hearts know is possible, then we can get there.

Manda Scott, author of the "Boudica: Dreaming" series and host of the Accidental Gods podcast and the Thrutopia Masterclass, believes that 2026 is the pivotal year of our epoch - this is when we can shift away from the death cult of predatory capitalism and towards the Thrutopian future that is our birthright.

In this special afternoon-long workshop, Manda will join us via video link to explore the inner evolution that can help us reach towards new, Thrutopian ways of being. She will outline the ideas, then lead us in a journey through time and space to enable us to connect with the wisdom of future generations. We can then begin to find the agency in our own lives and build "MADE" futures - underpinned by Motivation (I yearn for a future I can see and believe in); Agency (I have the tools to change my inner and outer worlds); Direction (I can see both the next best step and the light at the end of the tunnel) and Empowerment (I am free enough of the old system’s shackles to take the steps I need).

Join us to explore the ways forward.

There will be a complimentary vegan lunch of soup and bread before the start of the event and a break for tea and biscuits half the way through.

Please note that as an exception to our usual in-person only policy, Manda will be joining us via video link. All other participation will be in person at 84 Tottenham Court Road; We aren't offering online access to this event.

Kairos, 84 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 4TG

Doors open at 1pm for lunch. Event starts at 2pm and ends at 5pm.

£8 Frequent Visitor and Supporter Members; £15 Standard (includes Community Members); £10 Struggling financially; £8 Under 30s; £20 with Donation. Food complimentary. (To find out more about membership, visit our Membership page.)

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