The Black Cloud, and the Morisons' house truck, Victoria Park Photo: Wig Worland

How To Prosper During The Coming Bad Years
Saturday 10 October 10.30am - 1pm (this event has now passed)

A lively discussion held in The Black Cloud, which explored our future in the face of dramatic climate and economic change.

Introduced by the artists, Heather and Ivan Morison, this discussion was for anyone interested in listening and contributing to thinking about the future. Invited speakers included Lisa Morgans, Bristol representative for Greenpeace, Jon Turney, science writer and author of the forthcoming The Rough Guide to the Future, Thomas F. Thornton, Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University, Gareth Powell, science fiction writer and Richard Sandford, learning researcher at Futurelab.

As part of the event the artists brought their house truck: a converted Green Goddess and mobile science fiction library.

More information on the speakers can be found here:
Thomas F. Thornton http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/people/thorntontom.php
Jon Turney http://jonturney.co.uk/
Gareth Powell http://www.garethlpowell.com/about/
Richard Sandford http://www.futurelab.org.uk/about-us/meet-the-team/futurelab-staff
Lisa Morgans http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/groups/bristol

A recording of the event is available to download here.