Our Future: The ideas that we share
Our Future: The ideas that we share
A book by Ray Allwork
I wanted to write a book that would connect and unite the voices that speak on climate change, nature, our environment, and our societies.
We are a diverse bunch, growing in number for sure, but remote from each other, often frustrated, often feeling powerless. I wanted to give us a strong stance, say how right we are, that we care, that we see the madness, that we are not perfect but that we know a better way.
I wanted to write so that others know we are not alone and that it is not hopeless at all. In fact, there are millions of us doing big things and small things every day. We have high hopes, and I believe it has never been easier to change the world!
Our Future by Ray Allwork can be found on Amazon.
I started writing the book in 1993 after I had traveled a lot more and was back in England for a winter. Here are some of my thoughts and ideas, distilled over 30 years, that helped me form the basis of the book.
For some, life on Earth is the best it has ever been
For many others, it’s not so great. Humanity has made great progress to greater freedom and better lives. Enlightened ideas have created a world of health, wealth, and happiness. But only for a few at the top, and at a terrible cost to the planet.
The benefits of modern life must flow to the hardworking, deserving many rather than the exploiting elite. This is vital because the enrichment of the few is leading us to yet more disasters – to poor lives for the majority, to social unrest, to war, and to ecological collapse – a dark, narrow future.
Ray camping one September in Laubichl, just north of Mayrhofen, Austria. Image courtesy m2collective via Twenty20.