II. The expanding horizon
Knowledge & Exploration
Understanding what is changing, and investigating what could become possible.
Purpose
Exploration asks what we should change.
A long horizon is only useful if it is well informed. Here we look outward: following science and technology, seeing places and problems first-hand, and testing ideas before they become commitments.
What we learn shapes how we care for land and what we think is worth teaching and preserving.
What it covers
Research
Focused enquiries into long-term questions, undertaken with people who know the field.
Expeditions
Seeing for ourselves: remote landscapes, working sites and the people who understand them.
Science & technology
Developments that could change how we live, produce and learn, with attention to practical use.
Ideas about the future
A small number of ideas, examined carefully rather than collected widely.
How we approach it
Curiosity, held to a practical standard.
- 01Start from a real question, not a trend.
- 02Go and look before drawing conclusions.
- 03Work with people who know more than we do.
- 04Keep what is useful; let the rest go.
Collaboration
Investigate with us.
If you are working on something that fits this outlook, we would value an introduction.
We would like to hear from
- Researchers
- Expedition leads
- Technologists
- Scientists
- Independent thinkers